NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School varsity football team hopes to snap a two-game losing streak when it visits Orange HS on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. in a North Jersey Super Football Conference Patriot White Division game.
The Raiders lost to Paramus, 45-23, at the Park Oval on Saturday, Oct. 8, in a North Jersey Super Football Conference non-division game to fall to a 1-4 record.
Josh O’Neill threw three touchdown passes, two to Nick Saporito and one to R.J. Ferrarelli, for the Raiders.
Paramus led 24-23 at the end of the third quarter and outscored the Raiders, 19-0, in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Paramus
Nutley
Second Quarter
P – Justin McKeon 1-yard TD run (Brian Levy kick)
N – Hunter Lechthaler 31-yard field goal
Third Quarter
N – Nick Saporito 67-yard TD pass from Josh O’Neill (Hunter Lechthaler kick)
P – Matthew Amato 10 int. ret. for a TD (kick failed)
N – Nick Saporito pass from Josh O’Neill (kick failed)
P – Blake Wilkerson 87-yard kickoff return for a TD (kick fail.)
N – R.J. Ferrarelli 70-yard tD pass from Josh O’Neill (pass fail.)
P – Brian Bonino 1-yard TD run (Justin McKeon kick)
Fourth Quarter
P – Mike Martinelli 25-yard TD pass from Nick Tarabocchia (kick fail.)
P – Wilkerson 25-yard TD run (McKeon kick)
P – Martinelli 55 interception return for a TD (kick failed)
Nutley (1-4)
Sept. 9, Loss, at West Essex, 27-7
Sept. 16, Loss, at Bloomfield, 39-17
Sept. 24, Won, Pascack Valley, 31-14
Sept. 30, Loss, at Irvington, 20-0
Oct. 8, Loss, Paramus, 45-23
Oct. 15, at Orange, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22, Chatham, 2 p.m.
Oct. 29, Parsippany Hills, 1 p.m.
Nov. 4, at Barringer, 7 p.m.
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