It’s time for the 2026 high school football season in New Jersey to kickoff, and it’s time to talk about it with Marcus Borden!
But we begin the show talking about the new NJSIAA football classifications for the next two seasons, which have eight teams finding new sections, moving up or down based on enrollment and a balancing of the number of teams in each section.
Then we get into the games, with the majority of Big Central Conference teams opening up this weekend. That includes our two Bellamy & Son Paving Big Central Game of the Week broadcasts: Thursday at 6 pm as 2025 North 2, Group 5 champion Bridgewater-Raritan travels to Woodbridge, and Friday at 7 when New Brunswick visits Highland Park. Then we talk about the games Coach Borden will cover, including Thursday night’s tussle in Alexandria between North Hunterdon and host Delaware Valley, as well as Friday afternoon’s “Battle at the Beach” game in Ocean City, featuring 2025 Central Jersey Group 5 finalist Old Bridge facing Shawnee.
We also look at some other intriguing early season matchups, and talk our favorite stadiums in the Big Central. What’s yours?
Click below to listen to the Week Zero edition of “Gameday with Marcus Borden”:
Note: This podcast was recorded before some football games – including the ones mentioned in the show – were rescheduled to Friday. For a complete list of Thursday’s postponements, updated as more come in, click here.
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