11/16/08

Subject to proof-reading – please let me know of my typos – thanks to those who point out my errors, but I find more later, so please proofread for me! Input is always appreciated.

Group 1:


#8 Haddon Heights 33, #1 Palmyra 9

#2 Paulsboro 50, #7 Pennsville 7

#3 Glassboro 34, #6 Gloucester 0 – Gloucester showed Glassboro where they needed to improve in the first meeting and the Dogs learned well.

#5 Penns Grove 28, #4 Woodbury 21 – best game of the week

Colonial vs. Tri-County in round 2:

Glassboro and Paulsboro are the favorites and Paulsboro should be packed this week.

Haddon Heights at Penns Grove is a very interesting match-up.


Group 2:

#1 Delsea – bye

#2 West Deptford – bye

#3 Buena 29, Bridgeton 7 – each team scored one more point than their first meeting

#4 Haddonfield 52, Woodrow Wilson 13

Colonial teams take on the Tri-County and the CAL.

Toss-up group with Delsea and West Deptford being favored.


Group 3:


#1 Shawnee 42, #8 Timber Creek 18 – first meeting was 28-14

#2 Hammonton 42, #7 Cumberland 21

#6 Lacey 6, #3 Ocean City 0 – best game in this group

#5 Triton 28, #4 Brick Twp. 7

Rematches in round 2:

Shawnee is heavily favored and beat Triton 39-13 earlier in the season.

Hammonton beat Ocean City 42-13 earlier in the season.


Group 4:


#1 Mainland 42, #8 Eastern 14

#2 Cherokee 34, #7 Egg Harbor 18

#6 Southern 20, #3 Toms River North 9 – TRN had won first meeting 7-6

#4 Washington Twp. 28, #5 Williamstown 24

Olympic Conference vs. Mainland again this week.


Central Group 1:

Florence loses to a strong Bound Brook team 36-26

New Egypt loses to highly regarded Asbury Park 14-0 – lowest point total for Asbury Park this year!


Central Group 2:

Delran beats Raritan 42-0

Burlington Twp. loses to Point Pleasant Boro 41-19


Central Group 4:

Pennsauken loses to top seed South Brunswick 21-12


Non-Public Group 2:

Bishop Eustace beats Morris Catholic 28-14 and will now play Holy Cross in round 2 – HC won their regular season game 21-14 in OT, so this could be a good one!

St. Joseph’s of Hammonton (5-3) travels to Hudson Catholic (5-3) in round 2.


Non-Public Group 3:

#3 Gloucester Catholic beat #6 Pope John 37-14 and now plays #2 Immaculata

#5 Camden Catholic beat #4 Bishop Ahr 34-17 and now plays the winner (Sunday game) of #1 St. Joe’s–Montvale vs. #8 Delbarton.

#7 Holy Spirit loses to #2 Immaculata 21-20 in OT



Small Schools rankings:

It has to remain Glassboro, Paulsboro and West Deptford. I rank the 3 based on their last year’s performance vs. each other. Glassboro beat Paulsboro and Paulsboro beat West Deptford. But West Deptford has larger margins of victories against common opponents with Paulsboro. When I get to the Gloucester County rankings, it will be tough to decide where to place Washington Twp. and Williamstown amongst them.

Palmyra goes down and the question is “how far”, but Camden Catholic and Gloucester Catholic are strong 8-1 teams.

GC looks good, but the Royal Division did not fare well this week.

GC has more power points than CC. They both lost to undefeated teams. I’ll give the edge to GC keep them over CC. They will probably not meet in the playoffs to settle it, but there may be a comparative score from a common opponent.

So: Glassboro, Paulsboro, WD, GC and CC are the easy top 5 in whatever order you want to put them.

After those 5, we have to look at two loss teams. Holy Cross, Holy Spirit and Delsea get the top nods. Then you look at Buena, Delran, Haddonfield and Penns Grove.

And Palmyra drops farther – how far?

I’ll rank the top three by power points: Holy Spirit, Holy Cross, Delsea

Delran lost to 2 impressive teams as did Buena and Haddonfield. Buena has more power points, so I will give them the slight edge for now. Delran and Haddonfield are equal in power points (prior to playoffs), but Haddonfield was shutout in their two losses.

Buena beat PG so those 2 are easy.

Haddonfield’s conference proved itself this week, so Haddonfield goes above Delran.

Haddonfield beat Woodbury by 16 and PG won by 7, so I will rank them Buena, Delran Haddonfield, PG.

At 5-3, we have St. Joe’s. Their losses are to impressive teams. They beat Buena by 7 so I’ll rank them above them.

So, starting with #6, I have Holy Cross, Delsea, St. Joe’s, Buena and Haddonfield to round out the top ten.

Then I have Delran and PG.

But where do I put Palmyra? Do I drop them and all of their Division below Haddon Heights?

At 3 losses, we have Florence, Gloucester, Holy Spirit, Pennsville , Woodbury and St.Joe’s (above). The 4 loss teams Haddon Heights and Bishop Eustace need to put in with them as they remain in the playoffs.

I feel that Holy Spirit belongs above them having lost in OT by just one point.

Then I go with Bishop Eustace. All of their losses are to playoff teams.

Next comes Haddon Heights as they were impressive this week.

(but what about Palmyra?)

I strongly feel than Gloucester and Woodbury could beat Palmyra, but Pennsville could not.

So, Holy Spirit, Bishop Eustace, Haddon Heights, Gloucester, Woodbury, Palmyra, Florence and Pennsville

At 5 losses we have Audubon, Bridgeton, Burlington Twp., Haddon Twp., Gateway, Maple Shade, New Egypt, Schalick and Woodrow Wilson. We also have Sterling which plays on Monday.

I rank Bridgeton and Burlington Twp. on top of this group.

The Colonial Conference proved that they belong next.

Audubon beat Gateway.

Gateway beat Sterling, but lost to Audubon and Haddon Twp.

Haddon Twp. beat Gateway, but lost to Sterling.

Woodrow Wilson lost to New Egypt.

Maple Shade lost to WW.

Maple Shade beat Salem by 21 and Schalick beat them by 8.

So, I have Bridgeton, Burlington Twp., Audubon, Haddon Twp., Gateway, New Egypt, Woodrow Wilson, Maple Shade and Schalick. Sterling goes below them until after Monday night and then I will adjust.


At 6 losses, we have Camden, Cinnaminson, Collingswood, Pemberton, Riverside and Willingboro.

Camden is first based on level of competition and will be just behind Sterling until they play on Monday.

Collingswood is next based on the strength that the Colonial Conference showed this week.

Willingboro beat Pemberton by 29 and Cinnaminson by 3.

Cinnaminson beat Riverside by 19.

So, I rank them: Camden, Collingswood, Willingboro, Cinnaminson, Riverside and Pemberton.

At 2-7, we have Lindenwold, Middle Township, Pitman, Salem and Woodstown.

Lindenwold goes first based on strength of conference.

Woodstown is next based on Schedule strength.

Middle Twp. lost to Pennsville by 1 and Pennsville beat Pitman by 22. Pitman beat Salem.

So I will rank them: Lindenwold, Middle Twp., Woodstown, Pitman and Salem

At 1-7, 1-8 and 1-9 we have Bordentown, Burlington City, Overbrook, Pleasantville and Wildwood, but Wildwood gets ranked below most 0-8 teams.

Overbrook and then Pleasantville come from the stronger conferences. Overbrook beat Pleasantville.

Bordentown beat Burlington City.

At 0-8 and 0-9, we have Clayton and Lower Cape May.

So, I rank them: Overbrook, Pleasantville, Bordentown, Burlington City, LCM, Wildwood and Clayton