Williams keys Hun win No. 3
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor
LAWRENCEVILLE — Nick Williams isn’t the biggest guy on the field. He’s not the fastest or the strongest either.
But Nick Williams is a football player, and a pretty successful one at that. He’s the kind of player every coach wants to have on their team.
”He is a phenomenal football player,” Hun School coach Dave Dudeck said after Williams’ three touchdowns helped the Raiders to a 34-6 win at Lawrenceville on Saturday. “He is as good as any kid I have ever had as far as an all-around football player. He plays special teams, he plays multiple positions on defense, he plays multiple positions on offense, he’s a wonderful kid and he works so hard. I am hoping some college sees that and gives him an opportunity.”
Williams showed his versatility on Saturday, rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown, while also catching five passes for 146 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Williams also helped the Raiders defense hold the Big Red scoreless until the fourth quarter.
”It’s just instinct,” Williams said of his running style. “It’s nothing I really practice during the week. When I see a guy coming I just go either left or right. I just guess.”
Williams, a senior from East Windsor who is in his fourth year as a starter on the varsity, has helped the Raiders overcome a season-opening loss to win three straight games.
”We got off to a real slow start with a loss to Wyoming Seminary,” said Williams, who has nine receptions this year. “But we’ve been 3-0 since then and we go into one of our favorite games of the year under the lights at Blair.
”We knew we had a good squad after pre-season camp. The first game we had a lot of injuries. And with a team like us we bring in a couple guys, so it takes a while to get used to each other. But we’re starting to come together as a team now.”
Williams has been part of two Mid-Atlantic Prep League championship teams in his three years at Hun. This team is different than the others, but just as capable of winning a title.
”With this team, we’re not the most talented team in the world, but we play hard,” Williams said. “We’ll come after you every single play. We’re not going to put up 70 points on the scoreboard, but we’ll come out and hit you on defense. We’re a defensive squad. With new guys and new players the easiest thing to have come together is defense. We just fly to the ball and try to make plays.
”If we win it this year it will be three out of four years. Each team has a different personality. We have a great program and every year we seem to be in contention for the MAPL championship.”
The Raiders had their biggest passing day of the season as Brendan Dudeck completed 11 passes for 243 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Brian Leffler also ran for a touchdown, while Donald Coleman recovered a fumble in the end zone for another score.
”This was a great win for us,” Hun coach Dave Dudeck said. “Lawrenceville is always an emotional game for us. We’re a young team and in a lot of ways we’re still gelling. We still have a ways to go and we need to eliminate some of those mistakes. Every practice we need to get better and that’s all we’re really trying to do.
”Today we threw it a little more than we had been. Little by little we’re coming up with more weapons. The thing that hurt us at the beginning was we had six injuries. Five of those kids play both ways. And we play a ton of juniors and they’re learning.”
It was a mixed weekend for the other teams in the Packet area.
West Windsor-Plainsboro South remained unbeaten with a come-from-behind 33-28 win over Hamilton. Even without top offensive threat Dave Twamley, who sprained his ankle early in the game, the Pirates overcame a 21-7 deficit in the final 14 minutes.
Chris Matthews ran for 133 yards and four touchdowns, while Connor Farrell also ran for a score in the win.
”Matthews and Henry MacQueen played awesome with Twamley out of the game,” said WW-P coach Todd Smith, whose team improved to 4-0 on the season. “It was pretty awesome. We scored 26 points in about six minutes to go from being down 21-7 to being up, 33-21.”
Twamley, who this weekend decided he would continue his football career at the University of Pennsylvania, should be back from the ankle injury for Saturday’s game against unbeaten Notre Dame.
Princeton improved to 3-1 with a 26-7 win over Trenton. It was the Little Tigers’ third straight win. Trevor Barsamian rushed for three touchdowns, while Josh Gordon ran for 100 yards in the win. Tom Borchert also scored a touchdown in the win.
Montgomery evened its record at 2-2 with a 34-0 win over Voorhees. J.T. Tartacoff ran for 104 yards and scored three touchdowns to pace the offense for the Cougars.
WW-P North fell to 0-4 with a tough 27-20 loss at Ewing on Friday night. The Knights trailed, 14-0, at halftime but battled back and were in the game right to the end.
”We’re young,” WW-P North coach Chris Casamento said. “The bottom line is it’s been six or seven weeks. It’s a learning process. I thought it would happen sooner. The kids thought it would happen sooner. We’re disappointed. We don’t like it. But the kids play hard until the end.
”We’ve only got four or five guys with real varsity experience. We’re young. But on top of that we’re inexperienced.”
Tarelle Thomas led the North offense with 144 yards rushing on 27 carries, scoring a pair of touchdowns. Rob White also connected with Dan Kenavan on a late touchdown pass.
Princeton Day fell to 1-4 with a 55-7 loss to Red Lion Christian. Dennis Cannon’s touchdown run in the third quarter and a Dylan Kelly extra point accounted for the Panthers’ scoring.

