Haddonfield’s defense then forced a three-and-out, and the Bulldawgs made it 14-0 with a six-play, 95-yard drive that ended with a 42-yard burst down the sideline by Hahn with 4:29 left in the half. The touchdown was set up by a 37-yard pass on third-and-9 in which Wolff threw a rainbow into a thicket of players and junior wide receiver Carl Forebaugh came down with it at Raritan’s 7-yard line. It was pretty much all Haddonfield after those two big stops, as the Bulldawgs took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard quarterback keeper by Wolff with 8:57 in the second quarter and never looked back. Once again, Raritan drove down to the Haddonfield 25-yard line, but the Bulldawgs responded by forcing incompletions on third and fourth downs to leave the Rockets empty-handed. “We knew if we get a stop on the first drive, it's only going to be easier from there.”Īfter going three-and-out, Haddonfield avoided disaster by being able to get away a punt from just in front of the goal line despite a high snap over the punter’s head to avoid a turnover that could’ve changed the whole feel of the game. “That was huge because we know this team starts strong and comes out swinging, so to get a first-drive stop was huge,” Wolff said. However, the Bulldawgs made three straight stops on run plays and then forced an incompletion on fourth down to halt any momentum Raritan had to start the game. The Rockets were at Haddonfield’s 23-yard line within five plays thanks to the running of junior Kieran Falzon, who finished with a game-high 143 yards on 22 carries to cap a brilliant season. Haddonfield set the tone from the outset after Raritan won the toss and elected to take the ball first with an offense that was coming off a 41-point effort in a semifinal win over Hillside. The Bulldawgs move on to face South Jersey Group 2 champion Point Boro in an NJSIAA bowl game at a time and neutral site to be announced. They made the plays when they needed to, and we didn't.” They live in this game, and I have a lot of respect for their coaching staff and their kids. “They came up with the ball in all these situations. “They made plays when they needed to,” Raritan head coach Anthony Petruzzi said. The defense produced three turnovers and two crucial fourth down stops. Senior tailback Bobby Hahn made the most of his touches by averaging 9.9 yards per carry on his way to a 138-yard, two-touchdown night.Įvery time it looked like Raritan was going to get back into the game on its home field, Haddonfield came up with a big stop on defense, a turnover, or a scoring drive that took the wind out of the home crowd. Haddonfield senior quarterback Carson Wolff completed only two passes in the game, but they were both backbreakers on third-and-long that set up touchdowns.
The top-seeded Rockets (6-5) outgained the third-seeded Bulldawgs 290-255 and had 17 first downs compared to 10 for Haddonfield, but the Bulldawgs (9-2) made all the pivotal plays at the most important moments to capture their sixth sectional title in the last 11 years and deny Raritan its first title since 2015. DeVirgilio Field on Friday night was a frustrating illustration of how executing in crucial spots can be more important than putting up bigger overall numbers when a championship is on the line. HAZLET – Raritan’s deflating 28-7 loss to Haddonfield in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 2 final at a packed Joseph J.
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