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.