Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #4 - Jabree Robertson

1st Team Top Performances - #4

Union – Senior - #5 Jabree Robertson – ER-37.45
168 yards rushing on 18 attempts, 30 yards receiving, 2 TD’s, 9.33 yards/rush, 12-points scored, 233 total yardage gained

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #5 - Ryan Cunningham

1st Team Top Performances - #5

Watchung Hills – Junior - #22 Ryan Cunningham – ER-37.15
185 yards rushing on 20 rushing attempts, 1 kick off return attempted for 45 yards, 3 touchdowns, 9.25 yards per carry, 18-points scored

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #6 - Juwan Dolbrice

1st Team Top Performances #6

Linden – Junior - #2 Juwan Dolbrice – ER-36.14
69 yards rushing, 11.5 yds/carry, 2 Touchdowns, scored 12 points, averaged 36-yds/punt return, 60-yard punt returned for a Touchdown, 1 fumble recovery, averaged 10 yds/reception.

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #7 - Jack Simcox

1st Team Top Performances - #7

Westfield – Junior- #44 Jack Simcox – ER-33.6
11 tackles, 4 tackles for loss yardage, 1 QB sack, 1 TD, 2 fumble recoveries, 6-points scored

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #8 - Aedan Szymanski

1st Team Top Performances - #8

Immaculata – Junior - #22 Aedan Szymanski – ER-32.26
1 interception, 3 for 3 on extra points, 1 for 1 on field goals, 30 yd field goal made, averaged 35.7 yds/punt, averaged 47.5 yds/kick off, scored 1 touchdown, longest punt was for 40 yards, recovered 1 fumble, averaged 5.2 yds/rush, averaged 5 yards per reception, scored 12 points

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #9 - Diego Rios

1st Team Top Performances - #9

 Union – Senior - #1 Diego Rios – ER-31.99

7 completions on 11 attempts, 63.3% pass completion, 192 yards passing, 2 TD passes, 27.4 yards/completion, 12-points scored

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game - #10 - Liam Derkesch

1st Team #10

Ridge – Senior - #35 Liam Derkesch – ER-31.20
103 yards rushing on 9 attempts, 1 tackle, 3 TD’s, 11.4 yds/rush, 18 points scored.

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game #11 - Connor Hughes

Next up will be our 1st team top performances.

Each individual will get his own spot.  We will start with #11

11)      Ridge – Senior - #10 Connor Hughes – ER-31.03
7 completions on 8 attempts, 87.5% pass completion, 137 yards passing, 4 rushing attempts for 22 yards, 6 of 6 extra points made, 54.6 yds/kickoff average, 1 TD pass thrown, 5.5 yards/rush, 19.6 yards/completion, 12-points scored

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game

2nd Team Top Performances

Team                Class         #-Name                                   Efficiency Rating

Elizabeth	Junior	#22 Marquise Leak	26.20
Montgomery	Junior	#20 Trevor Schmidt	25.03
Plainfield	Junior	#4 James Spann	22.50
Montgomery	Junior	#16 Brian Flood	21.79
Ridge	Senior	#28 Ryan Bell	21.72
Linden	Senior	#22 Sha-Quan Champagne	21.50
North Hunterdon	Junior	#5 Luke Fogel	20.72
Immaculata	Senior	#44 Vinny Sokalski	20.31
North Hunterdon	Junior	#6 Jordan Ditzel	19.47
Plainfield	Junior	#1 Mustafa Harris	19.28
Linden	Junior	#4 Khalil Burns	19.10

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3rd Team Top Performances

Team                Class          #-Name                                  Efficiency Rating

Elizabeth	Sophomore	#27 Kyron Paige	18.51
Elizabeth	Junior	#10 Tyree Gutierrez	18.44
Kearny	Senior	#14 TJ Witt	18.09
Montgomery	Senior	#23 Ananth Chenimineni	17.06
Plainfield	Junior	#51 Antwan Wilson	16.50
Kearny	Senior	#5 Jax Angulo	16.14
North Hunterdon	Sophomore	#2 Rob Marron	16.09
Union	Senior	#17 Travon Gravenhise	15.24
Ridge	Senior	#33 Matthew Soulas	15.11
Plainfield	Senior	#21 Khaliq harris	15.00
Westfield	Senior	#85 David Kane	14.85

Top Performances in a Plainfield Game

4th Team Top Performances in a Plainfield Game

          Team               Class         #-Name                                   Efficiency Rating

	North Hunterdon	Senior	#55 Mike Mastrobattista	14.50
	Kearny	Senior	#4 Jorge Fernandez	14.34
	Ridge	Senior	#8 Alex Hatala	14.22
	Elizabeth	Senior	#32 Fabrice Juin	13.94
	Linden	Senior	#3 Tykir West	13.82
	Montgomery	Junior	#5 Chris Chugunov	13.35
	Westfield	Senior	#10 Dylan Elliot	12.73
	Plainfield	Junior	#90 Kenny Carter	12.50
	Immaculata	Sophomore	#57 Shannon Brown	12.50
	Montgomery	Junior	#6 Jabari Clemons	11.86
	Watchung Hills	Junior	#13 Ben Gomes	11.48

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Honorable Mention
Team               Class          #-Name                                   Efficiency Rating 

Plainfield	Senior	#56 Mikhail Thompson	10.63
Elizabeth	Junior	#2 Umar Garner	10.54
Ridge	Junior	#90 Ganny Evan	10.50
Plainfield	Senior	#88 Al-Azeez Thorne	10.41
Linden	Junior	#11 Corey Ampey	10.34
Union	Senior	#21 Agbai Iroha	10.13
Plainfield	Sophomore	#6 Daryl Kennedy	10.00
Kearny	Senior	#55 Edwin Machuca	10.00
Montgomery	Junior	#42 Jake Bobal	10.00
Watchung Hills	Junior	#26 Zack Mellilo	10.00
Plainfield	Senior	#20 Akiel Revan	10.00
Union	Senior	#2 Lance Lee	9.91
Union		#52	9.50
Westfield	Sophomore	#39 Michael O'Connor	9.50
Westfield	Junior	#17 Luke Prybylski	9.00
Immaculata	Senior	#10 Chandler Vanderbeek	8.71
Immaculata	Senior	#55 Scott Royster	8.50
Linden	Senior	#52 Wesley Clervoyant	8.50
North Hunterdon	Senior	#21 J.T. Kilduff	8.43
Ridge	Senior	#5 Nick Franzese	8.38
Watchung Hills	Junior	#87 Devyn Spruell	8.30
Ridge	Senior	#50 Connor Stieglitz	8.00
Plainfield	Junior	#38 Safir Stubbs	8.00
Linden	Senior	#15 Justin Black-Orr	8.00
Linden	Senior	#7 Dazzmen Johnson	7.93
Watchung Hills	Junior	#10 Joseph Giacom	7.23
Plainfield	Senior	#44 Joel Chin Young	6.50
Elizabeth	Senior	#28 Keion Hunter	5.72

Westfield vs Plainfield Thanksgiving Game

Plainfield - 0
Westfield - 34

Top Players of the Game:

1)      Westfield – Senior - #5 Eugene Rawles – ER-43.80

188 yards rushing on 29 attempts, 8 yards receiving on 1 reception, 3 TD’s, 1 fumble recovery, 6.5 yards/carry, 18-points scored

2)      Westfield – Junior- #44 Jack Simcox – ER-33.6

11 tackles, 4 tackles for loss yardage, 1 QB sack, 1 TD, 2 fumble recoveries, 6-points scored

3)      Westfield – Senior - #85 David Kane – ER-14.85

20 yards receiving on 3 receptions, 3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 39 yard kickoff return, 1 fumble recovery, 6.7 yards/reception

4)      Plainfield – Junior - #51 Antwan Wilson – ER-14.5

5 tackles, 4 tackles for loss yardage, 1 QB sack, 1 pass break up,

5)      Westfield – Senior - #10 Dylan Elliot – ER-12.73

2 receptions for 59 yards, 1 TD, 29.5 yards/reception, 6-points scored,

6)      Plainfield – Senior -  #22 Steve Jones – ER-9.64

106 yards rushing on 32 attempts, 1 tackle,

7)      Westfield – Sophomore - #39 Michael O’Connor – ER-9.50

2 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 1 QB sack, 1 fumble recovery,

8)      Westfield – Junior - #17 Luke Prybylski – ER-9.00

9 tackles,

9)      Plainfield – Senior - #56 Mikhail Thompson – ER-7.50

4 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 1 QB sack,

10)  Plainfield – Junior - #4 James Spann – ER-6.50

5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage,

11)  Plainfield – Senior - #44 Joel Chin Young – ER-6.50

5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage,

Kearny vs Plainfield

Plainfield - 40
Kearny - 12

Top Players of the Game:

1)      Plainfield – Senior - #22 Steve Jones – ER-59.17

215 yards rushing on 16 attempts, 1 tackle, 1 pass breakup, 8 yards receiving, 2 2-point conversions made, 4 TD’s, 1 fumble recovery, 13.4 yards/rush, 28-points scored

2)      Kearny – Senior - #14 TJ Witt – ER-18.09

46 yards passing, 1 completion on 3 attempts, 5 yards rushing on 1 rushing attempt, 1 reception, 3 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD pass thrown, 5 yards/rush, 46 yards/completion, 6-points scored

3)      Plainfield – Junior - #1 Mustafa Harris – ER-17.39

80 yards rushing on 5 attempts, 1 reception for 4 yards, 19-yard punt return, 1 TD, 16 yards/rush, 4 yards/reception, 6-points scored

4)      Kearny – Senior - #5 Jax Angulo – ER-16.14

73 yards rushing on 11 attempts, 1 TD, 6.4 yards/rush, 6-points scored

5)      Kearny – Senior - #4 Jorge Fernandez – ER-14.34

1 reception for 46 yards, 3 tackles, 1 TD, 6-points scored

6)      Plainfield – Junior -  #4 James Spann – ER-12.53

Interception return for 20 yards, 3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 1 QB sack, 1 interception,

7)      Kearny – Senior - #55 Edwin Machuca – ER-10.00

3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss yardage, 2 QB sacks,

8)      Plainfield – Senior - #88 Al-Azeez Thorne – ER-8.01

1 reception for 13 yards, 1 TD, 6-points scored

9)      Plainfield – Senior - #20 Akiel Revan – ER-7.50

4 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 1 QB sack,

10)  Plainfield – Junior - #94 Kenny Carter – ER-6.50

3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss yardage, 1 QB sack,

11)  Plainfield – Senior - #21 Khaliq Harris – ER-6.00

3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss yardage,

Cardinal Fanatic Tribute to Dawud Hicks

#12 Dawud Hicks

The 2010 football season was the last playoff team Plainfield had.  One of the main reasons was the performance of Dawud Hicks.  Hicks more known for his grappling skills was a major force on the Cardinals Football Playoff season.  Dawud would finish the season as the Cardinal Fanatic top star earner for the Cardinals.  Here is a look back at Dawud's player of the game notes:

Plainfield vs Somerville
After giving up 56 points in their game opener, the Cardinals responded with an exceptional defensive effort by shutting out Somerville led by Dawud Hicks, DaShawn Robinson, and Tiaquan Womack. The defensive effort was punctuated with 4 stops in 4 attempts on 4th down.

Plainfield vs Union
Plainfield pulled off the biggest upset in several years as the Cardinals defeated the Farmers of Union 14 - 7. The game was nearly a shut out but Union scored with less than 2 minutes in the game. Kell'E Gallimore played an all around outstanding game. His quality punts, interception on defense, and the Cardinals 2 touchdowns led Plainfield to victory. Dawud Hicks led the Cardinals on the defensive side with 11 tackles, 2 for negative yards.

The Cardinals defense has put back to back impressive showings. Another interesting statistical note, Union went for it on 4th down 3 times. The Farmers were successful once. The Cardinals have turned away their opponets 6 out of the last 7 attempts on 4th down. The Cardinals also went nearly 8 quarters of shut out football.

This was the best execution the offense has demonstrated all season. Although this game could have easily seen the Cardinals score at least 28 points. A couple of deep open touch down passes were dropped. The improvement in offense is taking strides.

The defense will be tested when the Cardinals go to visit the Elizabeth Minutemen and their high octane offense.

The offense should continue to take positive steps as they face the worst scoring defense in the conference.

Dawud and the Cardinals Celebrating Qualifying for the Playoffs

Westfield vs Plainfield
Plainfield ended an improved season on a disappointing note. Westfield man handled the Cardinals as A.J. Murray of Westfield ran through the Cardinals to earn the Plainfield Fanatic player of the game.

Diijon Allen-Jordan threw for 120 yards but his performance was offset with 3 interceptions.
Deion McNeil caught a 40 yd TD pass from Allen-Jordan for the Cardinals only score. This was McNeil's 3rd TD reception of the year.
Delano Mullings was hurt on his first rushing attempt and was side lined for the remainder of the game.
Seniors Tiaquan Womack and Dawud Hicks will be missed for next season. Both grapplers combined for 25 tackles with 3 for negative yards.
Both Tiaquan and Dawud should earn post season accolades.

Here are the final Plainfield Fanatic star earners for the 2010 season

#12 Dawud Hicks - Sr. ************************************
#4 Kell'E Gallimore - Sr. ************************************
#2 Delano Mullings - Sr. *******************************
#18 Diijon Allen-Jordan - Jr. ****************************
#14 Ricky Barnett - Jr. *************************
#76 Tiaquan Womack - Sr. *************************
#7 Deion McNeil - Sr. ************************
#21 DeShawn Robinson - Sr. *******************
#6 Josh Wilson - Sr. ***************
#8 Chad Lewis - Jr. **************
#54 Travis Johnson - Sr. ************
#73 Dawel Bencosme - So. **********
#5 Jair Mack - Sr. *********
#53 DonJuan Harrison - Jr. *********
#13 Henze Espinoza - So. ********
#64 Lamond Sparrow - Jr. ********
#19 Shareff Rasheed - Jr. *******
#1 Sergio Wilcher - Jr. ***
#11 Allen Brown - Sr. *
#17 Denzel Christian - So. *
#26 Tajir Hurdle - Sr. *


To big Dawud (father) and family, please accept my Condolences

The Cardinal Fanatic...

Group 5 Section 2 State Championship Prediction Ridge vs Union

Ridge vs. Union – Group 5 State Championship

Plainfield faced both teams and the outcome was not very good as both teams took my Cardinals to the woodshed and did a number on them. 

According to my computer geek next-door neighbor, Jimmy Neutron, both teams were expected to make it this far.  Jimmy said that he is a perfect 6-0 with his predictions so far and this game will be the only one he predicts that can go either way. 

Jimmy is telling me that Union has thrown a funny bone into his computer program.  The Cardinal Fanatic responded by saying you must be talking about Jamauri Bogan rushing prowess.  Jimmy tells me NEGATIVE. Jimmy explains the surge of outstanding linebacker Jabree Robertson has caught teams off guard.  The Cardinal fanatic already knew that Robertson was a talent on the defensive side of the ball but Jimmy explained that Robertson has exploded on the offensive side of the ball in the latter part of the season.  Especially against Plainfield when Bogan went down with an injury.  The old cliché of Thunder and Lightning is back.  The 200lb Robertson is strong and is the perfect compliment to the speedy Bogan.  By the way Robertson is equally as fast as strong.  Jimmy said that this new revelation has caused his computer program to crash.

Jimmy further explains to further complicate his prediction; Ridge is running like well tune Mercedes 600.  Powerful but smooth, strong but fast, cruising but punishing.  All this equals a dominant team but Jimmy did notice a few flaws in the armor of the Red Devils.  An excellent team with excellent skill players and very good offensive line but the teams that gave Ridge a battle (Linden and Westfield) both had very good interior linemen.  Union’s interior line of Kameren Stowe, Moses Jean-Louis, Uchenna Egwuonwu and Mike Seraquaize have not only caused havoc on the suspension of the buses they travel on but the combine weight of over ½ ton linemen have been a force.  Ridge will counter with arguably the best quarterback in Somerset County and Mid-State Conference in Connor Hughes. Hughes can win this game with his arm, legs or feet.  Not only is Hughes the best quarterback he may also be the best kicker in the conference.  With this game seemingly so tight on paper, it may come down to the legs of Hughes.  Jimmy also explains the skill players for Ridge execute well.  They are all above average athletes that execute better than any other team in the conference.

Ridge’s co-captain Nick Franzese is a threat through the air.  Excellent hands and has been proven to be a lethal weapon through the air for Hughes.  Chris Mueller is a force on defense and will surprise teams on the offensive side of the ball.  At 6’5” 220”, Chris will be a load to handle.  The backfield of Matthew Soulas and Liam Derkasch will be looking to counter Bogan and Robertson. AJ Peterpaul will be the leader of the front line and has the tall task of nullifying the strong front line of Union.

With that all said Jimmy reluctantly explained that Union can pull this game out based on their strong play down the stretch of the season.  Jimmy feels Robertson will be key for Union to win.

But Jimmy feels that Ridge is the favorite.  Hughes and Franzese will be key.  Look for Hughes to win this game with his arms, legs and ultimately his feet.

Jimmy Neutron prediction

Union – 20

Ridge - 24