Third-seeded Northern Burlington defeated 14th-seeded Neptune 6-1 in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 playoffs in Columbus behind a balanced scoring attack.

Northern Burlington scored five of its six goals in the first half before each team exchanged a goal in the second half.

Monroe Castor scored a goal and dished out three assists, while Brody Sheehan added a goal and two assists.

The rest of Northern Burlington’s goals were scored by Elijah Font, Joe Stevens, Lukas Kekesi and Sam Coley.

Northern Burlington (13-5-1) will host sixth-seeded Brick Township in the quarterfinals on Friday at a time to be announced.

Neptune fell to 6-12-1 on the season.

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