Part 2 of 2.
Below are the brackets for the playoffs if they were to start this weekend.
The teams not currently in the playoffs at this point are listed below each group and I am calling them wild cards. I am adding the border teams: those that can geographically be in either section. Calculations are courtesy of www.gridironnewjersey.com. Instead of my own geographical work, I used the NJSIAA northing numbers to determine who is further north or south of one another. Here is how it looks for now:
Group 1:
South: (1) Penns Grove – (2) Salem – (3) Buena – (4) Gateway – (5) Woodbury – (6) Glassboro – (7) Overbrook – (8) Schalick
Central: (1) Paulsboro – (2) Willingboro – (3) Florence – (4) Middlesex – (5) – Keansburg – (6) Keyport – (7) Asbury Park – (8) Burlington City
Border Schools: Paulsboro, Woodbury
Wild Cards: Palmyra, Maple Shade, New Egypt
Group 2:
South: (1) West Deptford – (2) Haddonfield – (3) Camden – (4) Pleasantville – (5) Cedar Creek – (6) Barnegat – (7) Collingswood – (8) – Sterling
Central: (1) Hillside – (2) Manasquan – (3) Lincoln – (4) Bernards – (5) Cinnaminson Shore – (7) Delran – (8) Delaware Valley
Border Schools: Cinnaminson, Delran
Wild Cards: Point Pleasant Boro, Middle Township, Newark Collegiate, South River
Group 3:
South: (1) Burlington Township – (2) Delsea – (3) Woodrow Wilson – (4) Wall – (5) Timber Creek – (6) Deptford – (7) Triton – (8) Jackson Liberty
Central: (1) Rumson-Fair Haven – (2) Somerville – (3) Red Bank – (4) Holmdel – (5) Nottingham – (6) Ocean – (7) Allentown – (8) Raritan
Border Schools: Nottingham, Allentown, Wall, Jackson Liberty
Wild Cards: Oakcrest, Lacey, Ewing, Monmouth
Group 4:
South: (1) Millville – (2) Highland – (3) Shawnee – (4) Hammonton Ocean City – (5) Ocean City – (6) Clearview – (7) Winslow – (8) Mainland
Central: (1) Long Branch – (2) Middletown South – (3) Brick – (4) Brick Memorial – (5) Freehold Boro – (6) Jackson – (7) Middletown North – (8) Northern Burlington
Border Schools: Jackson, Brick
Wild Cards: Pennsauken, Cherry Hill West
Group 5:
South: (1) Williamstown – (2) Rancocas Valley – (3) Lenape – (4) Eastern – (5) Vineland – (6) Toms River North – (7) Kingsway – (8) Trenton
Central: (1) Sayreville – (2) South Brunswick – (3) Manalapan – (4) North Brunswick – (5) Hunterdon Central – (6) Freehold Township – (7) Hillsborough Old Bridge – (8) Edison
Border Schools: Manalapan, Freehold Township, Trenton, Rancocas Valley
Wild Cards: Old Bridge, Washington Township