Piscataway moves up; Rahway, Union join Marcus Borden’s Week 2 Top Ten… plus rankings for BCC West, Middlesex and Union Counties
We are fully underway in the Big Central, with every team playing in Week One, as ten teams who did not start the season in Week Zero made their debut. This past Thursday, I was in Springfield for Jonathan Dayton’s home opener versus Bound Brook on their newly refurbished stadium turf field. The Bulldogs scored…
Exclusive: Here’s a look at unofficial updated Strength Index numbers for all NJ Football teams following Week One play
With the shutdown of Gridiron New Jersey over the summer – and the job of calculating the NJSIAA’s complication playoff formula moving to NJ.com, Central Jersey Sports Radio will continue to run its own unofficial numbers all year, and that includes the Strength Index calculations, which are critical to figuring out a team’s OSI (Opponent…
Top teams win, middle teams drop games, so Bellamy & Son Paving Week 2 Top Ten sees more changes; Phillipsburg still No. 1
Four of the teams in the Bellamy & Son Paving Week One Top Ten lost last weekend, which leaves half of them still in the rankings, and the other half out, while the top four all stayed put in Week Two. That starts with Phillipsburg (2-0) still atop the list, after a 24-10 win at…
INSTANT REPLAY:Â No. 3 Piscataway 28, No. 5 Somerville 14
Senior runningback Zaire Young ran for three touchdowns, going for 268 yards – the fifth-best single-game performance in school history – to help No. 3 Piscataway top No. 5 Somerville, 28-14, in a Big Central Conference crossover game, the first meeting between the schools since 1987. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Nick…
No. 2 St. Joseph-Metuchen takes early lead, then rallies for 43-36 win over No. 6 Bridgewater-Raritan
One of a handful of Big Central Conference teams to take Week Zero off, No. 2 St. Joseph came ready to play Saturday afternoon in a marquee matchup at Brenner Family Field in Metuchen. So did No. 6 Bridgewater-Raritan, which had time to work out any kinks last Friday, and won its opener at then-No.…
Friday Night Big Central Roundup: Cranford stops Bernards’ long streak; Rahway upsets Summit; JP Stevens is 2-0 for first time in over two decades
There was a lot to talk about Friday night in the Big Central Conference, besides No. 3 Piscataway shutting down a very good Somerville offense in a big 28-14 home win over the No. 5 Pioneers, in the Bellamy & Son Paving Game of the Week. Two of the three longest active league win streaks…
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