Belleville West lost to the reigning 5A champs.
West Side (28) at Belleville (13) - Football
By The Star Ledger
on September 02, 2017 4:00 PM
- 09/01 - 12:00 AM Football Final
West Side
28
Belleville
13
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Nasir Neal had 12 carries for 123 yards with three fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead West Side to a come-from-behind 28-13 victory over Belleville in Belleville.
Neal had two scoring runs of 19 yards and caught a 30-yard pass from Chrishod Walker. Meal also added three two-point conversions.
West Side trailed, 13-0, in the third quarter before Darnell Thomas threw a 32-yard TD pass to Dayveon Dore and Walker threw a 19-yard TD pass to Tywan Jones to give West Side a 14-13 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Walker completed 15 of 26 passes for 261 yards, Thomas had eight catches for 108 yards and Dore added six receptions for 82 yards to lead West Side.
Defensively, Justin Wedderburn had a team-high 14 tackles with four sacks and Angel Lopez addded 10 tackles with two sacks.
Richie Martinez had a 15-yard TD catch from Matt Latorre and Gustavo Viani added a 3-yard TD run to give Belleville the early lead.