Saturday Big Central Roundup: St. Joseph’s shutout of Phillipsburg sure to roil rankings, Bernards gets 4th quarter TD to win at Summit

There were just five games on the Big Central Conference schedules on a drizzly, gray, damp Saturday afternoon, but there were some big wins as the heat gets turned up in the final few weeks before the NJSIAA cutoff for the playoffs.

There was No. 6 St. Joseph-Metuchen staying unbeaten by knocking off undefeated and No. 1 Phillipsburg, via a 21-0 shutout at home that gave head coach Bill Tracy his 150th career coaching win.

There was Bernards – still with their freshman quarterback starting – gutting out a 17-14 win at Summit, which had been unbeaten until last week and now has lost two straight.

There was Voorhees, solidifying its playoff standing with a 21-14 win in a key game at Governor Livingston.

And Carteret came up with a solid win on the road, topping Hillside, 21-13.

Here’s a look at the Saturday scoreboard in the Big Central Conference, with links to individual game stories on Somerville-Summit and Hillsborough-Westfield:

• No. 6 St. Joseph-Metuchen 21, No. 1 Phillipsburg 0 (recap with audio)
• No. 4 Bernards 17, Summit 14 (recap with audio)
• Voorhees 21, Governor Livingston 14
• Carteret 21, Hillside 13
• Newark Collegiate 32, Roselle 8

Here’s the Friday evening scoreboard from the Big Central for Week Three, with links to individual game stories:

• No. 2 Woodbridge 41, No. 8 Montgomery 31 (coverage from Marcus Borden)
• No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas 41, Edison 6
• No. 5 Somerville 43, North Hunterdon 14
• No. 7 Sayreville 37, Franklin 28
• Hillsborough 30, No. 9 Bridgewater-Raritan 18 (recap with audio in our Friday Night Roundup)
• No. 10(t) Piscataway 35, East Brunswick 0
• No. 10(t) Old Bridge 35, Monroe 0
• Roselle Park 35, Highland Park 12 (recap with audio)
• Dayton 20, Spotswood 19 (recap with audio in our Friday Night Roundup)
• Rahway 49, Watchung Hills 20 (recap with audio in our Friday Night Roundup)
• Elizabeth 24, Morristown 21
• South Plainfield 41, East Brunswick 8
• Westfield 35, North Brunswick 6
• JFK 33, North Plainfield 13
• Brearley 49, South River 12
• Metuchen 53, JP Stevens 0
• Colonia 27, Plainfield 13
• New Providence 21, Verona 10
• Linden 34, Perth Amboy 0
• Belvidere 16, South Hunterdon 0
• Ridge 28, Hunterdon Central 7
• Cranford 35, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 6
• Union 22, South Brunswick 13
• Bound Brook 38, Middlesex 28
• Johnson 21, Delaware Valley 19