Stags advance in playoffs
| 19 Oct 2017 | 02:31
![Stags advance in playoffs Sussex kick returner Jared Powell in action in the third quarter.](http://www.advertisernewsnorth.com/binrepository/299x432/0c0/0d0/none/11804/XTEC/SPORTS_171019938_AR_0_0_AN20171019171019938_MG3194208.jpg)
Sussex kick returner Jared Powell in action in the third quarter.
![Stags advance in playoffs Sussex running back Cody Lamoreaux is about to take a ball hand-off from quarterback Adam Schlereth late in the game.](http://www.advertisernewsnorth.com/binrepository/768x409/0c0/0d0/none/11804/ONDV/SPORTS_171019938_EP_-1_0_AN20171019171019938_MG3194209.jpg)
Sussex running back Cody Lamoreaux is about to take a ball hand-off from quarterback Adam Schlereth late in the game.
![Stags advance in playoffs Sussex ball carrier Kasson Thomas pursued by Bronx defenders.](http://www.advertisernewsnorth.com/binrepository/538x432/0c0/0d0/none/11804/WMDW/SPORTS_171019938_EP_-1_1_AN20171019171019938_MG3194210.jpg)
Sussex ball carrier Kasson Thomas pursued by Bronx defenders.
NEWTON — The Sussex Stags defeated the Bronx Colts (New York) in semipro football on Saturday, Sept. 30. The final score was 33-20. The first round of the Major League Football playoffs took place at Newton High School in Sussex County, New Jersey.
The Bronx Colts proved to be one of the few teams to be able to make the Sussex Stags break a sweat this season.
The Stags improve to a 13-1 record.
— Photos by George Leroy Hunter