PJR SPORTS REPORT

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 …

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, …