PJR SPORTS REPORT

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 …

North Bergen jumped out to a 21-7 halftime lead and held off Hackensack to win, 28-19, in a steady, light rain.

Hackensack started with the ball and had a drive down the field that consumed half of the quarter, but …

Wallkill Valley scored 34 unanswered points to beat New Milford, 34-7.  The Rangers were led by quarterback Alex Mastroianni, who rushed for 228 yards, three touchdowns, and passed for two more scores.

After exchanging a couple of punts to open …

Central  

Group 1:  I see the best game in this bracket being Middlesex-Florence: the defending champion in Middlesex against a traditional program in Florence.  I see Willingboro, Paulsboro, and Woodbury winning without much problem. Maple Shade, who plays Paulsboro, has …

Group 2:  The only game I see being competitive is Holy Cross at Immaculata.  St. Joe’s (Hammonton), Holy Spirit, and Hudson Catholic should have no trouble winning this weekend.  

Group 3:  Red Bank Catholic has a bye as the top …

North Section 1    

Group 1:  I expect top-seeded Butler to beat next-door neighbor Pompton Lakes and they play the New Milford-Wallkill Valley winner.  New Milford is banged up and have their work cut out for them. On the other side …

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 …

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 …