The NJSIAA football playoffs are underway and two of Hudson County’s public high schools have advanced to the semi-final round after securing quarterfinal victories over the weekend.
Union City High School and Bayonne High School, both participants in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 tournament, will hit the gridiron again this weekend.
The fourth seeded, Union City Soaring Eagles, defeated number 5 seed Irvington last Friday night atop the high school roof by a score of 21-14. They now face top seeded Bridgewater-Raritan this coming Friday, November 7th on the road at 6 p.m in the semi-final matchup.
Union City last played Bridgewater-Raritan one year ago in Union City, crushing them by a score of 61-10. Bridgewater-Raritan, with an overall record of 7 wins and 3 losses, has lost two of its past four games. Meanwhile, Union City, at 6 wins and 3 losses, has defeated Irvington twice and shutout Columbia and Orange in its previous four games.
As for the Bayonne Bees, the number six seed, which upset number three seed Elizabeth on Halloween by a score of 44-14, they will be at Piscataway on Saturday afternoon, November 8th at 1 o’clock in the semi-final game. Piscataway is the number two seed.
Bayonne has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, while Piscataway is 8 and 2.
Bayonne has crushed its opponents in its last four games, but it does not have a favorable history against Piscataway, having lost its last three meetings in one-sided scores, the last being one year ago 42-13. In 2017 and 2014 Bayonne was manhandled by Piscataway by scores of 45-6 and 52-6 respectively.
Best of luck this weekend to Union City and Bayonne in their NJSIAA semi-final games.