Your handy, all-in-one guide to all our Big Central Conference “early looks” for 2026, plus recent coverage
We are just six weeks from the first date high school football teams across New Jersey can practice in advance of the 2026 season, but many programs have been busy. Individuals are going to camps, teams and have been participating in 7-on-7s, trying to get an early glimpse of their situations before hitting the practice…
Earlier than usual, here are the estimated starting Strength Index numbers for the 2026 H.S. Football season
With Gridiron New Jersey now off-line after more than two decades, and NJ.com set to take over the official role of playoff calculator for the NJSIAA – as it does for all other sports – many coaches are in limbo if they never wrote down their own Strength Index number from the end of 2025,…
Carrying the torch:Â NJSIAA football playoff brackets are live on Central Jersey Sports Radio in wake of Gridiron closure
The news hit like a ton of bricks for football coaches, fans, the media, and just plain, old-fashioned football history junkies. Gridiron New Jersey, a bastion of simple, easy-to-access, free historical data on high school football in the Garden State shut down last Friday. The site was popular over the years for its playoff standings…
Early look at Big Central Football 2026: Big graduation losses for Manville could level playing field in Freedom Silver Division
Just like some of the large school divisions, no change was made on the opposite end of the spectrum by the Big Central Conference when it comes to the Freedom Silver Division, which will keep the same six teams it had last year. Manville is coming off a 10-1 season and a year in which…
Early look at Big Central Football 2026: With Spotswood moving out, Brearley, Dayton Roselle Park will battle it out, as Highland Park, JP Stevens, South River look to make strides
Little change was made to the Big Central Conference’s Freedom Gold Division in the off-season, but with 2025 champion Spotswood moving up and out in the most recent realignment, the top three remaining teams – Brearley, Dayton and Roselle Park – will likely battle it out for the title in 2026. All three were .500…
Early look at Big Central Football 2026: Anything could happen in expanded Patriot Silver, with new head coaches for all six squads
Many of the changes in the Big Central Conference divisional alignment for the next two years centers around the smaller school divisions, and trying to give better schedules to some of the better schools – a problem not generally seen among larger schools. After all, there is no one-size-fits-all. Enter the Patriot Silver Division, which…
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