Winslow football stifles division foe St. Augustine for number one spot in South Jersey

Winslow's Jalen Parker set a new all-time passing yards record sitting at 5,207 yards currently. Parker broke the record in the football game against St. Augustine played at St. Augustine Preparatory School in Richland, New Jersey on Friday, September 19, 2025. Chris Baker/D2 Sports Network

RICHLAND (N.J.) - The Winslow Township High School football team had been battle-tested in two of the previous three weeks. Losses to IMG Academy (FL) and Bergen Catholic prepped the Eagles for their clash with West Jersey Football League American Division rival, St. Augustine.

Winslow's defense dominated the low-scoring affair, 19-6, holding the Hermits to just a pair of field goals grabbing a key win on the road.

Delaware commit NaKeem Powell spearheaded a fluid rushing attack with 16 carries for 109 yards and a score. Jalen Parker found his groove through the air after throwing an early interception. Parker finished the game, completing 13 passes in 22 attempts for 177 yards and a score.

The junior set the all-time passing yards record in the contest now sitting at 5,207 yards with 71 touchdowns and 20 interceptions.

"It's cool that I set that record," Parker said. "I didn't know I was close or was going to pass the record. I was just focused on the game and I'm more happy about tonight's result than about what I did individually. I'm probably the youngest to do it in the school, but I'm moving onto the next game."

The Winslow defense allowed two first half field goals then shutdown St. Augustine's offense entirely. For the game, the Eagles only allowed 148 total yards of offense against a team that was averaging about 313 yards per game. Kamriin Walters and Robert Cartstarphen picked up sacks for Winslow in the victory.

The dagger for Winslow came about halfway through the third quarter when Parker hit UConn commit Quayd Hendryx in the end zone putting the lead at just 13 but enough for the Eagles' defense to stall out the St. Augustine offense.

For Winslow, the problem the Eagles face is being spoiled with riches on offense. Now that all of the transfers around the state are eligible, there's many new pieces on the offensive side of the ball meaning there's more wealth to spread and fresh faces to get fully acquainted at game speed to the game plan.

"We've got to get our execution down on offense," Winslow coach Bill Belton said. "We have to clean up the penalties and communicate more. Too many wasted chances for us to pull away or capitalize slipped by us. There's some new guys working in now so we'll get everything fixed and move forward."

Do-it-all back Powell for Winslow has no fear when the offense struggles. The expectation is that when one side of the ball starts slow or is lacking, the other will pick up the slack and keep them in the game.

"I know that if we don't get things going on offense, the defense can pick us up," Powell noted. "Tonight was a great example of the defense keeping us in the game when we couldn't get the job done on offense. We know we can't start like that every game, but it's nice to know that we can lean on the defense at any moment."