PJR SPORTS REPORT

Two weekends of bowl games at Giants Stadium are complete and while the quality of play was good, the attendance was not, with Saturday’s attendance for the day was 6,000 and change.  Reasons include:…

The quarterfinal round of the Division 3 football playoffs are complete with the semifinals coming this Saturday, December 8.  Below are the results of the first three rounds, followed by the semifinal schedule.…

In a tale of two halves, Long Branch came back from a 17-0 deficit and scored 20 unanswered points to beat Long Branch, 20-17, to win the South Jersey Group 4 bowl game.…

Haddonfield scored two touchdowns in the final 1:25 of the first half to break a 0-0 deadlock and beat Hillside, 17-7, to win the South Jersey Group  2 bowl game.  …

Rumson-Fair Haven scored with 1:15 left in the game to break a tie and beat Woodrow Wilson, 30-22, and win the South Jersey Group 3 bowl game. …

The Piscataway running game was dominant, racking up 338 yards rushing on eight possessions to…

Wayne Hills scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to beat Phillipsburg, 35-21.  …

St. Joe’s (Hammonton) had three touchdowns each from Jada Byers and Ahmad Ross to lead the Wildcats to a 41-21 win over Holy Spirit and win the Non-Public Group 2 championship.  …

Information courtesy of the NESCAC web site: https://www.nescac.com/sports/fball/2018-19/honors/allconference…

The second round of the Division 2 playoffs were played this past weekend and the quarterfinals will be played this Saturday, December 1.…

It was a good weekend of bowl games at Giants Stadium, some of the games were very memorable.  My favorite game was the Penns Grove-Willingboro affair, a tale of two games with several memorable plays.  Add in the fact that …

The second round of the FCS/Division 1-AA football playoffs are this Saturday, December 1 with a field of 16 teams.   The top eight seeded teams play this weekend after their first round byes and host the winners from the first …

I am doing to do this poll separate from the Catholic school poll because I had several reasons to explain why I ranked teams in the Public Groups 1-2 poll.  This one does not need much and the only one …

My almost-final Top 25 is here and I am listing reasons why I ranked some of them at the bottom of the page. …

I am doing the Catholic poll separate from the Public Groups 3-4-5 poll in this article.  The Catholic poll does not require much explanation, but the Public Groups 3-4-5 might.  I am working on …

The first two rounds of the Division 3 football playoffs are complete with the quarterfinals coming this Saturday, December 1.  Below are the results of the first two rounds and the quarterfinal  schedule.…

Red Bank Catholic won the Non-Public/Catholic Group 3 championship by beating Monmouth County neighbor, Mater Dei, 14-10.…

After being down, 26-6 in the second quarter, Penns Grove scored 29 unanswered points to defeat Willingboro and become the first team in South Jersey to finish 13-0 and win the South Jersey Group 1 bowl game.…

Ramapo became the first team in New Jersey to go 13-0 after winning the North Jersey Group 3 bowl game, 42-22.  …

On a rainy evening, St. Joe’s beat Bergen Catholic, 13-0 to win the Non-Public/Catholic Group 4 championship, avenging a loss to them earlier in the year.  There was nothing pretty about tonight’s game; in fact, it was the most boring …

Sayreville scored a late touchdown on a recovered fumble in the end zone to knock off previously undefeated Williamstown, 14-7 and win the South Jersey Group 5 bowl game.…

Hasbrouck Heights controlled the game from start to finish, beating Butler a second time this year, 41-7.…

Rutherford scored 55 unanswered points to beat Kittatinny, 62-14.

Kittatinny opened the ball on their 40 and it took …

Camden jumped out in front and answered the challenge every time Woodrow Wilson came within striking distance to win their annual Thanksgiving game, 39-28.

Camden scored a minute-and-a-half into the game on a 35 yard pass from Monte Williams to …

Delran opened the scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run by RJ Moten five minutes into the game.  The Bears had a touchdown on a fake punt called back earlier in the drive because of a penalty.  Cinnaminson came right back …