Henry shattered three of the 93-year old Woodbridge football program's records
by WoodbridgeFootball.com / MyCentralJersey.com / NJ.com on 10/09/16
3:20 p.m. EDT October 9, 2016
Keshaun “Scooby” Henry, who will be featured in Wednesday’s
Home News Tribune as its Player of the Week, set three single-game
records for the storied Woodbridge High School football program in the
Barrons’ impressive 52-20 victory over crosstown rival J.F. Kennedy on
Friday night.
Henry set new standards at the high school for touchdowns (six), points (40 including four conversion points) and touchdown receptions (four), according to Woodbridge High School sports historian Nick Sardone.
For perspective on the significance of Henry's record-setting performance, consider the Barrons have played 850 games during 93 years of football at the high school (visit Charles McDevitt's outstanding web site HERE for more information on the Barrons).
Quarterback
Donovan Tabon tied the single-game school record of five touchdowns
passes, which Kyle Anderson posted in an Oct. 22, 2011 game against
Monroe. Tabon completed 9 of 11 passes for 261 yards.
Henry’s six touchdowns – which included a scoring run and kickoff return – shattered a 61-year old record which the late Lee Roy Alexander previously set in a game against New Brunswick on Nov. 12, 1955.
Henry had just nine touches in the entire game. He caught four passes for 130 yards, carried five times for 22 yards and returned a kickoff 81 yards for 233 all-purpose yards.
“I think he had a coming out party, and I think he put on a show,” Woodbridge head coach Kevin Coleman said. “You could see it in his eyes.”
The 52 points Woodbridge scored fell two shy of the single-game school mark the Barrons set in a Nov. 4, 1961 victory over Carteret.
The 1961 Woodbridge squad featured one of the best players in school history, George Fair, who went on to star at Syracuse University and was a member of the Home News Tribune’s All-Century Team.
Visit MyCentralJersey.com on Tuesday night for an advance copy of the Home News Tribune’s Player of the Week story on Henry, which will provide further insight into the player and his history-making performance.
