Sunday, September 25, 2011

Update: 09/25/11

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Ranked teams with this and last year’s record:


1. Holy Spirit (2-1) (12-0) beat Bridgeton 38-0 – Showing how strong they are with a nice shutout.

2. Cherokee (2-1) (12-0) lost to Williamstown 35-24 – they let Williamstown get off to a big early lead and just couldn’t come back. Win streak ends!

3. St. Joe's (2-0) (10-1) did not play – will move up to #2 to set up showdown with #1 next week!

4. Haddonfield (2-0) (11-1) beat Haddon Twp. 42-0 – 86-0 in first two games and no reason to bring them down in the rankings

5. West Deptford (2-0) (11-1) beat Audubon 49-0 – WD has scored 105 points in just two games.

6. Moorestown (2-1) (7-3) lost to Timber Creek 30-19 – Moorestown is a good team, so you wonder how good Timber Creek is!

7. Pennsauken (3-0) (6-4) beat Triton 33-13

8. Hammonton (3-0) (7-4) beat Oakcrest 30-0 – 89-7 in first three games

9. Timber Creek (3-0) (5-5) beat Moorestown 30-19 - definitely moving up in the rankings!

10. Williamstown (3-0) (7-3) beat Cherokee 35-24 – perhaps the biggest win in Williamstown history as they declare themselves to be among the best in Group 4.They will jump up very high in the rankings

So, in 3 showdowns of top 10 teams, the lower ranked team won!

11. Shawnee (2-1) (6-4) beat Clearview 39-14 – coming back nicely after opening loss

12. Millville (3-0) (6-4) beat Egg Harbor Twp. 30-6 – rolling towards the playoffs

13. Cherry Hill East (3-0) (1-9) beat Winslow Twp. 41-6 – this team is for real!

14. Willingboro (2-0) (10-1) beat Maple Shade 34-13

15. Pemberton (2-0) (3-7) did not play

16. Penns Grove (2-0) (8-1) did not play
17. Camden Catholic (2-0) (5-5) beat Cherry Hill West 28-0 – waiting for a good opponent

18. Seneca (2-1) (4-6) beat Paul VI 17-6 – nice win against a team heading in the opposite direction

19. Woodrow Wilson (2-0) (6-4) beat Bishop Eustace 6-2 – must have been playing baseball

20. Paul VI (1-2) (8-2) lost to Seneca 17-6 – Paul VI has been disappointing

21. Pennsville (2-0) (9-2) beat Clayton 40-0

22. Paulsboro (1-0) (9-3) beat Overbrook 35-16

23. Cinnaminson (2-1) (5-5) beat Burlington City 28-6

24. Holy Cross (1-1) (8-2) lost to Burlington Twp. 36-33

25. Woodbury (0-1) (9-2) lost to Haddon Heights (2-0) (4-6) 34-12

26. Glassboro (2-1) (10-2) beat Gloucester 40-20 – ran off 40 straight points to put game away after Gloucester scored first. Gloucester’s last two TDs scored against backups.



Other interesting games:

Cedar Creek (1-2) (first season) beat Pleasantville 35-6 for first win in school history!

Woodstown (2-1) (3-7) beat Schalick (2-1) (6-4) 13-7 – can Woodstown make the Group 2 playoffs at 5-3 with an all Group 1 schedule?

Delsea (1-2) (10-2) beat Cumberland 37-8 – finally gets win

Atlantic City (3-0) (7-4) beat Absegami 32-27 – tough to leave them out of rankings, but Group 4 is strong and I only put 5 plus a wildcard from each group.

Deptford (2-1) (3-7) beat Gloucester Catholic 13-6 – and has a winning record!

New Egypt (2-0) (8-3) beat Riverside 32-6

Delran (1-1) (5-5) beat Robbinsville 25-7

Florence (2-1) (6-4) beat Bordentown 34-7

Washington Twp. (2-1) (3-7) beat Eastern 26-0

Kingsway (2-1) (6-4) beat Highland 43-6

Pitman (1-2) (5-5) beat Wildwood (1-2) (0-9) 33-12

St. Augustine (2-1) (4-6) beat Vineland (2-1) (5-5) 19-8




My top 5 for each public group: I have started a rating points system which will be somewhat explained as to how I use it when I post the overall rankings. Possible wildcards (no more than 2 per Group) have higher ratings points than at least one top 5 from another Group. The one with the highest rating will get the wildcard.

(after 09/24)

Group 4:

1. Williamstown (3-0)

2. Pennsauken (3-0)

3. Millville (3-0)

4. Cherokee (2-1)

5. Shawnee (2-1) – tough loss to Pennsauken puts them above some undefeated teams

Possible wildcards:

Cherry Hill East (3-0)

Atlantic City (3-0)



Group 3:

1. Hammonton (3-0)

2. Timber Creek (3-0)

3. Moorestown (2-1)

4. Seneca (2-1)

5. Woodrow Wilson (2-0)


Possible wildcards:

Kingsway (2-1)




Group 2:

1. Haddonfield (2-0)

2. West Deptford (2-0)

3. Willingboro (2-0)

4. Pemberton (2-0)

5. Cinnaminson (2-1)


Possible wildcards:

Delran (2-1)



Group 1:

1. Penns Grove (2-0)

2. Pennsville (3-0)

3. Haddon Heights (2-0) - beat Woodbury by more than Paulsboro did.

4. Paulsboro (2-0)

5. Glassboro (2-1)

Possible wildcards:

New Egypt (2-0)



Non-Publics (all together): This will not change regardless of the finals

1. Holy Spirit (2-1) - one loss was forfeit

2. St. Joseph's (2-0)

3. Camden Catholic (2-0)

4. St. Augustine (2-1)

Only 4 teams will make the rankings this week.

Not eligible for rankings due to losing records:

Paul VI (1-2)

Holy Cross (1-2)


Gloucester Catholic and Bishop Eustace do not seem to be able to contend for these rankings.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Update: 09/18/11

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Last year’s ranked teams with this and last year’s record:

1. Holy Spirit (1-1) (12-0) beat Absegami 42-14 – Forfeit hasn’t slowed them down. Should I drop them down because of the forfeit or rank them by their on the field record?

2. Cherokee (2-0) (12-0) beat Eastern 20-17 – Closer than last year (39-14). Does that mean that Cherokee is down or Eastern is up or both. Stay tuned!

So they both continue their on the field win streaks!


3. St. Joe's (2-0) (10-1) beat Middle Twp. 51-0 – 45-0 at the half. St. Joe’s deserves a high ranking

4. Haddonfield (1-0) (11-1) beat Collingswood 44-0 - Haddonfield put no doubt to their rankung

5. West Deptford (1-0) (11-1) beat Sterling 56-12 – WD scored on offense and defense and seems to be its usual self.

6. Glassboro (1-1) (10-2) beat Salem 14-0 – where to rank them is my toughest decision

7. Delsea (0-2) (10-2) lost to Timber Creek (2-0) (5-5) 40-7 – season is starting out opposite than expected. This why I rank by on the field results and not speculation. You cannot depend on pre-season polls. The question is how far up do I move Timer Creek?

8. Oakcrest (1-1 ) (9-3) lost to Millville 33-7 – two straight big losses on the field, but they have a forfeit win.

9. Penns Grove (2-0) (8-1) beat Gloucester 42-65 – Gloucester scored first and then PG controlled the game

10. Willingboro (1-0) (10-1) did not play


11. Paul VI (1-1) (8-2) beat Cherry Hill West 13-7 – Another ream not doing as well as pre-season rankings

12. Paulsboro (1-0) (9-3) beat Woodbury 12-7 – game will mean a lot in terms of seeding later

13. Woodbury (0-1) (9-2) lost to Paulsboro 12-7 – early showdown brought early loss, but they will still be in my top 4 for Group 1. My problem is choosing #5.

14. Hammonton (2-0) (7-4) beat Buena 36-0 – will be in my top 6

15. Atlantic City (2-0) (7-4) beat Ocean City 27-18 – AC has a good team again and will be ranked higher - not winning by much, but still winning

16. Winslow Twp. (0-2) (7-4) lost to Shawnee 37-0 - down 79-0 in first two games!

17. Egg Harbor Township (1-1) (6-5) beat Bridgeton 13-10 – Gami won last year also; Bridgeton also 1-1

18. Williamstown (2-0) (7-3) beat Lenape 24-6 – good start for Williamstown and will start with decent ranking

19. Pennsville (2-0) (9-2) beat Woodstown (1-1) (3-7) 32-24 – Both teams looked good.

20. Holy Cross (8-2) lost to Cinnaminson (1-1) (5-5) 29-26 – HC is 50-50 in first two games – nice win for Cinaminson

21. Moorestown (1-0) (7-3) beat Seneca (1-1) (4-6) 38-24 – Moorestown starts off with a good ranking after two wins over decent teams

22. Cumberland (7-3) beat Highland 21-7 – ok win and last week’s loss to TC was not as bad as Delsea’s loss!

23. Millville (2-0) (6-4) beat Oakcrest 33-7 – opens with 2 wins and will move up

24. Camden Catholic (1-0) (5-5) did not play

25. Camden (0-2) (6-4) lost to Deptford (1-1) (3-7) 25-12 - not a good sign for Camden, but nice win for Deptford.

26. Lower Cape May (1-1) (8-3) lost to Cape Henlopen 32-14 - won this game last year 25-3!


Other interesting games:


Wildwood (1-1) (0-9) 28, Clayton (0-2) (1-9) 13 – Wildwood’s first win since beating Clayton in 2008. Ends longest current losing streak in South Jersey!

Haddon Heights (1-0) (4-6) 24, Overbrook 14

Audubon (1-0) (5-5) 10, Lindenwold (0-10 (2-8) 0

Palmyra (1-1) (7-3) 53, Riverside 8 –Pals rebound after bad loss last week

Haddon Twp. 42, Gateway 0

Schalick (2-0) 35, Pitman (0-2) (5-5) 6 – Schalick starts with 2 easy wins – going to be tough to rank Group 1 from 5 down!

Delran (1-1) (5-5) 21, Maple Shade (0-2) (1-9) 7

New Egypt did not play

Burlington City did not play

Delaware Valley 49, Cedar Creek (0-2) 14 – Delaware Valley is a good team that went 8-2 last year

Pemberton (2-0) (3-7) 20, Allentown 14 – Pemberton started out 0-2 last year against the same two teams

Burlington Twp. (2-0) (6-4) 41, Princeton 0

Vineland (2-0) (5-5) 42, Pleasantville 12 – Vineland started off on a 3 game win streak last year

Woodrow Wilson did not play

St. Augustine 38, Mainland 7

Northern Burlington 10, Hopewell Valley 7

Triton (2-0) (3-7) 40, Kingsway 17 – Triton avenges loss form last year

Cherry Hill East (2-0) (1-9) 31, Washington Twp. 27

Pennsauken (2-0) (6-4) 48, Clearview 27 – early showdown settled by only one score

Bishop Eustace (2-0) (4-6) 28, Gloucester Catholic 6


My top 5 for each public group: I have started a rating points system which will be somewhat explained as to how I use it when I post the overall rankings. Possible wildcards (no more than 2 per Group) have higher ratings points than at least one top 5 from another Group. The one with the highest rating will get the wildcard.

(after 09/17)

Group 4:

1. Cherokee (2-0)

2. Pennsauken (2-0)

3. Williamstown (2-0)

4. Shawnee (1-1) – tough loss to Pennsauken puts them above some undefeated teams

5. Millville (2-0)

Possible wildcards:

Cherry Hill East (2-0)

Atlantic City (2-0)

Triton (2-0)

Vineland (2-0)



Group 3:

1. Moorestown (2-0)

2. Hammonton (2-0)

3. Timber Creek (2-0)

4. Seneca (1-1)

5. Woodrow Wilson (1-0)


Possible wildcards:

Kingsway (1-1)

Cumberland (1-1)




Group 2:

1. Haddonfield (1-0)

2. West Deptford (1-0) - plays Friday night

3. Willingboro (1-0)

4. Pemberton (2-0)

5. Cinnaminson (1-1)


Possible wildcards:

Bridgeton (1-1)

Delran (1-1)



Group 1:

1. Penns Grove (2-0)

2. Pennsville (2-0)

3. Paulsboro (1-0)

4. Woodbury (0-1)

5. Glassboro (1-1)

Possible wildcards:

Schalick (2-0)

New Egypt (1-0)

Audubon (1-0)

Haddon Heights (1-0)



Non-Publics (all together): This will not change regardless of the finals

1. Holy Spirit (1-1) - one loss was forfeit

2. St. Joseph's (2-0)

3. Camden Catholic (1-0)

4. Paul VI (1-1)

5. Holy Cross (1-1)

Possible wildcard:

St. Augustine (1-1)


Gloucester Catholic and Bishop Eustace do not seem to be able to contend for these rankings.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Update: 09/10/11 - 09/12/11

This weeks significant/interesting games:

 Last year’s ranked teams with last year’s record:



 1. Holy Spirit (12-0) beat Oakcrest 41-6 but lter had to forfeit – HS has interesting schedule and no cakewalk through the season.

 2. Cherokee (12-0) beat Lenape 27-13 – Cherokee should roll through the season again, but there will be some challenges


So they both continue their win streaks!

 3. St. Joe's (10-1) beat Buena 55-7 – St. Joe’s deserves a high ranking

 4. Haddonfield (11-1) opens next week

 5. West Deptford (11-1) opens next week

 6. Glassboro (10-2) lost to Penns Grove 54-0 for worst defeat since 1914; could still gain homefield for playoffs!

 7. Delsea (10-2) lost to Kingsway 19-14 - big upset as Delsea was considered a state top 15 team. Good defense by Kingsway – nice win for them and they are looking much improved

 8. Oakcrest (9-3) lost to Holy Spirit 41-6 but later received a victory by forfeit – actually closer than last year!

  9. Penns Grove (8-1) beat Glassboro 54-0 for biggest most significant win in school history. Will be ranked top of Group 1 when I start my rankings unless strange things happen next week.

10. Willingboro (10-1) beat Cinnaminson 22-7 – W‘boro continues to play well

11. Paul VI (8-2) lost to Moorestown 28-12 – Big showdown with opposite result from last year

12. Paulsboro (9-3) opens next week vs. Woodbury – game will mean a lot in terms of seeding later

13. Woodbury (9-2) opens next week vs. Paulsboro – early showdown

14. Hammonton (7-4) beat Mainland 23-7 – special game with expected result

15. Atlantic City (7-4) beat St. Augustine 13-9 – AC has a good team again

16. Winslow Twp. (7-4) lost to Washington Twp. 42-0 - nice for one Township and horrible start for the other

17. Egg Harbor Township (6-5) lost to Absegami 20-6 – Gami won last year also

18. Williamstown (7-3) beat Eastern 34-13 – good start for Williamstown

19. Pennsville (9-2) beat Pitman 49-0 – Too teams going opposite directions

20. Holy Cross (8-2) beat Florence 24-21 – both teams should have winning seasons

21. Moorestown (7-3) beat Paul VI 28-12 – This separated the men from the boys! Won by Paul VI last year!

22. Cumberland (7-3) lost to Timber Creek 19-0 – Cumberland lost this one last year but still had good record at the end.

23. Millville (6-4) beat Middle Twp. 47-12 – Millville hoping for another winning season

24. Camden Catholic (5-5) plays Gloucester Catholic today – Should be no problem for CC

25. Camden (6-4) beat Gloucester Catholic 55-6. GC will obviously be my lowest ranked Non-Public, but where will I place CC in a highly competitive field?

26. Lower Cape May (8-3) beat Cedar Creek 20-13 - first game for Cedar Creek!



Other interesting games:


New Egypt 24, Maple Shade 12 – NE should be a playoff team again

Robbinsville 14, Palmyra 7 –ouch! Palmyra can’t afford loses without a strong power point schedule

Schalick beat Clayton 38-6 – nothing unusual about this result

Woodstown 40, Gloucester 20 – interesting result and and nice win for the Woodies. Will this be a down year for the Lions?

Burlington City 55, Riverside 20 – no contest!

Bridgeton 54, Pleasantville 7 – Bridgeton may surprise some teams this year!

Pemberton 24, Ewing 6

Burlington Twp. 36, Delran 12

Seneca 35, Cherry Hill West 12 – predictable outcome

Vineland 44, Ocean City 27 – Vineland started off on a win streak last year

Woodrow Wilson 31, Deptford 6 – WW looking good while Deptford continues to struggle

Northern Burlington lost to Princeton 20-14. Princeton was 0-10 last year!

Cherry Hill East 35, Clearview 0 – East looks good, but what about THE VIEW? Will this be a long season for them?

Pennsauken 35, Shawnee 28 – early showdown settled by only one score