NJSIAA announces all state football finals to be held at MetLife Stadium on Thanksgiving Weekend, even teams that play on Turkey Day

NJSIAA Executive Director Colleen Maguire Wednesday at the association’s first Executive Committee meeting of the year that all seven state football finals – five public and two non-public – will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford this year, on Saturday and Sunday, November 28th and 29th. It would be the first time ever…

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 3

Week Two play is in the books, we’re a third of the way through the regular season, the first playoff standings of the year are out, and Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look in the Week Three edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!” On this week’s episode, Mike talks about one tweak he’d…

Big Central Schedule for Week Three: A trio of Top ten matchups highlight the slate

Week Three will feature some pretty big games in the Big Central Conference, with three Top Ten matchups on the slate. We’ll have one of them live right here on Central Jersey Sports Radio Friday night at 6 pm, as No. 2 St. Joseph-Metuchen (2-0) travels to Williams Field to take on No. 7 Elizabeth…

Debut of new playoff standings revealed with additional info, but could still use more

Since the shutdown of Gridiron New Jersey this June, high school coaches have been talking and wondering what the new layout would look like when NJ.com took it over. Wonder no more. The first UPR standings of the season were revealed, section by section, beginning Monday morning on NJ.com, and by later in the afternoon…

OFFICIAL NJ Football Strength Index numbers for all teams following Week Two action

Now that NJ.com has released its first UPR playoff standings of the season, we have a clear look at the official Strength Index numbers for everyone in the state. They can be found by going to a team’s home page, then clicking on power Points. How did we do the first three weeks? Considering we…

Another week at the top for Phillipsburg in Big Central Power Rankings, but there’s a new No. 2

Phillipsburg remains No. 1 in the Big Central Conference Power Rankings for Week Three, but there’s a New No. 2 in town. Piscataway rose from sixth to No. 2 this week after a blowout of East Brunswick, while Bridgewater fell to No. 3 after a blowout win over Hillsborough. St. Joseph-Metuchen fell one spot to…

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