Gameday with Marcus Borden: Week 3
High school football across the state – and in the Big Central – is in mid-season mode now, and it’s time to talk about it all with Central Jersey Sports Radio high school football analyst with Marcus Borden! We open the show looking back at last week’s games, including Coach Borden’s trips to see Highland…
Immaculata football program seeks admission to Big Central Conference, could join league in ’28
The Immaculata football program is in discussions to join the Big Central Conference, Central Jersey Sports Radio has learned. League president Scott Miller confirmed the Somerville Catholic school’s request to CJSR on Thursday afternoon. While Miller says the potential admission of Immaculata is in the “extreme infant stage,” he confirmed that it’s definitely a topic…
After best start in over a decade, No. 7 Elizabeth hosts No. 2 St. Joseph-Metuchen, looking to remain unbeaten
With one exception, St. Joseph-Metuchen and Elizabeth have played some tight games the last few years. The Falcons won this game 41-20 a year ago. The previous two times these two clashed, in 2023 and 2024, the combined margin of victory for St. Joseph was three points. And in 2022, Elizabeth won 23-21, but that…
A four-year starting QB, A’rique Fleming gets it done on defense, too, and earns Week 2 Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week honors
It was August 25, 2023 at Kean University in Union when a fresh-faced ninth-grader named A’rique Fleming took to the field to play quarterback for the Elizabeth football team. He might be a little raw, then-head coach John Fiore told us, but “You’ve gotta see this kid,” he added. Sometimes coaches are given to hyperbole,…
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…
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