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Unbeaten Camden defeats Glassboro

Camden's final play of the first half summed up everything that preceded it. A ball floated so perfectly to the back of the end zone, over the shoulder of a defender in tight coverage and straight down, that the play seemed almost impossible even to the receiver who caught it.

Camden's quarterback (right) runs a keeper in the first quarter as Glassboro's Kenyonn Jones moves in for the tackle. (Photo by Curt Hudson)
Camden's quarterback (right) runs a keeper in the first quarter as Glassboro's Kenyonn Jones moves in for the tackle. (Photo by Curt Hudson)Read more

Camden's final play of the first half summed up everything that preceded it.

A ball floated so perfectly to the back of the end zone, over the shoulder of a defender in tight coverage and straight down, that the play seemed almost impossible even to the receiver who caught it.

"I was going to stop and try to outjump him," JaMir Washington said. "But when I saw the throw, I saw that I could keep running, and I did."

The 25-yard touchdown throw by Khalil Williams put Camden up by three scores after a near-flawless first half. But by the end of the third quarter, the pass and Camden's domination were distant memories.

In a battle of unbeaten teams, Camden leaned on flash in the first half and heart in the second to hold on for a 30-13 home win over Glassboro on Friday night in a game that could decide home advantage in the Group 2 tournament.

"We were going for power points," Camden coach Dwayne Savage said. "We know we could see them in the playoffs, so we just focused on playing hard. When we got down, we continued to fight hard."

A spectacular performance in the first half led to Camden's big lead.

A rocky performance by Camden in the second made it a one-possession game with 7 minutes, 20 seconds left.

"But we made sure we didn't let our downs disrupt our ups - our mishaps didn't disrupt our flow," defensive lineman Kenwood Hegaman said. "We just continue to play hard. It's great to come out here in front of our home crowd and knock off another undefeated team."

With the score 20-13, Hegaman recovered a fumble on the Glassboro 49 with 5 minutes, 9 seconds to play. It led to a 39-yard touchdown run by Brad Hawkins on fourth and inches to ice the game for Camden (6-0).

Washington finished with five catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns - 83 of those yards and both touchdowns came in the first half, aided by the spectacular play of Williams.

Through two quarters, Williams completed 10 of 14 passes for 243 yards, three TDs and an interception.

But things went sour on his first throw of the second half. Safety Jordan Johnson intercepted the ball at the Glassboro 22 and returned it down the left sideline to the Camden 6. On the next play. Juwan Johnson punched the ball in to make the score 20-7.

Williams, who finished 13 for 24 for 313 yards, was intercepted twice more in the fourth quarter. But he made several big runs in the second half, and his teammates rallied around him.

"We made more mistakes than they did," said Glassboro coach Marc Maccarone, whose team fell to 5-1.

Glassboro 0 0 7 6 - 13

Camden 14 6 0 10 - 30

C: JaMir Washington 25 pass from Khalil Williams (kick failed)

C: Brad Hawkins 67 pass from Williams (Washington pass from Williams)

C: Washington 25 pass from Williams (run failed)

G: Juwan Johnson 6 run (Johnson kick)

G: Johnson 13 pass from Mike Maldonado (kick failed)

C: Hawkins 39 run (Gian Perez pass from Williams)

C: Safety