Thanksgiving Day Football Pt. 2 (Easton V. Phillipsburg)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Going into this great Thanksgiving day matchup many knew it would be a great battle between these two squads. Individually both teams had successful seasons. Easton came into this game after having a phenomenal 10-2 season. Phillipsburg is coming into this matchup after a 12-1 season. This is a matchup of two successful teams. Let's get to the good stuff!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Easton would start with the football. They were forced to punt on their first possession. Easton's defense made another stop forcing P-Burg to give them the ball back. At this point both defenses are looking solid. Easton's is led by [player_tooltip player_id='940970' first='Kurtis' last='Crossman'], [player_tooltip player_id='1553012' first='Marquis' last='Labossiere'], [player_tooltip player_id='1552428' first='Mekhi' last='Grant'], [player_tooltip player_id='919528' first='Jasir' last='Frutchey'], and Will Day. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Personal fouls would ruin a potential scoring drive for Easton. They punted the football back to P-Burg. Easton would make another defensive stop with 3:42 remaining in the 1st. Score still 0-0. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fast forward to the 2nd Quarter when Phillipsburg's Matthew Scerbo Jr. took a punt return back to Easton's 34-yard line. P-Burg would capitalize on that drive. Junior Sam Dech took a 6-yard run to the end zone for 6. P-Burg leads 7-0 with 6:24 in the half. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Phillipsburg QB Jett Genovese would add to the lead with a 4-yard TD run with 2:55 in the half. Extending the lead to 14-0. On Easton's last drive of the half they looked promising. [player_tooltip player_id='941170' first='Cole' last='Ordway'] connected with JC Wilson on a 26-yard pass to set Easton up with a first-and-goal. Easton would miss a 22-yard FG at the end of the half. Sending the game into halftime scored 14-0 in favor of Phillipsburg. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Heading into the 3rd Matthew Scerbo Jr. would leave the game after a hard hit. It seemed like this was when the momentum started to shift into Easton's favor. After a Phillipsburg punt Easton completed a 77-yard drive with a [player_tooltip player_id='264263' first='Dorian' last='Thomas'] TD run. This made the score 14-7 with 3:10 left in the 3rd Quarter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Red Rovers would stop Phillipsburg again heading into the 4th Quarter. This gives them a chance to tie the game early in the 4th. Phillipsburg would deny Easton that opportunity. P-Burg stopped Easton on a 4th and 1 at the Phillipsburg 8. A huge play for the P-Burg Defense. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Phillipsburg would go three-and-out giving the Red Rovers the ball back with 8:01 remaining. [player_tooltip player_id='264263' first='Dorian' last='Thomas'] will do what [player_tooltip player_id='264263' first='Dorian' last='Thomas'] does. He ties the game with 6:01 remaining after a 5-yard TD run where his offensive line helped him tremendously. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The teams would exchange punts sending the game into OT. Phillipsburg would get the ball first. They settled for a field goal. P-Burg would end up missing the kick wide. Giving Easton a great chance to win the football game. Noah Borluca would be called on to hit his first field goal of the season in a huge moment. Noah hit the field goal from 20-yards out to give Easton the win in dramatic fashion! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Easton now leads the series 68-44-5. What a game. Both defenses performed very well. Credit to both coaching staffs for calling a great game. This one will go down as one of the great games in this series. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/KeithGroller/status/1862517769729659142","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/KeithGroller/status/1862517769729659142 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->