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by Mike Pavlichko

Championship Week! Here’s the schedule for Monday’s Non-Public sectional finals, public group semis, and where they all could end up in the State Championship games at Rutgers

After a day of Sunday, high school basketball in New Jersey will enter its final week of the 2024-25 season Monday, when the Gill St. Bernard’s and Rutgers Prep girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will play for non-public sectional titles.

The Knights will be up at J.F.K. High School in Paterson, while the Argonauts will be down at Jackson Liberty.

Then, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Hillsborough girls and the Colonia and Montgomery boys will play group semifinal games. And all winners from there and Monday’s games will move on to the state finals at Rutgers’ Jersey Mike’s Arena this weekend.

Here’s the upcoming schedule:

MONDAY

Non-Public North B – Girls’ Final
(1) Gill St. Bernards vs. (2) Montclair-Immaculate, 5 pm
(at Paterson Kennedy H.S.)
Follow Alec Crouthamel on Twitter for updates.

Non-Public South B – Girls’ Final
(1) Gloucester Catholic vs. (2) Rutgers Prep, 5 pm (CJSR)
(at Jackson Liberty H.S.)

Non-Public North B – Boys’ Final
(1) Gill St. Bernard’s vs. (2) Roselle Catholic, 5 pm
(at Paterson Kennedy H.S.)
Follow Alec Crouthamel on Twitter for updates

Non-Public South B – Boys’ Final
(1) St. Rose vs. (3) Rutgers Prep, 7 pm (CJSR)
(at Jackson Liberty H.S.)

TUESDAY

Group 3 Semifinals – Boys
Colonia (North 2) vs. Ramapo (North 1), 7 pm (CJSR)
(at the Dunn Center, Elizabeth)

WEDNESDAY

Group 4 Semifinals – Girls
Hillsborough (Central) vs. Cherokee (South), 5 pm (CJSR)
(at Central Regional H.S., Bayville)

Group 4 Semfinals – Boys
Montgomery (Central) vs. Lenape (South), 5 pm (CJSR)
(at Central Regional H.S., Bayville)

Here’s the full state finals schedule, with all games at Jersey Mike’s Arena on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Games that could include CJSR-area teams are in bold.

FRIDAY
Non-Public B Final – Girls: 1 pm (Gill St. Bernard’s and/or Rutgers Prep)
Non-Public B Final – Boys: 3 pm (Gill St. Bernard’s and/or Rutgers Prep)
Non-Public A Final – Girls: 5 pm
Non-Public A Final – Boys: 7 pm

SATURDAY
Group 1 – Girls: noon
Group 1 – Boys: 2 pm
Group 3 – Girls: 4 pm
Group 4 – Boys: 6 pm (Colonia)

SUNDAY
Group 2 – Girls: noon
Group 2 – Boys: 2 pm
Group 4 – Girls: 4 pm (Hillsborough)
Group 4 – Boys: 6 pm (Montgomery)

by Mike Pavlichko

North Brunswick, St. Thomas Aquinas take first place votes after Phillipsburg upset, but Ridge gets No. 1 spot in Media Poll

This one was all about the math.

After previously-undefeated No. 1 Phillipsburg was knocked off by No. 8 Hillsborough, and No. 2 North Brunswick survived No. 7 Sayreville in Sunday’s Rumble on the Raritan, the 4-0 Raiders picked up three first-place votes.

St. Thomas Aquinas, which is 5-0, got the two other first place votes.

But the disagreement on who should be No. 1 left neither team with the top spot. It went to Ridge, which got all three second-place votes and two third-place votes, earning them 43 points, two more than the Raiders, who picked up 41 points.

Just like the standard AP Polls in college football and basketball – which give 25 points for a first-place Top 25 vote, 24 for second, 23 for third and so on, the Big Central Media poll awards 10 points for a first-place vote, nine for second, and so on down the line.

Below are the full Big Central Media Poll Week 5 rankings: