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The Hun School (New Jersey) will travel to Ireland to take on the NFL Academy in 2025

The Raiders will also be taking on national power Archbishop Spalding (Maryland) this fall campaign

Andy Villamarzo

The Hun School will travel to Ireland to take on the NFL Academy
The Hun School will travel to Ireland to take on the NFL Academy / NFL Academy

One of New Jersey's best high school football programs is taking their game overseas.

The Hun School athletic department announced less than a week before St. Patrick's Day that they will be hopping on flights across the Atlantic Ocean to face off against the NFL Academy on August 22nd in Dublin, Ireland at Aviva Stadium.

The Raiders went 9-1 last season, with their lone loss coming against St. Frances Academy (Maryland).

Not only is The Hun School head coach Todd Smith challenging his club to out-of-country opponents, but in the continental United States as well.

Smith's squad will also be taking on Maryland power Archbishop Spalding on Sep. 5th at Whittles Field. The Cavaliers finished the 2024 season undefeated at 12-0, winning Maryland's MIAA Class A state championship.

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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