Weekly Update: 09/12/10

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Glassboro 13, Penns Grove 12 - a great game with the winner favored for the Diamond Division titlte and a higher seed in the playoffs. A game that was all it was expected to be with great defense and big plays by the players that you expect to make them. Extra points count - same as last year's game -2 TDs each and extra points make difference!

Atlantic City 26, St. Augustine 24 - An upset and a close game. St. A. did not lose to a South Jersey team last year!

Absegami 17, EHT 13 - Gami takes down last year's Group 4 finalist and re-establishes itself as a contender.

Clearview 46, Cherry Hill East 23 - Clearview surprised a lot of people with this one!

Winslow Twp. 32, Washington Twp. 13 - much bigger margin than anyone expected!

Cherokee 35, Lenape 21 -last year's top team keeps on winning

Williamstown 34, Eastern 16 - last year's #2 in my rankings stepped into a different level of competion and proved their worth!

Delsea 48, Kingsway 25 - Last year's Group 2 champion moves back to Group 3 and what looks like a tougher schedule

Hammonton 27, Mainland 3 - Last year's group 3 champion starts off with a big win

Paul VI 41 Moorestown 30 -Paul VI wins a big game and establishes themselves as a top team in South Jersey for this year


I will adjust the rankings below after all teams have played at least one game, so check it next week.

My top 5 for each public group:

(last year's rankings)

Group 4:

1. Cherokee (11-1)

2. Williamstown (10-1) -Williamstow lost to Cherokee by 6 and EHT lost by 14

3. Egg Harbor Twp. (11-1)

4. Washington Twp. (8-2)

5. Shawnee (6-4)

Playoffs:

Cherokee (1) 14, Eastern (8) 3

Egg Harbor Twp. (2) 21, Shawnee (7) 17

Toms River East (3) 28, Washington Twp. (6) 13

Williamstown (4) 21, Toms River North (5) 13

2nd round:

Cherokee (1) 30, Williamstown (4) 21

Egg Harbor Twp. (2) 41, Toms River East (3) 30

Final:

Cherokee (1) 14, Egg Harbor Twp. (2) 0


Group 3:

1. Hammonton (11-1) - squeaked out 2 wins on FGs, but won Group 3!

The next 4 could be in any order as TC beat Seneca and Pemberton but lost to BT and Pemberton beat BT, but my sidebar poll ranked TC higher and TC and Seneca won in the first round. TC made it to the finals and Seneca upset Cherokee; Seneca lost to hammonton by 3 and TC lost by 6, so Seneca would get the #2 slot if they had not lost head to head against TC!

2. Timber Creek (9-3) - loss to BT hurts, but stays ahead of Seneca because they beat them

3. Seneca (8-3)

4. Pemberton (6-4)

5. Burlington Twp. (7-3) - 40-0 loss to Pemberton keeps them below them


Playoffs:

Hammonton (1) 30, Winslow Twp. (8) 0

Timber Creek (2) 12, Moorestown (7) 0

Lacey Twp. (3) 33, Pemberton (6) 14

Seneca (4) 27, Burlington Twp.(5) 7

2nd round:

Hammonton (1) 3, Seneca (4) 0

Timber Creek (2) 13, Lacey Twp. (3) 2

Final:

Hammonton (1) 23, Timber Creek (2) 17


Group 2:

1. Delsea (11-1) - Group Champions - easily!

2. Haddonfield (10-2) - beat Wd in most re-match and most recent game counts!

3. West Deptford (9-2) - bad end to season

4. Bridgeton (7-4)

5. Cinnaminson (7-3) - clearly 5th after loss to Bridgeton


Playoffs:

Delsea (1) 56, Woodrow Wilson (8) 18

West Deptford (2) 52, Buena (7) 12

Haddonfield (3) 13, Willingboro (6) 8

Bridgeton (5) 28, Cinnaminson (4) 18

Next Round:

Delsea (1) 55, Bridgeton (5) 12

Haddonfield (3) 15, West Deptford (2) 13 (re-match with different result)

Final:

Delsea (1) 40 Haddonfiled (3) 18


Group 1:

1. Woodbury (11-1) - Group champion! beat Paulsboro twice

2. Paulsboro (10-2)

3. Penns Grove (9-2) - they beat Glassboro and deserve to be ranked here

4. Glassboro (9-2) - they drop after big loss

5. Pennsville (7-3) - they have shown that they deserve this ranking


Playoffs:

Glassboro (1) 35, Palmyra (8) 0

Penns Grove (2) 14, Schalick (7) 6

Woodbury (3) 28, Pennsville (6) 21

Paulsboro (4) 29, Haddon Heights (5) 0

2nd round:

Paulsboro (4) 35, Glassboro (1) 0

Woodbury (3) 19, Penns Grove (2) 16

Visiting teams won - omen for finals?

Final:

Woodbury (3) 14 Paulsboro (4) 0



Florence was 6th seed in Central Group 1 and lost to Highland Park 8-7.

Burlington City did not have enough power points.


Non-Publics (all together):

1. Paul VI (9-1) - T-Day win moves them up

2. St. Augustine Prep (9-1) - Close T-Day win moves them down a slot

3. St. Joseph's (8-3)

4. Holy Spirit (8-3)

5. Gloucester Catholic (8-3)

Bishop Eustace (8-2) - gets wildcard!



Playoffs:

Non-Public Group 4:

Don Bosco (1) 55, Red Bank Catholic (8) 7 - Bosco is best team in state and nationally ranked

Bergen Catholic (7) 45, Notre Dame (2) 13

St. Peter's Prep (6) 47, Paul VI (3) 10

Seton Hall Prep (5) 49, St. Augustine (4) 14

2nd round:

Don Bosco (1) 54, Seton Hall Prep (5) 7

St. Peter'sPrep (6) 42, Bergen Catholic (7) 24

Final:

Don Bosco (1) 35, St. Peter's Prep (6) 15

Bosco wins it all again!

Non-Public Group 3:

Pope John (1) 28, Delbarton (8) 21

St. Joe's (Montvale) (2) 42, Bishop Ahr (7) 6

Holy Spirit (6) 28, DePaul (3) 21

Immaculata (4) 42, Bishop Eustace (5) 7

2nd round:

Immaculata (4) 25, Pope John (1) 20

St. Joe's (Montvale) (2) 45, Holy Spirit (6) 19

Final:

St. Joe's (Montvale) (2) 14, Immaculata (4) 0


Non-Public Group 2:

St. Joe's(Hammonton) (1) 41, Pingry (4) 0

Gloucester Catholic (2) 33, Morris Catholic (3) 7

Final:

St. Joe's(Hammonton) (1) 28, Gloucester Catholic (2) 14



There are no South Jersey teams in Non-Public Group 1.