Category: The Big Central in 2 Minutes

by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 3 Edition: Milestone after Milestone

It was another busy week – especially Friday – on Week 2 in the Big Central, with a few milestones being recorded. There was Phillipsburg’s win over Hunterdon Central giving the Stateliners 750 program wins all time – though remember, not all came in New Jersey. They played a Pennsylvania schedule for a while.

There was Ridge head coach Jeff Sutherland getting his first win as head coach at his alma mater in a road victory against Hillsborough. And Joe Goerge got his 250th career win – or maybe 251 – in a road victory at Plainfield.

There was much more, too, including Piscataway’s upset win over No. 6 Old Bridge, and CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more – including a look at this Friday’s Bellamy & Son paving Game of the Week on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 2 Edition: Plenty of points!

Week One – the second week of the season (don’t get Mike started!) – is in the books, and offense reigned supreme, with many Big Central Conference teams putting up huge numbers, including a balanced attack at Voorhees, and Bridgewater-Raritan’s game with Piscataway where both teams lit up the scoreboard.

And there were first wins with new teams for Donald Jones at Plainfield and Gus Kalikas at AL Johnson, even though he’d already been the school’s athletic director. Plus a marathon win for Bernards, which keeps a very long streak going as a result!

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more – on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 1: And, they’re off!

The first week of high school football is in the books here in New Jersey, and 22 Big Central Conference teams are off to 1-0 starts – four more than last year, incidentally. And of the ten coaches working their first games with their new teams this season, including Montgomery’s Sean Carty and Shamir Bearfield at St. Thomas Aquinas.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more – on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – All About Phillipsburg

The last high school football game of the year in the State of New Jersey will involve a Big Central Conference team! The first from the league ever to make the state finals – now in just their third season – Phillipsburg will take on Winslow Twp. Wednesday night at 7 at Rutgers for the Group 4 title, and we’ve got you covered.

You can certainly listen to the game live on Central Jersey Sports Radio – kickoff is at 7, pregame at 6:40, click here to listen – but for now, here’s CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko taking a closer look at the matchup on “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – State Semifinals!

We’re down to two teams left in the Big Central Conference schools, while Phillipsburg and Somerville now vying to become the first Big Central team(s) to reach the state finals, in the third year of its existence.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a look at the Stateliners and Pioneers – as well as the title game runs of Bernards and New Providence – on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Championship Weekend!

After eleven weeks of football, we’ve finally reached Championship Weekend – well, the first one! Four Big Central Conference schools – Phillipsburg, Somerville, Bernards and New Providence, the middle two of whom are undefeated at 10-0 – will seek trophies this weekend in sectional finals. All but New Providence will be playing at home.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a look at all four title games on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – The Playoffs!

The playoffs are underway! Just eleven public schools remain from the Big Central, with the two non-publics – St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Joseph-Metuchen – now seeded as well.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a look back at the opening round, and a look ahead to the public sectional semifinals – on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – The Playoffs!

It’s Playoff Time! There will be 28 Big Central Conference public schools in action this weekend in the postseason, and we take a look at key notes, favorites and more heading into the opening weekend of the sectional playoffs.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Cutoff Weekend!

It’s finally here, Cutoff Weekend! We’ve reached the end of the regular season – for those that don’t play on Thanksgiving – the NJSIAA playoff seedings will come out Sunday. Of course, we’ll have our own Playoff Projection Show hosted by Mike Pavlichko with analyst Marcus Borden, 6 pm Saturday on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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by Mike Pavlichko

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 7: Closer and Closer to Cutoff Weekend!

We are just a week away from Cutoff Weekend – when the NJSIAA seeds the public school playoffs, and many games this week will go a long way to determining who gets top seeds, who gets home games, and who gets in the playoffs.

CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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