South Jersey Football Roundup: September 28

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Saturday, Sept. 28

(This story will be updated throughout the weekend as scores and statistics become available)

Haddon Township 20, Collingswood 14 : Jaden Haltiwanger bulled in from the 2 to lift the Hawks to their third win in four games. Haddon Township forced a fumble with just over a minute to play to set up the TD. Haltiwanger then intercepted a Collingswood pass to seal the win.

Shane Alessi had a pair of touchdown passes to set up the final minute fireworks. Alessi connected with Haltiwanger from 19 yards out for the only points of the first half. After taking a big shot in the backfield, Alessi found Haltiwanger for an 86-yard catch-and-run to take a 14-8 lead with five minutes left in the third.

Terrance Godfrey scored on a one-yard plunge, which put Collingswood on top 8-6 with seven minutes left in the third. Yon Anderson knotted the game at 14 by coming away with a 16-yard simultaneous reception on a pass from John Antrilli with 3:34 left in regulation. The Panthers fell to 2-3.

Kingsway 16, Eastside 8

Middle Township 28, Cumberland 9 : Micah McAnaney and Chase Moore conspired on a pair of touchdowns through the air and Remi Rodriguez added two more rushing TDs to his ledger as the Panthers evened their record at 2-2.

Moore caught a 10-yard pass in the second quarter and a 23-yard toss from McAnaney in the fourth to seal the win. Rodriguez put Middle ahead with an 11-yard TD run in the first. He added a 58-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Kevin Fiorani opened the scoring for the Colts with a 41-yard field goal. Marque Crowder pulled in a nine-yard pass from Mark Sooy to trim the Cumberland deficit to 21-9 but the Colts (1-3 record) could pull no closer.

Oakcrest 35, Absegami 17 : Donvan Linthicum had four rushing touchdowns, including three unanswered scored in the second half as the Falcons rallied from a two-touchdown deficit. The Falcons have won four of five games this fall.

Ryan Staton kick-started Oakcrest with a pick-6 and Linthicum had the first of his TD runs to trim the deficit to 17-14 at the half.

Donald Johnson caught a 44-yard touchdown pass from Kendall Armstrong, then returned a fumble 27 yards to stake 'Gami to a14-0 advantage. Absegami dipped to 2-3 for the season.

Schalick 37, Salem 14 : Reggie Allen scored three times to lead the Cougars to a comfortable win, Schalick's third in five games. Allen scored on a 55-yard pass from Kenai Simmons and on runs of 38 and 55 yards.

Simmons added a 12-yard TD run in the win. Roneem Thomas added a 31-yard run that completed a 30-point run to start the game.

Kaden Robinson and quarterback Quimere Bergen connected for two straight touchdowns in the second half. The duo had seven-yard TD in the third quarter and an eight-yard score in the fourth. Salem remains winless in five contests.

Sterling 20, Gloucester Catholic 13 : Jayce Ali-Ward scored back-to-back touchdowns and the Silver Knights scored 20 straight points to win their second game of the season in five tries. Ward scored from 45 and 11 yards in the third quarter give the Knights the lead for good.

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JoJo Carter added a pick-6 in the fourth quarter as the Sterling Defense accounted for eight points overall after a second-quarter safety.

CJ Mitchell had bookend touchdown passes for the Rams (1-3 record). Mitchell connected with Carlos Mendez for a 29-yard score in the first quarter. The Rams made things interesting with a 14-yard Jude Van Auken TD reception in the fourth quarter.

West Deptford 42, Audubon 6 : Bryce Wright wasted no time putting on the gas for the Eagles with an 81-yard kickoff return to start the day. Wright ended up with touchdowns three ways as West Deptford won for the third time in five games.

Wright caught a 26-yard TD pass from Brady Cobb and ran another in from the 13. Cobb added a two-yard run. Zamir Davis (four yards) and Bryce Wynn (one-yard) also had rushing touchdowns.

Logan Gilbert had a 44-yard reception from Breyson McCracken, which set up Gilbert's 23-yard field goal to make the score 8-3 in the first quarter. The Green Wave is 1-3.

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Tom Rimback grew up reading the Burlington County Times and Courier Post sports sections and began writing for the BCT in 1996. He has covered everything from Super Bowls and Final Fours to Tri-County Swimming but he’s happiest on a sideline interviewing South Jersey scholastic athletes. Follow him on twitter @Rimbacksports. Email him with story ideas at tomrimback@gmail.com and, most importantly, support local journalism with a subscription to the Courier-Post.

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