2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (292+ words) There were two things certain coming into Thursday night’s game in North Edison between Highland Park and JP Stevens. First, both teams were off to 2-0 starts in the same season for the first time since 2002. Second, one of those teams…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (415+ words) After averaging 42 points a game in their first two contests, the Old Bridge offense was held in check save for a couple of big plays Friday night in Monmouth Junction. But those big plays were enough to power the fourth-ranked…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (174+ words) Typically, out-of-state opponents make up many early-season games in New Jersey high school football, and then the number of games starts to dwindle as league and division seasons take a stranglehold on the schedule. And that’s the case this week…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (363+ words) St. Thomas Aquinas holds the Big Central Conference record for most consecutive league wins with 35, a streak that was snapped last season. That put Bernards in the catbird’s seat, and they entered 2026 just three wins away from tying that mark....

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (201+ words) cjsportsradio.com Exclusive: Here’s a look at unofficial updated Strength Index numbers for all NJ Football teams following Week One play With the shutdown of Gridiron New Jersey over the summer – and the job of calculating the NJSIAA’s complication playoff…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (413+ words) While the entire NJISAA UPR playoff formula is very complicated, with caveats seemingly at every turn, the actual calculation of a team’s Strength Index – which helps determine the OSI for playoff qualification – is actually very simple. You find the difference…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (463+ words) Highland Park opened the 2026 season in emphatic fashion as the Owls defeated New Brunswick 29-0 at Joseph Policastro Stadium Friday night. In the process, Highland Park picked up its first shutout win in 15 years, when they won 37-0 at now-shuttered Cardinal McCarrick…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (276+ words) Against a beautiful sunset out at Tapp Webb Field in Alexandria, the Delaware Valley football team may not have been perfect, but by the time the final horn sounded, it sure looked like it. The Terriers led 7-0 in the first…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Bridgewater-Raritan football coach D.J. Catalano, fresh off the Panthers’ first-ever state sectional title, has no idea what’s going on. And that’s just the way he wants it. What does he know? He knows the Panthers have players. He knows what they…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (164+ words) As the football analyst for Central Jersey Sports Radio, I can say that I have seen all 59 teams in the Big Central Conference since joining CJSR, whether it was at practice, a scrimmage or a game. The conference has so…...