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Football No. 10 Passaic Tech dominates West Orange in all 3 phases for win WATCH



Not always does it translate to a ton of points, but it has for the past two weeks for NJ.com's No. 10 team in Passaic Tech.

The Bulldogs ripped big runs, hit long pass plays and took the ball away on defense four times in a 43-19 drubbing of West Orange in Wayne on Thursday.

"Everything is clicking right now," senior running back/linebacker Trashon Dye said. "I feel like the game against Passaic [55-7 win] last week gave our offense confidence. It let us know we can make plays. It carried into this week and we want it to carry into next week."

Dye rumbled for three touchdown runs and his brother Travon added a 1-yard score. Quarterback Ma'Kao Taylor found fellow senior Cashmere Jones for a 65-yard touchdown pass after the first score of the game - a 49-yard pick six from senior Jovan Tyrell.

"We performed," Jones said. "We worked hard in practice and once we're going, we just keep going. We build off of momentum.

"The offense was able to click in spots we needed it to click," head coach Matt Demarest added. "We can run the ball and our offensive line is getting better. We still have to clean some things up, but we're excited to have put that effort in."

What has aided the Passaic Tech (4-0) offense is the improved play under center from Taylor. He has gone from managing the game in the first two weeks to being a reason why the Bulldogs are erupting offensively in the last two.

Demarest attributes some of that to poor coaching, but he has seen a more confident Taylor in the last two contests.

"We didn't help him out in the first two weeks as coaches," Demarest said. "That's what happens, so you have to look at things and piece it together. We made some changes and we gave him more confidence. You have to feel your players and he's a really good player. We're fortunate to have him.

"Our quarterback is stepping into his leadership role," Dye added. "He's taking accountability in practice and working hard. A lot of teams come down and bring pressure because they see my brother and I, but when we throw the ball, now what are you going to do? He's leading the offense more and that changes the entire game."

The Bulldogs were also superb on special teams with the exception of a blocked PAT.

Joel Perez recovered two squib kicks on kickoffs that weren't even intended to be recovered. The junior got downfield twice and jumped on the loose ball - one of which was mishandled by West Orange for a fumble.

Passaic Tech has made it an effort to improve on special teams since Week 1 when Union City house called the opening kickoff. Demarest is thrilled to see well-rounded football.

"They [West Orange] have talent," Demarest said. "They have home run hitters returning kickoffs. The goal was to not let them make big plays in the return, and it just so happens we have hungry kids on special teams. We were able to make plays on mistakes they made. We have kids on special teams who want to be on special teams. That's exciting."

The Bulldogs were runner-up in Group 5 last fall and they sure look poised to make another run at a title, but not every week in 2022 was pretty. They got tripped up by Ridgewood, which they will meet in Week 4, and their Week 8 opponent in Paterson Eastside.

What is this bunch focusing on to stay on the path to success? Cleaning up what went wrong from the previous week and sticking to their brand of ball.

"Our defense has to tighten some things down, but we gave up some scores to a team that won a sectional final last year," Demarest said. "They have talented kids and I would hope that they want to play offense. We gave up two touchdowns in the first half but scored four. I'll take that any day. It's like anything. They're high school kids and we'll clean some things up.

"We have to keep executing our plays," Jones added. "We have to continue grinding and doing what we're doing."

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