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Unbeaten Brick Memorial Football Aiming For Sectional Title Game Berth
The Mustangs are having their best season in school history and are hoping to advance to the section final when they face Long Branch.
BRICK, NJ — The Brick Memorial football team will be aiming to keep its unbeaten season going Friday night when it hosts the semifinal of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.
Brick Memorial is having its best season since 2015, when the Mustangs were 9-3 and reached the Central Jersey Group 4 title game before falling to Jackson Memorial.
The Mustangs (10-0) face Long Branch at 6 p.m. at Brick Memorial's field, 2001 Lanes Mill Road. The Green Wave (6-5) defeated Jackson Memorial in the opening round of the playoffs, 14-0. Brick Memorial opened the playoffs with a 41-7 over Moorestown.
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Brick Memorial also completed its first undefeated regular season in team history when the Mustangs edged crosstown rival Brick, 19-14, on Oct. 20, when Nicco Maribo recovered a fumble and ran it in for a touchdown.
The unbeaten season follows a 6-5 finish in 2022 where the Mustangs reached the final round of the NJSIAA South Group 4 Regional Invitational Tournament, created in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The NJSIAA reverted to power-point rankings to decide playoff seedings for 2023.
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