Defensive stubbornness on the part of both teams forced an overtime period but junior midfielder Caden Matulonis struck gold to earn the fifth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team a 1-0 victory over the 14th-seeded 6-9-3 Perth Amboy Panthers in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament at Scotch Plains on October 25. Raider senior goalkeeper Jeff Dietrich recorded no saves. The victory catapulted the 10-4-3 Raiders into a showdown in Flemington with the fourth-seeded Hunterdon Central Red Raiders, who had defeated the 11th-seeded Watchung Hills Warriors, 1-0. In that game, co-captain Aaron Casterlow scored on an assist from JayvonYoung to send the Raiders to the semifinal against the eighth-seeded Ridge Red Devils, who upset top-seeded Newark East Side in a shootout. Dietrich recorded three saves.
ACTION IN THE RAIDER BOX...Raiders Devin Pierce, No. 4, Ryder Richer, No. 2, Massimo Passucci, No. 8, and company protect their goal in the Noth Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 game against Perth Amboy on October 25. The Raiders won 1-0. David B. Corbin
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November 2, 2023
Raider Boys Nip Perth Amboy, 1-0, in OT, Oust Hunterdon Central in Sectional, 1-0