Monthly Archives: November 2019

Ridgewood scored with 28 seconds left on a 5-yard touchdown run by Reuben Pillai to beat Union, 41-27 after a spectacular catch by Tommy Bourque for 31 yards to set up the score. It was an outstanding high school game …

Ramapo beat Parsippany Hills, 38-21 in the North Jersey Group 3 final behind the running of Jake Tirone and Charles DePrima.

First Quarter: Shane Campbell fielded the opening kickoff on the 10-yard line and took off before being tackled …

Verona hit Lyndhurst early and hard, kept going, and won the North Jersey Group 2 title by a 41-0 score and avenged a loss to the one year ago.

First Quarter: Verona came out with the ball and marched down …

With the Catholic finals and the Public Regional Crossovers, why on earth is DePaul playing the following weekend at Rutgers? This means they have three byes in four weeks. What is the NJSIAA thinking? The same applies for St. Joe’s …

Catholics  

1 – St. Peter’s Prep (10-1)
2 – Don Bosco (7-4)
3 – St. Joe’s, Montvale (7-4)
4 – St. Augustine (7-4)
5 – DePaul (5-4)
6 – Seton Hall Prep (8-2)
7 – Bergen Catholic (5-4)
8 – …

1 – Penns Grove (12-0)
2 – Hillside (11-0)  
3 – Willingboro (11-1)
4 – West Deptford (9-2)
5 – Cedar Creek (9-2)
6 – Camden (8-2)
7 – Pleasantville (8-2)
8 – Lyndhurst (11-0)
9 – Verona (11-0)
10 …

Don Bosco stopped a two-point attempt with 1:16 left to beat St. Joe’s (Montvale), 10-8, and advance to the Non-Public finals next week against St. Peter’s Prep.

First Quarter: Not much happened, except a lot of penalty flags. The defenses …

Northern Highlands won their first sectional title in 41 years and get to face Wayne Valley in next week’s regional championship. Ethan Harris was phenomenal, rushing for 339 yards and four touchdowns on 31 carries and had three touchdowns called …

1 – Penns Grove (11-0)
2 – Hillside (10-0)  
3 – West Deptford (9-1)
4 – Willingboro (10-1)
5 – Cedar Creek (9-2)
6 – Camden (8-2)
7 – Pleasantville (8-2)
8 – Lyndhurst (10-0)
9 – Verona (10-0)
10 …

Catholics  

1 – St. Peter’s Prep (9-1)
2 – Don Bosco (6-4)
3 – St. Joe’s, Montvale (7-3)
4 – St. Augustine (7-3)
5 – DePaul (5-4)
6 – Seton Hall Prep (8-2)
7 – Bergen Catholic (5-4)
8 – …

Congratulations to Paulsboro head coach Glenn Howard getting his 300th career win this past Saturday. He is a top coach and a very classy human being…..Pet Peeves: A player for Notre Dame who will go nameless returned the opening …

St. Augustine beat Seton Hall Prep, 20-15, striking back as soon as they lost the lead for eleven seconds, scoring on an 80-yard pass from Austin Leyman to Carnell Davis with four minutes remaining. This is a game I watched …

Lyndhurst advanced to the sectional final for the second straight year behind three touchdowns by Piotr Partyla and a defense that kept Kyle Teel in check for a 28-14 win over Mahwah. The game ended on a 91-yard interception return …

Catholics

1 – St. Peter’s Prep (8-1)
2 – Don Bosco (5-4)
3 – Seton Hall Prep (8-1)
4 – St. Joe’s, Montvale (6-3)
5 – DePaul (5-4)
6 – Bergen Catholic (5-3)
7 – St. Augustine (6-3)
8 – …

1 – Penns Grove (10-0)
2 – Hillside (9-0)  
3 – West Deptford (8-1)
4 – Pleasantville (8-1)
5 – Willingboro (9-1)
6 – Cedar Creek (8-2)
7 – Camden (7-2)
8 – Woodstown (8-1)
9 – Haddonfield (7-2)
10 …

Westfield, down 23-0, scored with 2:15 left in the third quarter to begin a run of 27 unanswered points to begin an amazing comeback 27-23 win over Bridgewater-Raritan. 

First Quarter: After a shanked, 1-yard Westfield punt, Bridgewater-Raritan began with the …

I was all set to cover Northern Highlands hosting Colonia. I was in that area during the day and I made sure to have a pregame dinner at Allendale Bar & Grill – a.k.a. AB&G – for one of their …

Catholics  

1 – St. Peter’s Prep (8-1)
2 – Don Bosco (5-4)
3 – Seton Hall Prep (8-1)
4 – St. Joe’s, Montvale (6-3)
5 – DePaul (5-4)
6 – Bergen Catholic (5-3)
7 – Delbarton (6-3)
8 – St. …

1 – Penns Grove (9-0)
2 – Hillside (8-0)  
3 – West Deptford (7-1)
4 – Pleasantville (7-1)
5 – Willingboro (8-1)
6 – Cedar Creek (7-2)
7 – Camden (6-2)
8 – Woodstown (7-1)
9 – Haddonfield (6-2)
10 …

Courtesy of www.d3football.com

League teams in bold print
Nationally-ranked teams indicated by number in front of them

NJAC (New Jersey Athletic Conference): 

(No.-10) Salisbury 51 Christopher Newport 0
(No.-14) Wesley 31 TCNJ 13
Kean 37 William Paterson 9
Montclair State…

Piotr Partyla rushed for 316 yards and five touchdowns to lead Lyndhurst to a 34 12 win over Park Ridge to win the NJIC championship on their home field. 

First Quarter: Park Ridge began the game with a three-and-out and …

Ranked teams are highlighted and I am breaking up games into the Groups 1,2 and 3, 4, 5 for the public schools. Ranked Catholic schools are in their own poll. Team with underwhelming records usually have a strong schedule. 

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