The Dumont Huskies(5-5) wrapped up their 2026 home schedule on a high note, rolling to a 38-7 win over the Elmwood Park Crusaders(6-5) at Dumont High School in Dumont, New Jersey.

 Dumont running back Derek Junger proved to be the star of the game, scoring four rushing touchdowns and tallying 178 yards on 16 carries, increasing Junger’s rushing total to 1,182 yards and 11 touchdowns on the season. Defensively, Junger asserted his presence, registering two sacks.

 Huskies Head Coach Mike Farrington on the victory: “We hang our hat on the running game, and we have been doing that for 5 years. I have been here for 10 years now. The run game sets the tone for us, and being physical, and the offensive line has done a great job answering the call this year.” 

 “Derek’s been the bell cow, and being able to mix Myles(Donald) in a little bit, and with our jet sweep game with Luca(Scaiano) and Eric(Orso) when he’s in, it’s a good combination now and can move the chains for us.”

 “This was our last home game here, and then we’re at Tenafly for Thanksgiving, so we wanted to finish the year out strong and 5-1 at home. Being able to win here is great.”

 The seniors in this group are great, and a couple came out this year and latched onto the leadership, and everybody buys in. We’re a tight family, and it’s emotional because these guys are really good at anything I ask them to do. They give it 100 percent, and now the young guys see that and build off it, see how it’s done, and see how traditions and cultures are built and kept going. It’s awesome.

Dumont received the opening kickoff and wasted no time putting points on the board. The Huskies' pound-and-ground attack moved the ball into Elmwood Park territory, and Derek Junger capped the drive by taking a handoff from quarterback Myles Donald and exploding through a gap in the line, shaking off a defender and sprinting to the end zone for a 39-yard touchdown. The two-point conversion failed, leaving the score 6-0 with less than nine minutes left.


“We talked about it the last two days we practiced because it was a short week and we played last Thursday. Coming into a Wednesday game, we practiced hard and wanted to start with energy, protect the gate here in Dumont, and make the most of our last home game together. Those were the two things we talked about entering this game.”

 The Huskies defense quickly forced the Crusaders offense into a three-and-out. Dumont started its next drive from its own 29-yard line, then quarterback Myles Donald connected on an 18-yard pass to wide receiver Luca Scaiano, and the Huskies churned out yardage on the ground to move into the red zone. 

 A six-play drive that chewed up more than three minutes resulted in Derek Junger taking the handoff and powering into the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown. The Huskies again went for two, and Myles Donald lofted a pass to wide receiver Ashton DiBella in the back of the end zone to make it 14-0.


 In the second quarter, Dumont’s offense returned and benefited from a penalty on the Elmwood Park defense that moved the ball to the 14-yard line.

 On first and goal at the three-yard line, quarterback Myles Donald took the snap, faked the handoff, spun around, and lobbed a pass into the end zone where tight end Nate Vasquez snagged the catch for the score. 


The Huskies followed with the two-point conversion, as Luca Scaiano took the ball on the jet sweep and barreled across the goal line to widen the margin to 22-0 with 10:25 remaining.

 Head Coach Mike Farrington on Myles Donald's development this season: “We were prepping Myles for quarterback the past two years and had packages here and there. He was always an athlete and spunky kid, and he took the reins this year and just did a fantastic job.”

 “With today’s game, he has 1,000 yards passing, close to 500 yards rushing, 14 passing touchdowns, and a couple of rushing touchdowns. He controls the offense, and there’s a breath of fresh air this year. Just being able to talk to him on the field and change things on the fly, and he knows what to do with the football. He’s through the roof and a pleasure to coach.”

 “He could do it all and is a threat running the ball, and we called a lot of bootlegs this year. He has a good arm, and it’s nice to watch him develop and blossom into this awesome quarterback, a testament to his hard work.” 

 The Crusaders tried to settle their offense with a pass play, but a fumble gave Dumont possession. The Huskies capitalized immediately, as Myles Donald hurled a 52-yard pass to wide receiver Ashton DiBella, advancing the ball to the eight-yard line.

 On second down at the four-yard line, Donald handed the ball off to Derek Junger, who plowed through a host of defenders and into the end zone. Dumont kept the same rhythm on the two-point conversion, and Donald threw to wide receiver Matthew Galligan in the right corner of the end zone to push the margin to 30-0 with 7:13 left.


Elmwood Park, in dire need of finding some consistency on offense, found that, but at a cost, as their starting quarterback Jerome Drummond was knocked out of the game on an injury sustained due to Derek Junger’s second sack of the game.

 Mikey McKenzie took over at quarterback, and the offense began to click. A personal foul on the Huskies' defense pushed the ball near midfield, and McKenzie and running back Jos’mire Shannon split the running plays before Shannon ripped off a solid run to move the ball deeper into Dumont territory.

 With time winding down and it second-and-goal at the six-yard line, Mikey McKenzie took the snap in shotgun formation, rolled to his right, and slung a pass to a wide-open Delawaney Nwaogu, who strolled into the end zone to trim the deficit to 30-7 at halftime.


 In the third quarter, the Crusaders received the kickoff, but the Dumont defense forced a punt. The Huskies took over at their own 22 with 10:29 to go and played smashmouth football, running the ball continuously while the offensive line dominated in the trenches. Derek Junger, Luca Scaiano, and Myles Donald each got carries. 

 An impressive 10-play, 78-yard drive ended when Derek Junger took the handoff from Myles Donald, darted to the left side of the line, and strode into the end zone for his fourth touchdown run of the night.


 Dumont then went for the two-point conversion, as Luca Scaiano took the ball from Myles Donald on the jet sweep, rounded the right side of the line, and surged across the goal line to expand the lead to 38-7.

 “We couldn’t get too exotic or crazy like that, but once Luca transferred here and we were able to get him on the field for the Hoboken game, along with Ashton DiBella, we said, Let’s see what we can do and our offense has taken off,” Mike Farrington described. “We’ve been trending in the right direction, especially offensively, and adding those two guys on our depth chart and having them rotate and take over spots has been a tremendous blessing.”

 The Huskies wrap up the 2026 season with the annual Thanksgiving Day rivalry game against Tenafly on Thursday, November 26th, at Tenafly High School, with kickoff set for 10 a.m. 

“This team has accepted all the challenges- linemen, seven-on-sevens, and we came into this season even before against Lakeland, adding more games and giving them more opportunities to play, and I talked to the seniors about this and they absolutely said yes and have given us everything. I tried getting a game for next week and wanted to play 12 games and unfortunately, we couldn’t. It’s fine and I understand that, and we have a tremendous streak heading into Thanksgiving and have been very lucky, and I know this team is not going to let up.” 

 Finally, Mike Farrington on the support from Dumont High School Athletics and community: “Since I’ve been at Dumont, the athletics has been 100% behind us, and our Athletic Director, Joseph Sutera, does a great job. The boosters, the parents that run the hut and throw the dinners for the kids, and the amount of support this team gets from the town show how small and tight-knit this community is.”