Saturday, April 21, 2007

Proposed new alignment

American Division

Vineland
Atlantic City
Absegami
Egg Harbor Twp.
Millville
Williamstown
Mainland
Oakcrest

National Division

Clearview
Ocean City
Hammonton
Kingsway
Delsea
Cumberland
Middle Twp.
Highland

Royal Division

Lower Cape May
Deptford
West Deptford
St. Augustine Prep
Pleasantville
Sterling
Buena
Bridgeton

Patriot Division

Overbrook
Holy Spirit
Collingswood
Haddonfield
Gloucester Catholic
Haddon Twp.
Audubon
Haddon Heights

Freedom Division

Gateway
Glassboro
Schalick
Salem
Gloucester
Woodstown
Pennsville

Classic Division

Lindenwold
Penns Grove
Pitman
Paulsboro
St. Joseph's
Woodbury
Clayton
Wildwood

The Classic Division is interesting as Paulsboro and St. Joe's would become rivals. What a game that would be!!!!!!! The rest of the Divsion is weak except for occasionally Woodbury. Penns Grove and Lindenwold provide can be competitive, but not up to the level of the top two.

The Freedom Division has several teams that can occasionally come through. Glassboro, Schalick, Gloucester and Salem are not strange to winning Division titles. Gateway, Woodstown and Pennsville are definitely stronger than the bottom 3 of the Classic. Since everyone here but Gateway are already in the same division, only Gateway would have major schedule changes.

The Patriot Division could be very be interesting. There are no guarantees here.

The Royal Division has Deptford and West Deptford together. That will be a good rivalry for sure.

The National Division would match-up Delsea and Hammonton and Ocean City, each of whom have had some decent seasons. Kingsway can be good at times also and Clearview can be a tough competitor sometimes.

The American Division would provide a new focus for Williamstown - out of the county and looking towars the shore, but they would no longer have to go undefeated to make the playoffs.

With 6 or 7 Division games, each team would have room to schedule old-time rivals, so Delsea and Williamstown + St. Joe's and Hammonton + Gloucester and Gloucester Catholic, for example, could still maintain their T-Day games.