OT: 2023 NJ HS Football Season

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Week 7 Playoff seedings are out on the Gridiron NJ site. Some interesting notes:
- 2-4 RFH is the top seed in South 2
2-4 Raritan is 13 seed
2-5 Delian is 15 seed
Seeds 16-20 are 500 or better.

- 6-0 Weequahic, who has outscored their opponents 357-0 is 7 seed in North 1

-North 2 (Westwood, Caldwell, Rutherford, Hanover Park as 5 Top seeds looking better as season continues.

-I’m guessing @kyk1827 still says North 3 is still Old Tappans to lose, esp with Lincoln smacked by UC, West Morris at 3-4,

-Some good teams coming out of North 4 (Roxbury, Northern Highlands, Ramapo, Mt Olive)

-Not many teams out of North 5. But UC, Phillipsburg, Passaic Tech should represent well.

- Things might not look good for South 1 when they play the North at MetLife

- Camden, Delsea, Timber Creek looking good in South 3

- Winslow, Millville getting right at the right time in South 4. 5-1 Jackson might have explaining to do with their activities in their loss to Marlboro. I also like 7-0 Mainland but their soft schedule might hurt them.

- South 5 isn’t as loaded as the North.

United Power Rankings North, Group 1

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My picks from the north after 6 weeks

Group 1: Weequhaic. This is the toughest bracket in NJ
Group 2: Westwood
Group 3: Old Tappan (still not a close 2nd)
Group 4: i gotta go roxbury but dont count out northern highlands
Group 5: union city

 

[tico brown]

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Should this Weequahic HS Defensive player have slid to the ground after this interception or this fumble return for a TD is ok?

 

[ScarletDave]

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Should this Weequahic HS Defensive player have slid to the ground after this interception or this fumble return for a TD is ok?

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Take a knee on a scoop n score in the 3rd quarter? Should the offense have just taken 3 knees on every drive for the entire 4th quarter? Silly question

 

[tico brown]

Take a knee on a scoop n score in the 3rd quarter? Should the offense have just taken 3 knees on every drive for the entire 4th quarter? Silly question

Totally agree with you. Reason I asked is that there’s a group of HS alumni up 280 in Essex County who are incensedly livid at Weequahic HS out scoring their opponents 357-0 this year, saying that they “should not be scoring 70 points a game vs a weak schedule.”

 

[mdk01]

Totally agree with you. Reason I asked is that there’s a group of HS alumni up 280 in Essex County who are incensedly livid at Weequahic HS out scoring their opponents 357-0 this year, saying that they “should not be scoring 70 points a game vs a weak schedule.”

The question I have is how many kids are on the team. If you have a roster of 50-60 and don't have the starters on the bench after the half I have a problem. If the roster of 35 it's a different story.

 

[tico brown]

The question I have is how many kids are on the team. If you have a roster of 50-60 and don't have the starters on the bench after the half I have a problem. If the roster of 35 it's a different story.

Looks like 30 on the sidelines on a screenshot from the above IG video. Kinda borderline with what you said. But do they take a knee or slide in bounds on a defensive play like this? Or defensive plays get a pass?

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Totally agree with you. Reason I asked is that there’s a group of HS alumni up 280 in Essex County who are incensedly livid at Weequahic HS out scoring their opponents 357-0 this year, saying that they “should not be scoring 70 points a game vs a weak schedule.”

What school?

Newark schools are crazy year to year. For all we know, the kids all pile into central next year and leave weequahic. The kids move schools like I change my underwear.

I played weequahic 3X in high school, my soph year they had a really good team with adonis thomas (toledo rb) and amara kamara (temple Lb) we beat them 21-7 for their only loss of the year. Then junior and senior year we whooped em by a combined 76-6. We then faced the same kids in basketball playing for a different school a season later. Like 3-4 years after high school their qb got murdered, was a very sad situation.

 

[tico brown]

What school?

Newark schools are crazy year to year. For all we know, the kids all pile into central next year and leave weequahic. The kids move schools like I change my underwear.

I played weequahic 3X in high school, my soph year they had a really good team with adonis thomas (toledo rb) and amara kamara (temple Lb) we beat them 21-7 for their only loss of the year. Then junior and senior year we whooped em by a combined 76-6. We then faced the same kids in basketball playing for a different school a season later. Like 3-4 years after high school their qb got murdered, was a very sad situation.

Shabazz and Weequahic has been consistent for at least the last 10 years. Only reason Shabazz struggled was because their head coach was one of the worst coaches that they could’ve chosen for that job at the time. At least they’re kind of back with Nasir Oliver as the head coach.

But Weequahic… Pound the Round on offense and Pound some heads on defense. They always been a tough team all these years with Brian Logan as their coach. West Side get some good years but that’s a rough spot to Coach, as is Central. And have to see how East Side do if they get out of the Ivy and go back to regular ball. Only football they usually good at is Futbol.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

@tico brown ill be at the game live but great news. Caldwell/Cedar Grove live on morris sussex sports. Game of the year candidate. Currently thats roxbury mt olive

 

[tico brown]

@tico brown ill be at the game live but great news. Caldwell/Cedar Grove live on morris sussex sports. Game of the year candidate. Currently thats roxbury mt olive

I’ll be checking that out

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

@tico brown ill be at the game live but great news. Caldwell/Cedar Grove live on morris sussex sports. Game of the year candidate. Currently thats roxbury mt olive

Two solid communities

 

[tico brown]

Everyone in Essex County getting geeked up for this game.

 

[tico brown]

THE STREAK IS OVER FOR WEEQUAHIC.

They defeated Newark West Side tonight…

57-2.

They have outscored their 2024 opponents 414-2.

 

[RU at the shore]

Civil War tonight.

Micah Ford possible to return.

TR North in a romp !

 

[Ronnie_B]

Cherry Hill East - Cherry Hill West game cancelled due to an "event" that happened at one of the schools, sounds like it's related to Israel and Hamas;

Cherry Hill East-West Football Game Postponed Due To 'Recent Events'

The rivalry match, originally set for Friday, has been pushed because of 'recent events impacting our school community,' officials said.

patch.com

 

[Rutgers85]

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

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This is so soft. They wont let kids play in a little rain these days smh

 

[tico brown]

Cedar Grove 15
Caldwell 14
Halftime

 

[RUfinally2008]

Looks like one of the 3 remaining undefeated Shore Conference teams Marlboro will go down.We are at the Rumson Fair Haven game, RFH 17-0 halftime

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Cedar Grove 15
Caldwell 14
Halftime

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Tremendous game. CG had em on the ropes but threw it away with turnovers

 

[RU at the shore]

TRN 49 TRS 0

 

[TDIrish27]

Holmdel 35-0

5 straight shutouts

 

[tico brown]

Holmdel 35-0

5 straight shutouts

Nice

 

[tico brown]

Some scores from last night

 

[tico brown]

Caldwell beats Cedar Grove to continue their 35 game win streak

 

[tico brown]

Rumson Fair Haven, Top Seed of South Group 2, beats Marlboro.

 

[tico brown]

Ramapo beats Old Tappan in a North Jersey battle.

 

[tico brown]

Pope John bolster their Group A seedings by beating DePaul

 

[RutHut]

3 RU commits in this game. The more I watch Surace, the more I like.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

This is so soft. They wont let kids play in a little rain these days smh

Don’t they have a turf field?

 

[tico brown]

Don’t they have a turf field?

Is that area prone to flooding?

 

[tico brown]

3 RU commits in this game. The more I watch Surace, the more I like.

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Not NJ HS Football related but a couple of notes from this Monsignor Farrell 27-21 win over St Anthony’s:

Rutgers recruit KJ Duff had 6 catches, 116 yards, 2 TD.

Monsignor Farrell Senior LB Mikai Gamble had his second Pick 6 of the season. and is having a great season.

MFHS Junior RB Nafis Muhammad ran the ball 33-270, 2 TD, along with 2 catches for 53 yards.

HS football: Farrell stuns No. 1 St. Anthony’s, 27-21, behind Nafis Muhammad’s 300-yard day, ferocious Lions’ defense

It's Farrell's first win over the Long Island school in more than two decades.

www.silive.com

 

[tico brown]

Bosco positioning themselves for a better seeding as they beat Seton Hall Prep.

 

[tico brown]

Weequahic’s crazy season continues.

Their defense will finally be tested next week when they play Immaculatta.

 

[tico brown]

Bergen Catholic remains #1 in New Jersey

 

[tico brown]

Some pretty damm good games this weekend

 

[tico brown]

 

[RUfinally2008]

Shore vs Holmdel for us tonight. I'm not thinking Middletown South will be able to hang with Donovan unless the weather helps.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

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Embarrassing by those involved in both fanbases

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Lots of good rivalry games tonight up in Jerz.

@RAHWAYBOB Should attend Rahway at Colonia since he’s closer to Colonia High School than Rahway HS

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Bloomfield at Belleville always is spirited