Update - 11/07/10

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Cherokee 33, Cherry Hill West 14 – another solid win

Holy Spirit 34, St. Augustine 7 – also a solid win

Lenape 35, Paul VI 20 – ouch: this hurts them, but consider that they beat Winslow and Moorestown

Holy Cross 41, Bordentown 0 – HC is top seed in Non-Public Group 2/1 and gets a bye!

Winslow Twp. 34, Williamstown 27 – Williamstown’s defense shows some weakness but Winslow has beaten both Williamstown and Shawnee – hard to figure out Winslow with losses to Clearview and Pennsauken both of which lost to Township and Shawnee.

West Deptford 42, Overbrook 8 – top seed in Group 2 – will weak schedule hurt them as it did last year, but they were impressive against Woodbury

Willingboro 40, Northern Burlington 11 – an “ok” win

Delsea 38, Deptford 17 – Deptford scores first and then later controls the 4th quarter  All Delsea in-between!

Moorestown 20, Camden Catholic 13 – CC led at the half

Woodbury 22, Collingswood 14 – can’t figure Collingswood out as they played this closer than expected

That covers my previous top 10 teams

Hammonton 7, Absegami 3 – much closer than expected as Hammonton had to score in the 4th to win

Millville 26, Atlantic City 6 – AC loses 2 in a row

Pennsville 37, Gloucester Catholic 20 – PV gets their only taste outside of Group 1 – trailed 14-7 after 1st, but came on strong in 2nd.

Shawnee 35, Washington Twp. 34 – much closer than expected

St. Joe’s 20, EHT 7 – another very good showing for SJ and they will move up again as EHT slips down

Notre Dame 27, Burlington Twp. 7 – BT runs into some serious competition!

Camden 9, Glassboro 7 - Bulldogs lose again on the road and without the James brothers – should have won this game anyway, but going for it on 4th and failing cost them the game – a punt would have sealed a victory!

Penns Grove 60, Pitman 0 – despite 1st game loss to Glassboro, they manhandled all of the common opponents!

Oakcrest - bye

Haddonfield 1, Gateway 0 - forfeit

Paulsboro 21, Lindenwold 6 – Lindenwold scored first

Camden Catholic 21, Bishop Eustace 7 – no surprise here, but it was 7-7 at the half

Cinnaminson - bye

Woodrow Wilson 25, Triton 15 – WW beats another weak team and trailed at the half

Lower Cape May 44, Pleasantville 25 – LCM heading towards playoff slot, but P’ville is winless and LCM has no impressive wins!

Cumberland 24, Clearview 7 – but Cumberland still fails to make playoffs!

Pennsauken 34, Eastern 7 – Pennsauken rebounds, but do I bring them back into the rankings?

Hamilton 24, Rancocas Valley 23 – RV loses 2 close ones in a row, but still makes playoffs in Central Group 4




My top 5 for each public group: Remember that I keep last year's top teams where they left off unless they are unimpressive

(after Saturday 11/06)

Group 4: Top 3 belong to WJFL

1. Cherokee (8-0)

2. Williamstown (6-2)

3. Shawnee (5-3)

4. Oakcrest (6-2) - looks solid for playoffs

5. Atlantic City (6-2) – just can’t see them ahead of Shawnee


Possible wildcards:

Egg Harbor Township (5-3)

Millville (5-3) – beat AC lost to EHT which lost to AC!
Absegami also makes playoffs but only because of forfeit win and kicks Ocean County teams out of South playoffs!

Rancocas Valley (5-2) – both losses are to teams that we are not familiar with

Pennsauken (5-2) - losses to Shawnee and Washington Township, but beat Winslow (Central Jersey for playoffs)

TRN from Ocean County and EHT should join this group for playoffs. Maybe Mainland or Southern or who knows whom too?

Cherokee should cruise through playoffs!



Group 3: toughest Group to rank!

1. Delsea (8-1)

2. Moorestown (6-2) losses are to Top Ten teams – won but not by big margin so they are #2 - Hammonton has higher playoff seed

3. Hammonton (6-2) - losses to Holy Spirit and EHT

4. Winslow Twp. (5-3) – wins when they shouldn’t and lose whent hey shouldn’t – tough team to figure out

5. Burlington Twp. (6-2) - losses are to undefeated teams


Woodrow Wilson (6-2) – only one impressive win and 2 losses are to teams 8 and 9 in power points

Timber Creek (5-3) also under consideration for wildcard – 8th seed and beat WW

Cumberland (5-3) nice win over Clearview, but not enough power points

Kingsway (4-4) – losses are all to very tough teams – beat Cumberland which beat WW – must depend upon residuals and is unlikely for playoffs

Seneca (4-4) – must depend upon residuals and is unlikely for playoffs


Delsea beat TC and Cumberland which both beat WW which beat Delsea. TC also lost to Moorestown

Lacey Twp. will be top seed for playoffs and will be favored to beat all these teams.



Group 2:

1. West Deptford (8-0)

2. Willingboro (8-0) - but should be 1st seed in playoffs

3. Haddonfield (7-1)

4. Camden (5-3) - win over Glassboro puts them above LCM

5. Lower Cape May (6-2) – welcome to the rankings and the playoffs!

Cinnaminson (5-3) has only lost to ranked teams and it is tough to leave them out of rankings, but they are in the playoffs and could move back up as others also lose in first round

2 Ocean County teams will be in playoffs.

Look for WD and W’boro to meet in finals with WD winning on home field.

Look for Barnegat to possibly knock off LCM in round 1


Group 1:

1. Woodbury (7-1) – only loss to Group 2 team - wins against 2 teams in top 4 seedings for their Groups

2. Pennsville (8-0) - only undefeated team in Group – one win against a top 4 seed

3. Penns Grove (7-1) - only loss to Glassboro and has hammered everybody since – no wins against a top 4 seed

4. Glassboro (6-2) – bad decision on 4th down cost them game against group 2 playoff team – one win against a top 4 seed

5. Paulsboro (7-1) – big defeat to Woodbury has them at #6 – no wins against a top 4 seed

New Egypt (6-2), Palmyra (6-2) and Florence (5-3) just would not be able to hang with the above teams, but they are in the central playoffs.

Schalick, Audubon, Gloucester and Haddon Heights are also playoff bound

Glassboro should avenge loss to PV on home field and face a rested Woodbury in finals with Woodbury the highly favored winner of this group unless PG wins their case and changes everything.


Non-Publics (all together):

1. Holy Spirit (9-0)

2. Holy Cross (8-0)

3. St. Joseph's (7-1)

4. Paul VI (7-1)

5. Camden Catholic (5-3) – three close losses in a row, but should have 8th seed in playoffs

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

Look for St. Joe’s and Holy Cross to meet in finals on neutral field – should be very interesting game!

Paul VI should lose in 1st round as the competition is just too much in their group.

Holy Spirit should have an interesting final against St. Joe’s of Montvale (which should handle CC in opening round)