Monthly Archives: October 2018

The state playoffs are upon us this weekend and lets hope the rain holds off Friday night.  Teams will be ecstatic or heartbroken after the games and in the end, only one team can win each sectional title.  This year, …

Change The Playoff System     

This has been an unusual year for high school in New Jersey.  Much of it centers around the new playoff ranking system. They still have the old power point system, but that only accounts for 40% …

Public Groups 1-2  

Things started getting shaken up last weekend and it will the next few weeks.  I have four teams leaving and five entering. My reasoning for placing 4-4 Willingboro and 4-4 Cedar Creek is the strength of schedule, …

Catholic and Public Group 3-4-5 Polls  

It was a somewhat stable week as nobody leaves either poll; the order changed some in the public poll, but the teams remain the same, with the exception of St. Joe’s (Metuchen).  There is …

St. Joe’s (Montvale) beat St. Peter’s Prep, 16-7, on a raw, rainy, and windy day.  The game wasn’t pretty with both teams struggling to move the ball, but St. Joe’s took advantage of their opportunities.

After a St. Joe’s punt …

Hasbrouck Heights’ offense was clicking on all cylinders tonight in beating Rutherford for the NJIC championship, 48-24.

Rutherford opened the scoring on a 24-yard field goal by Mateo Sullivan.  Abellany Mendez gave the Bulldogs a first-and-goal on the three with …

Old Tappan traveled to Bergenfield and played a Friday afternoon matinee because of tomorrow’s Nor’easter threat and were leading 42-6 midway through the third quarter when I left.

Old Tappan drove on their first possession for a score, as Drew …

This is the last week before the playoffs begin and there is still an unknown on the seedings and what teams get in.  There is a good article by Mike Pavlichko of WCTC (not to be confused with WCTV in …

It was very stable – the teams going 20-2 and three byes.  The two losses were to other teams in the Top 25 and the Top 7 remains the same; that will change after this weekend, with much of the …

The surprise in the Catholics was Don Bosco running all over DePaul.    

The top six teams remain the same and the order changes after that.  The Top 25 finished 18-6-1, with four to other Top 25 teams and another to …

Part 2 of 2.

The last few weeks, I have been giving the weekly playoff scenarios if playoffs were starting those weeks.  I credited Gridiron New jersey with my numbers and since they did a similar article yesterday, I will …

Part 1 of 2.  South Jersey to follow.

The last few weeks, I have been giving the weekly playoff scenarios if playoffs were starting those weeks.  I credited Gridiron New jersey with my numbers and since they did a similar …

Paramus  scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and held off a late River Dell rally to beat River Dell, 20-13 in a battle of next-door neighbors.

Paramus opened the game with a seven minute drive, but their field goal …

Courtesy of d3football.com

NJAC (New Jersey Athletic Conference)

Salisbury – 5-0/6-0
Frostburg State – 4-0/5-0
Montclair State – 4-1/5-1
Wesley – 4-1/5-1
Rowan – 3-2/4-2
Christopher Newport – 2-2/3-2
Southern Virginia – 1-4/2-4
Kean – 1-4/1-5
The College of NJ …

I can’t believe the season, including playoffs, is at the halfway point.  It started on zero week and is now at week seven……….I was able to see Randolph beat a good Sparta squad last week and they proved to me …

Things have begun to shift, with two two of the Top 5 teams losing.  The Top 25 finished 14-5 plus six byes. There are some good games this weekend that can change things, but I don’t expect to change with …

The big happenings in the Catholics were St. Augustine beating Holy Spirit and St. Joe’s (Hammonton) being hammered by West Deptford after a turbulent week with suspensions.  I am switching places with St. Augustine and St. Joe’s (Hammonton), more as …

Part 2 of 2.

Below are the brackets for the playoffs if they were to start this weekend.

The teams not currently in the playoffs at this point are listed below each group and I am calling them wild cards.  …

Part 1 of 2.  South Jersey will be next.

Below are the brackets for the playoffs if they were to start this weekend.

The changes in sections from last week involve Glen Rock moving to Section 1 in Group 2.…

Randolph began the game with an opportunity to get on the board when they had first-and-goal on the 8-yard line, courtesy of a 33-yard pass from Anthony Sofia to Ryan McDermott, who made a diving catch.  Sparta’s defense held and …

After trailing 14-7 early in the second quarter, Ramapo ran off 31 unanswered points to defeat Wayne Hills, 38-22, and remain undefeated.

Wayne Hills struck first late in the first quarter when Jaaron Hayek scored from a yard out just …

Last week, I wrote about the kid who is simply a good high school football player.  There is something good to be said about that.  These last ten plus years have seen the top-rated recruit get put on a …

Another stable week with a record of 19-4-2 and no teams leaving or entering the Top 25. The Top 14 was unchanged, while three of the losses were to the numbers 1, 5, and 10 teams.  A Catholic school beat …

The only change I made in the Catholics was at 1 and 2.  The Public 3-4-5 is the same from 1-12 and after that, only two teams lost: Brick to #2 Rumson-Fair Haven and Rancocas Valley to Catholic #9 St. …

Part 2 of 2.

Below are the brackets for the playoffs if they were to start this weekend.  The changes in sections come from Cherry Hill West moving to the Central in Group 4 and Trenton also moving to the …