Defense with a “Furey”: Montgomery linebacker was all over the field in upset of Somerville, earns Week 4 Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week honors
When Montgomery knocked off a ranked Somerville football team early in the 2025 season, after an OT win at Hopewell Valley and a home loss to Summit, it indicated that the Cougars could be in for a special year. They wound up going 8-4 and playing in the North 2, Group 5 title game, which…
Multiplier update: Second loss for St. Joseph-Metuchen takes Falcons out of the equation, affecting several Big Central schools
The second of both NJSIAA non-public multiplier schools in the Big Central Conference has dropped out of that category, and this one also will affect a number of league schools. When No. 5 St. Joseph-Metuchen fell to No. 1 Phillipsburg, 42-31, at home this past Monday, it was the Falcons’ second loss to a non-multiplier…
“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 5
It’s getting to be crunch time in high school football across New Jersey, down to the last four weeks before the playoffs, and Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look on “The Big Central in 2 Minutes” for Week Five! On this week’s episode, looks back at a huge comeback by Old Bridge over Piscataway, and…
OFFICIAL NJ Football Strength Index numbers for all teams following Week Four action
We’re now officially past the mid-way point of the high school football regular season, and the playoff standings are coming more into focus. Which means more attention on Strength Index values, which give teams its OSI rating, which is 60 percent of the playoff qualification formula. Team’s get 100 percent of an opponent’s Strength Index…
Phillipsburg, Elizabeth hold top two spots in Big Central Power Rankings as Sayreville, Cranford skyrocket; Don Bosco, Glassboro remain 1-2 in NJ
It’s yet another week for Phillipsburg at No. 1 in the Big Central Power rankings, but Elizabeth has closed the gap a little from the No. 2 position. The Stateliners held on to the top spot with a 42-31 win over St. Joseph-Metuchen Monday, in a game rescheduled from Saturday due to the weekend Nor’easter.…
No. 1 Phillipsburg still at top of Marcus Borden’s Week 5 Big Central Top Ten with Sayreville making its debut … plus rankings for BCC West, Middlesex and Union Counties
My Friday night game in Rahway at Madden Field was everything you would want in a battle of unbeaten teams as the Indians hosted the Cranford Cougars in a thriller if you like games that come down to the wire! Cranford would win the toss and defer the choice to the second half. Rahway would…
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