Saturday Big Central Roundup: Roselle Park, Hillside cruise in limited slate
There were just two matchups Saturday afternoon in the Big Central Conference, with many teams playing Thursday and Friday and holding 9/11 commemoration ceremonies – there was even a State Police helicopter flyover at the Old Bridge South Brunswick game Thursday evening in Monmouth Junction, although the officials started the game a bit early. Kickoff…
OPINION: We all want to see the football playoff standings, but we all need to be patient
It’s a casual Saturday afternoon. I just got finished mowing the lawn. Had a nice grilled cheese with maple-smoked bacon for lunch. And now, I sit down to write on a light Saturday for high school football, at least in the Big Central Conference. Week Two of play has just about wrapped up, and per…
Friday Night Big Central Roundup: Top-ranked Phillipsburg drops final Pennsy matchup before BCC play; Dayton turns tables on Brearley; Bridgewater exorcises some demons against Hillsborough
There weren’t too many unexpected results around the Big Central as divisional play opened for most teams, but the one surprise score came from out in the Lehigh Valley. That’s where top-ranked Phillipsburg lost to Freedom (PA) – ranked No. 5 by Lehigh Valley Live – at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium, 32-31, in a…
A long trip well worth it for Belvidere, as County Seaters pound Dunellen, 42-2
Belvidere’s fifth-year head coach Jordon Schreffler has seen the County Seaters improve a great deal since his debut season, when the team went 0-9. They went from 3-7 the following year to 8-2 in 2024 before dipping to .500, going 5-5 last season. But with players like senior Elijah White returning and junior Jake Enderley…
Manville takes out arch-rival Bound Brook, 35-0 as Gosk runs for two, tossed two touchdowns
It may have been a little sloppy on both sides of the ball Friday night at Ned Panfile Stadium in Manville, but the home Mustangs got two touchdown runs and two touchdown passes from Jonathan Gosk to help beat arch-rival Bound Brook 35-7 in a game heard live on Central Jersey Sports Radio. Manville led…
Highland Park shuts out first three opponents; it’s been a while since that’s happened for Owls
The Highland Park football team looks very good in 2026. After snapping a 51-game losing streak – the longest active in New Jersey at the time – in their 2023 finale with a last-minute add on game at Point Pleasant Beach, the Owls won six games in 2024, just four last year, but this year…
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