The Catholic school poll will come later.
I normally do not punish a team for losing to one of the top Catholic school teams and I am not doing it here. What I am doing is rewarding Wall for beating two good Catholic school programs the last two weeks.
They beat Donovan Catholic last week and Mater Dei the week before – Mater Dei in decisive fashion. Lenape lost to Holy Spirit and I did not punish them, but they move down one spot. Therefore, Wall moves from 2 to 1 and Lenape goes from 1 to 2. Cherokee lost to St. Joe’s (Montvale) by two points last week and I am leaving them at 3.
Public Groups 3-4-5
1 – Wall (7-0)
2 – Lenape (5-1) – lost to Catholic Holy Spirit, 21-7
3 – Cherokee (5-2) – lost to Lenape in overtime, 31-28, and to Catholic St. Joe’s (Montvale), 36-35
4 – Somerville (7-0)
5 – Rumson-Fair Haven (6-2) – lost to Catholics Red Bank Catholic and Mater Dei, by seven points each
6 – West Orange (6-1) – lost to Catholic St. Peter’s Prep
7 – Ocean City (6-1) – lost to Catholic DePaul
8 – Woodbridge (5-1) – lost to #4 Somerville, 39-26
9 – Williamstown (5-2) – lost to Catholic St. Augustine, 17-16 and Millville, 16-8
10 – Winslow (5-1) – lost to Catholic Holy Spirit
11 – Phillipsburg (5-1) – lost to Watchung Hills, 21-20
12 – Burlington Township (6-0)
13 – Hammonton (3-3) – lost to Catholic St. Augustine, 20-7, #8 Williamstown, 17-16, and Catholic St. Joe’s (Hammonton), 13-0
14 – River Dell (6-1) – lost to Parsippany Hills, 28-21
15 – Northern Highlands (4-2) – lost to #14 River Dell, 7-3, and Wayne Valley, 28-23
16 – Ramapo (3-2) – lost to #14 River Dell, 22-21 and Willingboro, 20-19
17 – Randolph (6-1) – lost to #19 Mount Olive, 21-7
18 – West Morris (7-1) – lost to # 17 Randolph
19 – Mount Olive (6-1) – lost to #18 West Morris, 21-17
20 – North Brunswick (7-1) – lost to #16 Cranford
21 – Cranford (6-2) – lost to # 10 Woodbridge, 27-14 ands Catholic St. Joe’s (Metuchen), 21-9
22 – Colts Neck (7-1) – lost to #5 Rumson-Fair Haven, 28-14
23 – West Essex (4-0)
24 – Monroe (4-1) – lost to Old Bridge, 21-14
25 – East Orange (5-2) – lost to #6 West Orange, 17-7, and #16 Ramapo
In: Monroe, Mount Olive, West Essex
Out: Freehold Boro, Sparta, Wayne Hills
Also (listed in alphabetical order by record): Tenafly (8-0), West Essex (5-0), Nutley (4-0), North Plainfield (7-1), Holmdel (6-1), Raritan (6-1), Robbinsville (6-1), Cherry Hill West (5-1), Delsea (5-1), Monroe (5-1), Morris Hills (5-1), Old Bridge (5-1), West Side (5-1), Rahway (4-1), Nottingham (3-1), Hamilton (2-1), Irvington (6-2), Toms River South (6-2), Freehold Boro (5-2), Ridge (5-2), Sparta (5-2), Watchung Hills (5-2), Wayne Hills (5-2), Clifton (4-2), Edison (4-2), Columbia (3-2), Kingsway (3-2), Trenton (3-2), Rancocas Valley (2-2), Washington Township (2-2), Absegami (5-3), Parsippany Hills (5-3), South Brunswick (5-3), Eastside (4-3), Union (4-3), Jackson (4-4), Ridgewood (4-4), Southern (4-4), Old Tappan (3-3), Union City (3-3), Wayne Valley (3-3), Millville (3-4), Timber Creek (3-4), Vineland (2-3), Woodrow Wilson (2-3), Middletown South (2-4), Long Branch (1-5), Shawnee (1-5)