Never tell anyone on the Bridgewater-Raritan High School wrestling team the odds.

After a regular season filled with adversity for the reigning state sectional champion Panthers, their hard work finally paid off on Wednesday night.

Any team can get punched in the mouth on a given night.

This happened to reigning Skyland Cup champion Bridgewater-Raritan High School: New Jersey’s No. 11-ranked team, in Wednesday night’s Skyland Cup finals rematch between the Panthers and the North Hunterdon Regional High School / Voorhees High School co-op.

Do not call the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls' swim team an underdog.

That just further fires up Hall-of-Fame head coach Chris Levin and his deep Bridgewater-Raritan team, which is ranked No. 8 overall in New Jersey but entered the postseason as the No. 3 seed in its state tournament bracket.

Football players from Bridgewater-Raritan High School who won the program’s first state sectional playoff championship this past fall were honored by the Board of Education on Tuesday, February 17.