East Brunswick High School Football
Coach: Marcus Borden
Assistant Coaches: Keith Lane, Glen Pazinko, Matthew Pazinko and Andy Steinfeld
Randall Nixon leads the offense
2006 Schedule
| 9/8 | Perth Amboy | 7PM |
| 9/21 | at Woodbridge | 7PM |
| 9/29 | Piscataway | 7PM |
| 10/6 | J.P. Stevens | 7PM |
| 10/13 | at South Brunswick | 7PM |
| 10/20 | Sayreville | 7PM |
| 10/28 | at Edison | 1PM |
| 11/3 | North Brunswick | 7PM |
| 11/11 | State Playoff | TBA |
| 11/18 | State Semifinals | TBA |
| 11/23 | at Old Bridge | 11AM |
East Brunswick High School Football Photographs
11/10/2006 - East Brunswick 42, Trenton Central 6
11/03/2006 - East Brunswick 19, North Brunswick 8
10/20/2006 - Sayreville 7, East Brunswick 6
10/13/2006 - South Brunswick 21, East Brunswick 7
10/6/2006 - J.P. Stevens 20, East Brunswick 19
09/29/2006 - Piscataway 28, East Brunswick 14
09/21/2006 - East Brunswick 13, Woodbridge 6
09/08/2006 - East Brunswick 57, Perth Amboy 12
East Brunswick High School Football Game Summaries
November 10, 2006: East Brunswick 42, Trenton Central 6
Great pass protection
East Brunswick played a fine game of football against Trenton Central in the NJSiAA consolation match. The Bears opened the scoring with Randall Nixon scampering in from 10 yards out. Trenton then scored on a 45 yard run, but failed on a two point try. The Bears defense smothered Trenton after that. East Brunswick rolled up 21 points in the second quarter. Justin Price recovered a fumble for a touchdown. Eric Eckhardt caught a 36 yard pass from Randall Nixon to put the Bears ahead 21-6 near the end of the half. East Brunswick however wouldn't pass up an opportunity, so following a Trenton fumble, East Brunswick marched on down the field and scored on a pass from Randall Nixon to Eric Eckhardt. In the second half, East Brunswick scored on a 6 yard run by Mike Kelleman and a interception return by Dustin Schuld. With this victory, East Brunswick improves to 5-4 for the season and is looking forward to a shot at Old Bridge on Thanksgiving day.
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November 3, 2006: East Brunswick 19, North Brunswick 8
Tough Bears defense is key
Randall Nixon had another big night for East Brunswick, running for two touchdowns and throwing for another. Randall Nixon opened the scoring in the second quarter with a 57 yard run. Ryan Ross made the extra point to give East Brunswick a 7-0 lead. North Brunswick quickly struck back with a 24 yard run by Lavarr Molina. After the Bears were called for a penalty in blocking the extra point, North Brunswick was successful in a two point conversion to take the lead 8-7. East Brunswick got back the ball after a North Brunswick fumble and a 27 yard touchdown catch by fullback Sergio Garcia put East Brunswick up 13-8 at the half. Late in the third quarter, the Bears had to score a touchdown, but one ref overruled the other and the ball was instead placed on the 1 foot line. Randall Nixon kept it himself and powered up the middle for the final score of the game. North Brunswick mounted a drive near the end of the game, but Russel Dubov got an interception to pretty much lock up the game. With this victory, East Brunswick improves to 4-4 for the season.
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October 27, 2006: East Brunswick 42, Edison 28
East Brunswick's offense came to life against Edison, powered by quarterback Randall Nixon's three rushing touchdowns and two through the air. His last minute drive at the end of the first half was especially impressive. With just 53 seconds left in the half, the drive started at the Edison 45 thanks to a 45 yard kickoff return by Bobby Tocco. Randall Nixon then completed three passes in a row to Eric Eckhardt. With 25 seconds left, Randall Nixon ran for 8 yards and then fired another completion to Eric Eckhardt who plowed through several defenders to get into the end zone. In the second half, Sergio Garcia rolled 27 yards for a touchdown off a screen pass. This victory snapped a 4 game losing streak and brought the Bears to 3-4 for the season.October 20, 2006: Sayreville 7, East Brunswick 6
Randall Nixon back to pass
East Brunswick came so close to pulling off a major upset. Everytime the Bombers were threatening, the Bears either stopped them on downs, or got one of 5 turnovers. It was starting to look like East Brunswick might be able to hold onto a 6-0 victory, but having held the Bombers to 4th and 5 from the 15, Mark Margres of Sayreville threaded a pass through to his favorite target Reinaldo Rodriguez for a first down at the 6. The Bears held again and it was fourth and goal from the 8 when once again Reinaldo Rodriguez caught a pass between two defenders at the back of the end zone. The Bears defense had made so many good plays throughout the evening, it was really too bad that in the end it wasn't enough, but they gave it all they could. While the Bears offense was largely contained by Sayreville, there were some nice pass plays for the Bears. Eric Eckhardt had three catches for 89 yards. Bobby Tocco and Sergio Garcia each had a catch for 21 and 14 yards respectively.
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October 13, 2006: South Brunswick 21, East Brunswick 7
Eric Eckhardt Scores
East Brunswick was pushed around pretty badly in the first half, with South Brunswick jumping out to a 21-0 lead. East Brunswick tried an onside kick at the start of the second half, but did not recover it. The Vikings rapidly drove down to the five. The Bears then had a fine goal line stand stopping South Brunswick twice with inches to spare. The Bears started moving the ball more successfully after that, with Randall Nixon throwing the ball sharply despite considerable pressure. Bobby Tocco, Sergio Garcia and Eric Eckhardt all made critical plays to keep the drive alive. Eric Eckhardt scored a touchdown to revive the Bears' faithful. Shortly afterword, the Bears had the ball again and were threatening, but they gave up an interception. South Brunswick was then able to use up most of the time on the clock and despite some last minute heroics, East Brunswick was not able to score again. East Brunswick is now 2-3 for the season.
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October 6, 2006: J.P. Stevens 20, East Brunswick 19
East Brunswick lost a hard fought battle with J.P. Stevens which featured two field goals by Eric McCutcheon of J.P. Stevens on a windy and chilly night in East Brunswick. The first field goal gave J.P. Stevens a first quarter lead. Both sides struggled until near the end of the first half. The Bears then scored on an 18 yard pass from Randall Nixon to Sergio Garcia with just 53 seconds left in the half. East Brunswick missed the kick, so it looked like East Brunswick would go into half up 6-3, but J.P. Stevens fumbled and after a long run by Randall Nixon down to the 3, Erik Eckhardt caught the touchdown pass with 5 seconds left in the half. The Bears made the kick to take a 13-3 lead into halftime. The second half did not start out well for East Brunswick. J.P. Stevens drove down for a touchdown and then not long later they returned an East Brunswick punt 52 yards for a touchdown. On the following kickoff however, Sergio Garcia turned the momentum around with a 78 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Unfortunately East Brunswick again missed the extra point settling for a two point lead. J.P. Stevens then took the lead on a 33 yard field goal with 5:41 left in the game. East Brunswick got the ball two more times, but was unable to score. East Brunswick is now 2-2 for the season.
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Randall Nixon back to pass
September 29, 2006: Piscataway 28, East Brunswick 14
East Brunswick started off great against one of the top ranked schools in the state. The Bears ground out a 14 play, 75 yard touchdown drive after the opening kickoff. They scored on a six yard run by quarterback Randall Nixon. After making the point after touchdown, the Bears had a sweet 7-0 lead. The Bears defense then had to face Terrance Fox who took a reverse for 50 yards on the Chiefs' second play from scrimmage in the game. The Bears managed to keep Piscataway from scoring on that drive. On the next drive, despite a 34 yard gain by Fox, the Bears forced Piscataway into a 4th and 8 at the East Brunswick 15 yard line. On that play, Terrance Fox was nearly caught, but when East Brunswick swarmed after him, he managed to reverse direction and out ran everyone to the end zone. Piscataway did not convert the extra point, so the Bears ended up going into half time with a one point lead. The third quarter did not go well for East Brunswick. Piscataway exploded for three quick touchdowns and made two 2 point conversions to go ahead 28-7. The fourth quarter was better, but it wasn't until the last couple of minutes that the Bears were able to get a drive going. With 23 seconds left on the clock, East Brunswick scored another touchdown to narrow the loss. East Brunswick is now 2-1 for the season.
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Randall Nixon
September 21, 2006: East Brunswick 13, Woodbridge 6
East Brunswick didn't look sharp much of the game, and it seemed at times that the refs felt that they had to throw a yellow flag every play, but in the end East Brunswick prevailed against a strong Woodbridge team. Woodbridge seemed to be able to move the ball at will in the first half and scored first but missed the extra point. On the ensuing kickoff, Bobby Tocco caught the ball on the seven yard line and dashed all the way down to the Barron's seven yard line. It took four plays, but on fourth and goal from the one, Randall Nixon got into the end zone by running around the left side. Neither side made much progress in the second half amid countless penalties. With 4:33 left in the third quarter, faced with a third and three, from their own 33, it looked like Randall Nixon was going to get sacked, but he tossed a screen pass to Sergio Garcia who raced all the way to the end zone. The kick was missed so the Bears only had a seven point lead. Woodbridge threatened late in the fourth quarter, but with under two minutes left, a fumbled snap was recovered by Sergio Garcia who had a tremendous night as middle linebacker. The Bears then ran out the clock to remain undefeated. East Brunswick is now 2-0 for the season.
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Sergio Garcia - 67 yard screen pass
September 8, 2006: East Brunswick 57, Perth Amboy 12
East Brunswick looked impressive in their season opening victory over Perth Amboy. East Brunswick's quarterback, Randall Nixon, ran for four touchdowns and threw for two more. The Bears scored touchdowns on each of their first 6 possessions. East Brunswick started with a 10 yard pass from Randall Nixon to Eric Eckhardt. Bobby Tocco then intercepted a pass and returned the ball 31 yards. Randall Nixon then scored on a 1 yard run. The Bears then got a safety on an intentional grounding call in the end zone. Bobby Tocco returned the kick 50 yards, which set up another Randall Nixon run for a touchdown. Perth Amboy then made a 78 yard touchdown pass to make the score 22-6, but when Russ Dubov of East Brunswick returned the ensuing kickoff for 58 yards, it wasn't long before Randall Nixon was completing an 18 yard toss to Doug Fisher to make it 29-6. Randall Nixon scored twice more in the first half to make the score 43-6 at the half. Sergio Garcia started the second half off right with a 47 yard touchdown run which was part of a night in which he gained 160 yards in just 10 carries. Perth Amboy was able to score once more, but near the end of the game, East Brunswick scored on a nice looking run by Holmes, to make the final score 57-12. East Brunswick is now 1-0 for the season.
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Randall Nixon - 4 TDs rushing, 2 passing
East Brunswick High School Previous Seasons
2006 Season
2005 Season
2004 - State Champions!!
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