The big happenings in the Catholics were St. Augustine beating Holy Spirit and St. Joe’s (Hammonton) being hammered by West Deptford after a turbulent week with suspensions. I am switching places with St. Augustine and St. Joe’s (Hammonton), more as a reward for St. Augustine than a punishment for St. Joe’s.
Movement is beginning for the Public Groups 3-4-5 with five teams losing – two to other Top 25 teams, making it a record of 19-5-2. This week has a good number of big games and there is potential for a big shakeup in the rankings.
As usual, I bold-printed the teams that have big games this weekend.
Catholics
1 – Bergen Catholic (6-1) (2) – Next: Paramus Catholic at home, Saturday afternoon
2 – St. Joe’s, Montvale (5-2) (1) – Next: Seton Hall Prep at home, Saturday afternoon
3 – DePaul (6-1) (3) – Next: Don Bosco at home, Friday night
4 – St. Peter’s Prep (5-2) (4) – Next: at Pope John, Saturday afternoon
5 – Red Bank Catholic (6-0) (5) – Next: at Rumson-Fair Haven, Friday night
6 – Don Bosco (3-4) (6) – Next: at DePaul, Friday night
7 – Mater Dei (7-0) (7) – Next: Donovan Catholic at home, Saturday afternoon
8 – St. Augustine (5-2) (9) – Next: at Cherokee, Friday night
9 – St. Joe’s, Hammonton (5-2) (8) – Next: at Timber Creek, Friday night
10 – Holy Spirit (4-2) (10) – Next: at Kingsway, Friday night
Others: St. Joe’s, Metuchen (6-1)
Public Groups 3-4-5
1 – Somerville (7-0) (1) – Next: at Montgomery, Friday night
2 – Rumson-Fair Haven (7-0) (2) – Next: Red Bank Catholic at home, Friday night
3 – Piscataway (6-0) (3) – Next: at Sayreville, Friday night
4 – Long Branch (5-1) (4) – Next: Manalapan at home, Friday night
5 – Williamstown (7-0) (5) – Next: Shawnee at home, Friday night
6 – Ramapo (7-0) (6) – Next: at Pascack Valley, Friday night
7 – River Dell (6-1) (7) – Next: Paramus at home, Friday night
8 – Sayreville (6-0) (8) – Next: Piscataway at home, Friday night
9 – Ridge (6-0) (10) – Next: Phillipsburg at home, Friday night
10 – Union City (5-1) (11) – Next: North Bergen at home, Friday night
11 – Randolph (7-0) (21) – Next: Morris Hills at home, Friday night
12 – Highland Regional (6-0) (16) – Next: at Burlington Township, Saturday afternoon 13 – Union (6-1) (18) – Next: Watchung Hills at home, Friday night
14 – Linden (6-1) (19) – Next: Hillsborough at home, Friday night
15 – Middletown South (5-1) (20) – Next: St. John Vianney at home, Friday night
16 – Burlington Township (6-0) (22) – Next: Highland at home, Saturday afternoon
17 – Phillipsburg (6-1) (23) – Next: at Ridge, Friday night
18 – Paramus (7-0) (24) – Next: at River Dell, Friday night
19 – West Essex (6-0) (15) – Next: Parsippany Hills at home, Friday night
20 – Woodrow Wilson (6-1) (9) – Next: Willingboro at home, Saturday afternoon
21 – Sparta (5-2) (14) – Next: at Montville, Friday night
22 – Brick (4-2) (25) – Next: at Jackson, Friday night
23 – Wayne Hills (5-2) (12) – Next: at Passaic Tech, Friday night
24 – North Brunswick (6-1) – Next: Perth Amboy at home
25 – Rancocas Valley (4-2) (25) – Next: Lenape at home, Saturday afternoon
In: North Brunswick
Out: Jackson, Summit
Also: Lakeland (6-1), Montville (6-1), Morris Hills (6-1), Clifton (5-1), Deptford (5-1), Eastern (5-1), Holmdel (5-1), Jackson (5-1), North Bergen (5-1), Nottingham (5-1), Rahway (5-1), Red Bank (5-1), Summit (5-1), Bayonne (5-2), Parsippany Hills (5-2), East Orange (4-2), Edison (4-2), Elizabeth (4-2), Freehold Township (4-2), Livingston (4-2), Mainland (4-2), Manalapan (4-2), Old Tappan (4-2), Ridgewood (4-2), Toms River North (4-2), Triton (4-2), Wall (4-2), Clearview (3-2), Ocean City (3-2), South Brunswick (4-3), Millville (4-3), Montclair (4-3), Freehold Boro (3-3), Mount Olive (3-3).