Monthly Archives: November 2018

Butler scored a late touchdown to beat Park Ridge, 35-28, and win the North Jersey Section 1 Group 1 title and advance to play Hasbrouck Heights next week at Giants Stadium.

Butler came out with the ball and drove for …

Bergen Catholic came back from a 17-14 deficit in the third quarter to score 21 unanswered points and beat Don Bosco, 35-17, earning a trip to play St. Joe’s (Montvale) at Giants Stadium next weekend.

After pinning Bergen down in …

After being down at the half, 13-6, Wayne Hills came out and scored 14 unanswered points to beat Old Tappan and win the North Jersey Section 1 Group 4 championship.

Old Tappan came out and scored on their first possession …

Information courtesy of NJAC Sports web site www.njacsports.com.  Highlighted players are from New Jersey and it shows that a player can be from any school to become a good college football player.

The Division 3 football playoffs begin this weekend, the first of five weekends, with the Stagg Bowl on December 14 to determine a national champion.  The brackets are titled after the top seeded team in each bracket.  Unfortunately, there are …

Group 1  

Hasbrouck Heights (10-0) at Shabazz (9-1)  

Shabazz has allowed only 62 points this year, while scoring 353.  The Bulldogs came up with big plays in all three phases of the game.  Their defense had two touchdowns and a …

Group 1:  

Park Ridge (9-1) vs. Butler (9-1) at Pequannock    

This game features balanced offenses from both teams, with both teams possessing quarterbacks who can run or throw.  

Butler was led last week by quarterback Evan Smith throwing and running …

It was great to see the fan support Lyndhurst brought with them last Saturday night to Verona.  It is a long-time football town that has been lying dormant for the last twenty years or so.  With a last minute win, …

1 – Haddonfield (10-0) (1) – Next:  Camden at home, Friday night
2 – Hillside (10-0) (2) – Next:  Manasquan at home, Saturday afternoon
3 – Camden (9-1) (3) – Next: at Haddonfield, Friday night
4 – Penns Grove (11-0) …

In the Catholics, the Top Four are intact, but changes are made after that.  

The publics have changes starting at the top: I just thought it was time for a change.  The Top Two have earned it with their schedule …

The 2018 season is having sectional champions face off at Giants Stadium for the first time in what they are calling bowl games.  Every public school bowl game and each Non-Public final will be played over two weekends.  The winners …

Led by Piotr Partyla’s five rushing touchdowns for Lyndhurst, with his fifth being the gamer winner with 33 seconds remaining, the Golden Bears beat Verona, 37-34 in a thrilling second half that saw four lead changes in the second half.  …

Mater Dei showed they are a program to be reckoned with by beating DePaul, 28-23.  The winning score came with 41 seconds left, followed by their halting DePaul’s last second attempt at the winning score.

Mater Dei opened the game …

Being a was part of a group attending three games in one day, we decided to leave in the middle of the third quarter when Park Ridge was leading, 27-6, in order to make it to DePaul in time for …

What a difference three weeks make, as River Dell avenged a defeat to Paramus by beating them, 28-7, leading 7-0 at the half and scoring three touchdowns to make it 28-0, before Paramus scored a late touchdown.

River Dell scored …

John  Fogerty turned out a quality show tonight at the Bergen PAC in Englewood, NJ.  As good as the show was, what makes me laugh is his 90-minute set ended at 9:45 and I was home by 10:15.  That has …

Group 1  

Cedar Grove (6-3) at Shabazz (8-1)  

This is a rematch of a game won by Cedar Grove, 22-19, and the only loss for Shabazz.  

Shabazz has allowed only 56 points this year, while scoring 304.  They are led …

Group 2    

Immaculata (5-4) at St. Joe’s (Hammonton (8-2)  

Immaculata won their first four, then lost four straight and the losses were not competitive, losing by a collective score of 143-7.

St. Joe’s (Hammonton) had a couple of losses in …

Group 1

Wallkill Valley (9-1) at Butler (8-1)

**Please note, I discovered this game has been moved to Pequannock this Friday night, which takes away the sloppy field conditions, since Pequannock has an artificial turf field.  

This will be played …

Sussex County had a memorable weekend with all six of their playoff teams advancing.  In addition, they also won three of their four consolation games. It won’t happen this weekend, due to Newton and High Point playing one another……….This is …

It was a stable week, with 1-16 remaining unchanged and we have two new teams enter the poll.  Again, I have no boldprint for important games because they are all important games this weekend.  

1 – Haddonfield (9-0) (1) – …

The order of the Catholics remain the same as last week and The Public 3-4-5 is stable; remaining the same at 1-11 and finishing 23-2 overall.  There is no need to boldface big games this week because they are all …

The 2018 season is having sectional champions face off at Giants Stadium for the first time in what they are calling bowl games.  Every public school bowl game and each Non-Public final will be played over two weekends.  The winners …

Both offenses came out trading touchdowns, as Randolph scored a late touchdown to beat Colonia, 34-27, and advance to the sectional semi-finals in Group 4 to face Irvington.  

Both offenses came out trading touchdowns, with Randolph scoring on the game’s …

Sparta  scored on the game’s fourth play, a 49-yard run by Austin Castorina.  After forcing Lakeland to punt, Sparta went 90 yards on ten plays behind the running of Castorina and Kenny Oelkers completed all three of his passes, the …