Intro Jersey Sports Z's coverage of Union City is brought to you by Jersey City Medical Center hey what's going on everyone I'm Jay cook with jerseysportszone.com I'm here tonight in Wayne where somebody is going to punch their ticket to the group five state championship game Union City and paic Tech are two extremely familiar foes The Soaring Eagles and Bulldogs are playing for the fourth time in two seasons and tonight everything is on the line early first quarter Union City gets First Quarter the first break Manny cantio flies in to block the punt and he recovers it himself Union City has possession inside the 10 yd line but Pake Tech Will buckle down Trayvon D missed the last few weeks after having hand surgery he's got a half a club on that right hand and man he looks spry though die with a big tfl The Soaring Eagles will have to settle for a field goal attempt but the kick is wide right we are scoreless through one full quarter of play here in Wayne second quarter Union City who typically Second Quarter is run exclusive takes a shot down the field Mark Molina hits Kareem Hector in stride and Hector picks up the Yak The Soaring Eagles gain 29 yards and they are in business again but once more the Bulldogs make a stop fourth and short TR shandai makes a heck of a solo tackle to force a turnover on Downs what else did you expect we've got a defensive battle on our hands it's a scoreless tie at the break third quarter now the Bulldog Third Quarter offense gets moving mck Taylor finds jovon Tyrell on the boundary Tyrell makes a man miss and he's got 20 yards it's first and goal Pake Tech on the next play everyone in the house thinks trond D is getting the carry nope M Taylor keeps it himself for a 10yd touchdown Taylor gives his Bulldogs a 7 nothing lead with 419 left here in the third this pcti defense was locked in final play of the third Union City goes for it again on Fourth and short Trayvon die and Victor at choria make the tfl it's another turnover on Downs as we go to the fourth quarter this is the first play of the Final Quarter fourth Tran D finally breaks a big run the senior has a huge gain this pickup plus a penalty equals a 66 yd gain PCT TI flips the field and on the next play Tran D makes a house call from 17 yds out and he eclipses 2,000 rushing yards on the season yes that's for real Pake tech leads 14 nothing to open the fourth quarter and from here on out the Bulldogs will milk the clock with their ground game and they are going to secure their spot in the group five state championship for the second straight season 14 nothing is the final p tech is now 13-0 on the year it's the sixth time this season their defense has not allowed a point the Bulldogs will face Tom's River North in a rematch of last year's group five final but before that tran D reflected on defeating Union City for the fourth time in two seasons Union City is Outro amazing you know they're a great team hard knows football they have a really good defense today was about who got the ball last and we got the ball last we made it made the best of it we play hard defense and that was very important I feel like going going into the half we seen a lot of things heard a lot of things out in the first half we seeing what will work and what didn't work and when we came out the second half we just executed and that's exactly what happened reporting from Wayne I'm Jay cook jerseysportszone.com [Music]