Tag: Logan Blake

by Mike Pavlichko

New Providence up for an opening round road challenge against a Big Central foe with a big receiver

Charlie Barth is the player everyone who plays New Providence has to gameplan for.

May have tried to stop or contain him, but few have succeeded.

But on the other side of the field Friday night, it’ll be a big receiver the Pioneers will have to stop when 5th-seeded New Providence (7-1) visits fourth-seed Delaware Valley (7-2) in a South Group 1 opening round playoff game

It’s the Big Central Game of the Week driven by Autoland, with kickoff set for 7 pm in Frenchtown, and pregame at 6:45.

Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino will call all the live play-by-play, which you can listen to live – and for free – by clicking here.

That huge target is 6-foot-7 receiver Logan Blake, a senior hybrid wide receiver and tight end.

Blake has 47 catches for 609 yards and ten touchdowns on the season, amassing 24 in his three-year varsity career.

Throwing the ball to him, more often than not, is Jack Bill, a great junior signal caller who was thrown for nearly 1,500 yards this season, with 14 touchdowns.

But Del Val face a challenge of its own in Barth, who can run the ball on offense, and stop the run on defense from his linebacker position.

Barth led the Big Central with over 115 tackles and scored 25 rushing touchdowns in last year’s COVID-shortened season, and was named Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Two-Way Player of the Year when the season was all over.

This year, he’s rushed for 1,300 yards and 21 touchdowns, but hasn’t been the entire focal point defensively for head coach Chet Parlavecchio Jr.’s team.

This will be just the third meeting between the schools, with New Providence yet to score in the short series.

Del Val won the first meeting, in Frenchtown, 35-0 in 2016, then won at New Providence 40-0 in 2017.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko speak with New Providence head coach Chet Parlavecchio Jr. about the 2021 season and the matchup with Del Val:

by Mike Pavlichko

Terriers will need to tame Barth to continue best season under Haughey, advance in playoffs

Delaware Valley has done practically nothing but win the last few years under Mike Haughey, but the one thing that’s missing is a state championship.

The quest for a title begins Friday night when the 4th-seeded Terriers (7-2) open the South Group 2 playoffs at home against 5th-seed New Providence (7-1).

It’s the Big Central Game of the Week driven by Autoland, with kickoff set for 7 pm in Frenchtown.

Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino will call all the action, with pregame starting at 6:45. Click here to listen live.

Del Val boasts an outstanding quarterback in Jack Bill, who’s just a junior, but has thrown for nearly 1,500 yards this season, with 14 touchdowns.

It helps that he has a big target, and by big, we mean big.

Logan Blake, who’s a hybrid wide receiver and tight end, is 6-foot-7. He’ll play tight end if Haughey needs a blocker, and will line up wide if Bill wants to throw it to him.

Blake has 47 catches for 609 yards and ten touchdowns on the season, amassing 24 in his three-year varsity career.

But Del Val also will face a defensive challenge from a New Providence team led by linebacker Charlie Barth, who “also” is an outstanding runningback.

Barth led the Big Central with over 115 tackles and scored 25 rushing touchdowns in last year’s COVID-shortened season, and has amasssed over 1,300 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2021, while stepping off the gas a bit defensively.

This will be just the third meeting between the schools, and the Terriers have shutout the Pioneers each time.

They won 40-0 at New Providence in 2017, and 35-0 at home in 2016.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko speak with DelVal head coach Mike Haughey about the 2021 season and the matchup with New Providence:

by Mike Pavlichko

Summers makes the most of his opportunities on both sides of the ball to nab Week 5 Bellamy & Son Player of the Week honors

He didn’t have a dozen catches and a dozen tackles, or even a dozen of one or the other.

In fact, South Brunswick’s Khiri (pronounced like Kyrie, as in Irving) Summers only had five catches and five tackles in a 40-25 win over Monroe last Friday night.

But he made the most of what he got.

On offense, three of those catches went for touchdowns.

On defense, in addition to those five tackles, he had two interceptions, as part of what head coach John Viotto called the best performance his Vikings have turned in to date this season.

All that earned Summers Bellamy & Son Paving Big Central Player of the Week honors for Week Six.

Summers will receive a custom football to mark the accomplishment, and one Player of the Week will be awarded a $500 scholarship.

Click below to listen to Khiri Summers talk with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko about his performance against Monroe:

Honor Roll:

New Providence’s Charlie Barth was back playing defense again after sitting out that side of the ball in a 40-8 home win over Bound Brook heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio two Fridays ago.

And the senior RB/LB didn’t disappoint, with an outstanding two-way performance in a 42-14 win over Brearley: 16 carries for 176 yards and three touchdowns, while recording 12 tackles, a TFL and a QB pressure. Those numbers are what put him at the top of the Big Central leaderboard in tackles last fall, and made him one of the most active defenders in the league.

Few players record four touchdowns in a game; that’s reserved for the elite. But senior Logan Blake turned the trick for Delaware Valley Friday night, recording all four of the Terrier’s touchdowns in a solid 28-14 home win over Bernards. He had 11 catches in the game for 172 yards, with hauls of 13, 4, 26 and 16 yards.

North Plainfield’s Taeshaun Mallard a sophomore wide receiver had a nice four catches for 32 yards and two scores, but it was a trick play that boosted the prominence of his offensive game. It was a pass completion for a 39-yard touchdown to Jordan Bird in the fourth quarter. That have the Canucks enough cushion to hold on for a 28-19 win over Voorhees to move their record to 2-3 on the season and move them up one spot in the latest North 3 UPR rankings; the Canucks are two spots out of the top 16 at the midway point of the season.

And what would an honor roll be without Hillsborough’s Thomas Amankwaa. The senior – who won the award in Week 2 – is running the ball now in addition to catching it. He went for 103 yard and three touchdowns on five rushes while also catching three passes for 68 yards in a 42-14 win at No. 5 Ridge last Friday night.