Bull Session Playoffs Round One
November 11, 2026
I strongly believe that if the Giants’ Arvelle Reese stays healthy, the sky is the limit for him. I will not compare him to Lawrence Taylor; I will let Reese be Reese. But that first-half sack against the Eagles reminded me of Taylor….. The Westwood-Lakeland game was exciting, and Westwood won, 29-28, by going for two points with 40 seconds left. I never fault a coach who makes that decision. In addition, Westwood enters the field to The Boys Are Back by the Dropkick Murphys……Hun had 784 yards of total offense in their loss to West Point Prep – 622 passing from Lukas Prock and 162 rushing…. Good job on the National Anthem by both the Westwood and East Orange bands….. Westwood’s pre-game music featured Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum…. I missed the controversial Notre Dame-Miami game, watching Army-Air Force instead…. In South Jersey Group 1, three of the four finalists have had close games with one another. Schalick beat Paulsboro by 8 and Salem by 1, while Paulsboro beat Salem by 2. Pennsville rounds out the field….. Glassboro is the big favorite in South Group 2, while South 3 has Seneca hosting undefeated Pinelands, and Burlington Township visiting Camden…. South 4 has Shawnee hosting Winslow and Atlantic City hosting Millville in a rematch….. South 5 has big favorites Washington Township and Rancocas Valley, with Toms River North as a dark horse. And don’t forget 10-1 Old Bridge….. North 1 has Newton and Cedar Grove as heavy favorites, while in North 2, Caldwell visits Westwood and Hoboken visits Waldwick/Midland Park….. North 3 has a big one between visiting Shabazz and Old Tappan, while Wayne Hills visits West Essex….. North 4 has a possible final between Middletown North and Middletown South. North hosts Chatham and South heads to Northern Highlands….. North 5 has Passaic Tech visiting Phillipsburg and Piscataway hosting Irvington….. NJ College Scene: Princeton is 6-2 after beating Dartmouth, 21-14; 8-2 Monmouth beat North Carolina A&T, 21-17; 7-2 Rowan beat 0-9 William Paterson, 51-6; 7-2 Montclair State beat Vermont State Castleton, 75-0; 3-5 Kean lost to salisbury, 21-12; 3-6 TCNJ lost to #11 Christopher Newport, 42-0; and 0-9 FDU (Florham) lost to Lebanon Valley, 34-6…. Top performances that jumped out at me, and I will be limiting this to playoff games, courtesy of nj.com and Kevin Minnick: Passing: Anthony Petracca of St. John Vianney: 18-18-342-3, Adam Sepe of Caldwell: 13-16-340-4, Marvin Burroughs of Atlantic City: 12-19-285-5, Jack Schneider of Middletown South: 18-28-282-2, Keeanu Darji of Timber Creek: 20-32-255-2, Zach Miceli of Old Tappan: 10-11-244-3, Jalen Parker of Washington Township: 9-12-239-5, Derek Grasso of Middletown North: 11-14-235-5, Landon Pernell of Piscataway: 17-24-220-4, and Ryan Hogan of Chatham: 15-20-215-2 …. Rushing: Aiden Binns of Burlington Township: 24-324-3, Kobe St. Hilaire of New Milford: 22-292-5, Anthony Tirico of Seneca: 22-270-3, Hakim Theresa Jr. of Rancocas Valley: 14-262-5, Cole Anderson of Shawnee: 34-232-2, Ethan Zacharski of Wayne Hills: 22-210-1, Luciano Mayer of Waldwick/Midland Park: 22-204-1, Chase Rizzo of Old Bridge: 16-196-1, Matthew Belenko of Middletown North: 19-182-1, JoJo DeLecce of Glassboro: 18-179-2, Ahmad Chambers of Atlantic City: 9-144-1…. Receiving: Isaiah Shade of St. John Vianney: 7-226-2; Dante Placenti of Cladwell: 6-169-2, Leo Etter of Old Tappan; 5-145-2, Xavier Sabb of Glassboro: 8-143-2, Anthony Christiani of Middletown North: 5-138-2, Tyler Hanson of Westwood: 10-127-2, Kanai Austin of Atlantic City: 4-120-2, Owen Maguire of Middletown South: 5-111-1, Isaac Parra of Washington Township: 3-107-2 ….That’s all for this week! I will be back soon with more bull!