Sunday, October 03, 2010

Weekly Update - 10/03/10

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Cherokee 41, Washington Twp. 0 - it wasn't even that close as Cherokee had a 34-0 halftime lead and then called off the first string.

Williamstown 30, Moorestown 14 - big game against Cnext week!

Paul VI 36, Bishop Eustace 7 - Paul VI gets on rolling along - started out slowly and then dominated the game

Holy Spirit 35, St. Joe's 0 - is Holy Spirit that good? or is St. Joe's overrated? or both or what? basically ST. Joe's made a lot of errors and Holy Spirit jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the half after two SJ fumbles and a 5yd. punt. Hard to judge either team based on that.

Atlantic City - bye - keep in mind their opponents are a combined 2-9, but I like to keep them ranked high until they falter

Delsea 35, Highland 8 - Delsea back on track and had a 35-0 lead.

Hammonton - bye -

Clearview 19, Winslow Twp. 13 - great upset for THE VIEW!

Shawnee 27, Seneca 12 - Shawnee led 27-0 at half and at end of 3rd.

Paulsboro 13, Audubon 6 - these two terams are getting to be tough to predict

West Deptford 31, Haddonfield 25 - FG at end of game wins it - these 2 may meet again

Absegami 10, Vineland 0 - Vineland's bubble bursts, but it was a nice run for them

Glassboro 20, Pitman 7 - Pitman came to play!

Penns Grove 34 Woodstown 0 - playoffs - don't talk about playoffs

Holy Cross 45, Delran 7 - slow start, but HC turns it on in the 3rd.

Camden Catholic 15, Camden 12 - extra points make the difference

Willingboro 26, Maple Shade 0 - nice win for W'boro

Willingboro 6 Burlington Twp. 0 - not much scoring here

Woodbury 42, Haddon Twp. 7 - first chance to compare a Woodbury score with a Paulsboro score and the scores were close as Paulsboro had beat HT 40-0

Woodrow Wilson 38, Gloucester Catholic 21 - WW and Camden will compete for division title

Pennsville 25, Salem 14 - PV played without their star player

Collingswood 14, Haddon Heights 7 - nice win for the Colls

New Egypt 20, Palmyra 19 - another game determined by extra points

Bridgeton 20, Buena 17 - both teams needed this to get on track, but Bridgeton prevails

Burlington City 6. Maple Shade 0 - City playing close games and MS keeps losing - not a good sign for either

Timber Creek 35, Kingsway 20 - well that settles that and Kingsway can't beat a decent team - both came in with thioer losses being to very good teams

Schalick 26, Gloucester 12 - major impact on second tier Group 1 seedings for playoffs

EHT 24, St. Augustine 0 - EHT needs to get rady for hammonton next week and St. A. is 0-4!

I will adjust the rankings below after after today's games, so check back.

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 10/02)

Group 4:

1. Cherokee (3-0)

2. Williamstown (3-0) - big showdown with Cherokee coming up!

3. Atlantic City (3-0)

4. Shawnee (3-1)

5. Vineland (3-1) - perhaps they should drop out of the top 5, but who is worthy of moving up here? EHT also lost to Absegami, but Gami has two losses (to very good teams)

Egg Harbor Twp. (3-1) - under consideration for wildcard


Group 3:

1. Delsea (4-0)

2. Hammonton (3-0)

3. Winslow Twp. (3-1)

4. Moorestown (2-2) lost but are still probably better than WW

5. Woodrow Wilson (3-0) - hasn't beaten a winning team



Group 2:

1. West Deptford (3-0)

2. Haddonfield (2-1)

3. Willingboro (3-0)

4. Collingswood (3-0)

5. Camden (2-1) - tough loss to CC - considering moving them up despite loss

Delran (3-1) - under consideration for wildcard

Lower Cape May - 3-0 after but against weak competiton - plays 2-2 Bridgeton next week


Group 1:

1. Paulsboro (3-0)

2. Glassboro (4-0)

3. Penns Grove (3-1) - plays today

4. Woodbury (2-1) - only loss to top team in Group 2

5. Pennsville (4-0) - plays today


Non-Publics (all together): tough decisions on the top 3! Put them in whatever order you like!

1. Holy Spirit (4-0) - moved them up, but not because of this week's big win, because St. Joe's gave away the game. they have just played a stronger schedule than Paul VI

2. Paul VI (4-0) - Undefeated and keep the ranking from last year, but it will be tougher competion for this spot this year!

3. Holy Cross (4-0) - strong win gives them a good argument for the top spot

4. Camden Catholic (3-0)

5. St. Joseph's (2-1)

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

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Weekly Update: 09/25/10

This weeks significant/interesting games:

Cherokee - bye

Williamstown 35, Lenape 14 - keep in mind that Cherokee beat Lenape by 35-21: not much difference there!

Delsea 8, Cumberland 7 - much closer than expected - could affect Delsea's ranking!

Hammonton 17, Oakcrest 6 - much closer than expected! - could affect their ranking also!

Paul VI 26, Seneca 21- Paul VI keeps on winning - 26-7 going into the 4th

Holy Spirit 39, Bridgeton 6

St. Joe's - bye

Winslow Twp. 33, Cherry Hill East 7

West Deptford 28, Woodbury 6 - WD will move up a little (but not into top 10)and Woodbury down, but Woodbury losttheir second game last year (to Haddonfield by 28-7)and still won Group 1!

Paulsboro 41, Sterling 21 - 41- 0 at one point! But they will drop out of top ten because of strong showing by big schools below

Atlantic City 20, Absegami 6 - surprised that so many people picked Absegami to win! Hope AC has proven themselves to everyone now! They are a top 10 team!!!!

Shawnee 44, Clearview 7 - too high a level of play for Clearview; Shawnee will also move into the top 10

Moorestown 41, Timber Creek 34 - Moorestown is beating good teams and only lost to highly regarded Paul VI

Haddonfield 20, Audubon 0 - Another shutout for the Haddons

Vineland 28, St. Augustine21 - Clan is having a season taht should be making Clanfan smile from way above!

Holy Cross 40, Burlington Twp. 20 - Holy Cross moves up and BT moves down

Glassboro 56, Gloucester 22 - BORO's weak schedule can be boring and it shows!

Penns Grove 62, Salem 0 - another boring schedule

Camden Catholic 21, Cherry Hill West 0 - CC gets their 2nd shutout in two games

Woodrow Wilson 24, Bishop Eustace 15 - I'll take a look at WWW next week

Camden - bye

Willingboro 26, Maple Shade 0 - nice win for W'boro

Delran 30, Robbinsville 13

Pennsville 56, Clayton 8 - another boring schedule (until they face Glassboro)

Lower Cape May 47, Pleasantville 6 - LCM is undefeated!!!! and they get Wildwood next!

Gloucester 21, Deptford 7 - someone had to win, but they both needed it!

I will adjust the rankings below after after today's games, so check back.

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 09/25)

Group 4:

1. Cherokee (2-0)

2. Williamstown (2-0)

3. Atlantic City (3-0)

4. Shawnee (2-1)

5. Vineland (3-0) - this one is for Clanfan and they are showing they deserve it!


Group 3:

1. Delsea (3-0)

2. Hammonton (3-0)

3. Winslow Twp. (3-0)

I switched the next two, but WW could be a factor

4. Moorestown (2-1)

5. Woodrow Wilson (2-0)

under consideration for Wildcard - Burlington Twp. (2-1)


Group 2:

1. Haddonfield (2-0) - beat WD in last year's re-match and most recent game counts!

2. West Deptford (2-0)

3. Willingboro (2-0) - moves up

4. Camden (2-0)

5. Delran (2-1)

under consideration for Wildcard - Collingswood (2-0)


Group 1:

1. Paulsboro (2-0) - looking good!

2. Glassboro (3-0)

3. Penns Grove (2-1)

4. Woodbury (1-1) - Group champion! beat Paulsboro twice last year

5. Pennsville (3-0)

Non-Publics (all together):

1. Paul VI (3-0) - Undefeated and keep the ranking from last year, but it will be tougher competion for this spot this year!

2. Holy Spirit (3-0)

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

4. Holy Cross (3-0)

5. Camden Catholic (2-0)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Weekly Update: 09/21/10

This weeks significant/interesting games:


Cherokee 39, Eastern 14 - last year's top team keeps on winning and will keep that ranking until they lose or they are unimpressive

Williamstown bye - last year's #2 in my rankings palying on a different level of competion this year - likewise I don't drop this team down until they lose or they are unimpressive

Egg Harbor Twp. 26, Bridgeton 16 - unimpressive - may drop down!

Delsea 33, Timber Creek 14 - Change in schedule doesn't seem to affect them

Hammonton 30, Buena 0 - Last year's Group 3 champion starts off with 2 big wins

Paul VI 35, Cherry Hill West 6 - Paul VI keeps on winning

Mainland 10, St. Augustine 6 - St. A. is not the team they were!

Woodbury 47, Lindenwold 7 - They maintain thier top Group 1 ranking

St. Joe's 55, Middle Twp 0 - back to their old ways it seems

Moorestown 28, Seneca 26

Cherry Hill East 19, Washington Twp. 6 - Township starts off with 2 losses!!!

Paulsboro 40, Haddon Twp. 0 - looked very good!!!!!

Haddonfield 35, Sterling 0 - They start off looking good

West Deptford 38, Haddon Heights 7 - just cruising as normal

Winslow Twp. 12, Shawnee 7  -Good D by WT

Allentown 17, Pemberton 15 - Pemberton starts off with 2 losses

Burlington Twp. 42, Princeton 7 - looking good!

Holy Spirit 42, Absegami 7 - Spirit could make a big jump in my rankings!

Penns Grove 60, Gloucester 6 - The Grove bounces back nicely!

Glassboro 47, Schalick 7 - now on cruise control until game 8

Bishop Eustace 31, Gloucester Catholic 8 - GC loses first 2 against new competition

Pennsville 38, Woodstown 14 - The Ville is the biggest threat to Glassboro and PG, but not quite on the same level

Holy Cross 41, Cinnaminson 6 - Cinnaminson starts out with 2 losses, but HC looks very good and should be back in the rankings!

Palmyra 39, Riverside 6 - Palmyra looks good amongst thier own, but what will happen come playoff time?

Florence 21, Robbinsville 14 - a win is a win, but Flo has been unimpressive

Clayton 14, Wildwood 12 - closer than people expected!

Audubon 37, Gateway 0 - Audubon should be a decent team

Pennsauken 35, Clearview 24 - welcome to the big time View - but a decent showing for an improving team

Kingsway 26, Triton 23 - Kingswat bounces back nicely

Atlantic City 26, Ocean City 6 - AC will get some serious consideration!

Vineland 35, Pleasantville 0 - 2 nice wins for our dearly departed Clanfan's team

Camden 8, Deptford 6 - much closer than expected!

Pitman 14, Salem 8 - kind of an upset!

Lower Cape May 25, Cape Henlopen 3 - LCM gets a win!!!!


I will adjust the rankings below after after Monday's game, so check back.

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 09/18)

Group 4:

1. Cherokee (2-0)

2. Williamstown (1-0)

3. Atlantic City (2-0)

4. Shawnee (1-1) - even with the loss, I put them here as the other 1-1 teams less impressive

5. Vineland (2-0) - this one is for Clanfan!

dropped out:

Egg Harbor Twp. (1-1)

Washington Twp. (0-2)

Group 3:

1. Delsea (2-0) - re-enters Group 3 on top!

2. Hammonton (2-0)

3. Winslow Twp. (2-0)

4. Burlington Twp. (2-0)

5. Moorestown (1-1)
under consideration for Wildcard - Woodrow Wilson (1-0)

Dropped out:

Seneca (1-1)

Pemberton (0-2) and they also drop down to Group 2
Group 2: Delsea moves up to Group 3

1. Haddonfield (1-0) - beat WD in last year's re-match and most recent game counts!

2. West Deptford (1-0)

3. Camden (2-0) - tighter win than expected against Deptford!

4. Willingboro (1-0) - bye

5. Delran (1-1)

dropped out:

Bridgeton (0-2)

Cinnaminson (0-2)

Group 1:

1. Woodbury (1-0) - Group champion! beat Paulsboro twice last year

2. Paulsboro (1-0) - looking good!

3. Glassboro (2-0)

4. Penns Grove (1-1)

5. Pennsville (2-0)

Non-Publics (all together):

1. Paul VI (2-0) - Undefeated and keep the ranking from last year, but it will be tougher competion for this spot this year!

2. Holy Spirit (2-0)

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

4. Holy Cross (2-0)

5. Camden Catholic (1-0) - bye this week

Bishop Eustace (1-1) - under consideration for wildcard

Dropped out:

Gloucester Catholic (0-2)

St. Augustine Prep (0-2)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

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.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Games I attended in 2009:

Sept. 11th - Gloucester Catholic at Clearview

Sept. 12th - Glassboro at Salem

Sept. 18th - Schalick at Glassboro

Sept. 13th - Delaware State at Delaware

Sept. 25th - Cumberland at Glassboro

Sept. 26th - Delsea at Gloucester Catholic (1st half only) and Salem at Penns Grove

Oct. 2nd - Haddon Heights at West Deptford - finally looking at the Colonial

Oct 3rd - Kingsway at Gloucester Catholic - I have now seen 4 of the 8 Royal Division teams against GC and will probably see them against Williamstown, but probably not see them against Highland, Cumberland and Deptford

Oct. 9th - Glassboro at Gloucester

Oct. 10th - Paulsboro at Audubon - another look at the Colonial

Oct. 16th - Woodstown at Glassboro

Oct. 23rd - Pennsville at Glassboro

Oct. 24th - Pemberton at Timber Creek

Oct. 30th - Gloucester Catholic at Williamstown

Oct. 31st - Glassboro at Penns Grove

Nov. 6th - Kingsway at Glassboro

Nov. 7th - Hofstra at Delaware

Nov. 13th - playoff quarterfinal: Palmyra at Glassboro

Nov. 14th - playoff quarterfinal: Schalick at Penns Grove

Nov. 20th - playoff semifinal:- Paulsboro at Glassboro

Nov. 21st - playoff semifinal: - Woodbury at Penns Grove

Nov. 26th - Glassboro at Deptford

Nov. 27th - Delsea at Williamstown

Nov. 28th - St. Joe's at Hammonton

Dec. 4th - Group 3 finals - Timber Creek at Hammonton

Dec. 5th - Group 1 Finals - Paulsboro at Woodbury

25 1/2 high school games and two Univ. of Delaware games -not my biggest year, but still a busy one.

Editorial:

Fans need to not be such wimps about the weather! The players do not get a choice of clothing. As a fan you can prepare and bring layers to put on or take off. Sad to see fans hanging out in the men's rooms to keep warm during the finals. Heck, I remember finals being played in much worse weather. Are we becoming a "soft" society? - YES!

Go out and buy some clothes in which you can watch games in a blizzard with a temp below zero! You want your team to be ready for the finals, so you be ready too! Can't complain about your team's performance if your performance as a fan was sub-par!

2009 South Jersey Overall Rankings - Final

Traditional South Jersey only!!!!

My rules: No more than 6 from any one group or from all Non-Publics - the top 5 from each Group and one wildcard for 26 teams. Non-Publics get the wildcard this week again.

Thanks to everyone who answered the poll questions.

first the undefeated (oops - there are none!):

Next the one loss teams:

1. Cherokee (11-1) - Group 4 #1 - (power points = 166) - beat Williamstown and EHT

Williamstown lost to Cherokee by 9 and EHT lost by 14; Williamstown beat Delsea by 15 and Delsea broke the scoring record for South Jersey. Hammonton had some close games, but showed the ability to win the close ones!

2. Williamstown (10-1) - Group 4 #2 - (148)

3. Egg Harbor Twp. (11-1) - Group 4 #3 - (158)

4. Delsea (11-1) - Group 2 #1 - (160)

5. Hammonton (11-1) - Group 3 #1 - (142)

The top 5 matched the CP's rankings released 4 days later.

6. Paul VI (9-1) - Non-Public #1 - (156) - CP # 10

7. St. Augustine Prep (9-1) - Non-Public #2 - (156) - CP #6

8. Woodbury (11-1) - Group 1 #1 - (118) last of the one loss teams and last of the 11 win teams - CP #13

The two and three loss teams get scrambled

9. St. Joe's (9-2) - Non-Public #3 - (118) - Non-Public Group 2 champion! lost to Hammonton by 2 compared to TC's lsoing by 6 - CP # 15


That gives us all of the Group Champions


10. Timber Creek (8-3) - Group 3 #2 - (131) - CP #8

11. Seneca (8-3) - Group 3 #3 - (122) - played a very good 2nd half of season - behind TC due to on-the-field 1st game result - CP #11


12. Washington Twp. (8-2) - Group 4 #4 - (125) - CP #12

13. Paulsboro (10-2) - Group 1 #2 - (105) - beat WD by 8 and Haddonfield beat WD by 2 - CP #16


14. Haddonfield (10-2) - Group 2 #2 - (107) - CP #7

15. West Deptford (9-2) - Group 2 #3 - (129) - CP #17


2 four loss teams slip in!

16. Shawnee (6-4) - Group 4 #5 - (109) - CP #19

That gives us the top 2 from Group 1 plus the top 3 in Groups 2, 3 and Non-Public plus all 5 from Group 4

17. Pemberton (6-4) - Group 3 #4 - (111) - CP not ranked

18. Burlington Twp. (7-3) - Group 3 #5 - (123) - CP not ranked

That gives us all of the top 5 from Group 3

Possibly the best 19th, 20th and 21st teams in history! All down here due to results on the field and not based on talent which should have them higher.

19. Holy Spirit (8-2) - Non-Public #4 - (129) - CP #9


20. Penns Grove (8-2) - Group 1 #3 - (121) - CP #20

21. Glassboro (8-2) - Group 1 #4 - (135) - a top 10 team that ran out of steam and dropped down to here. In mid-season form could have beaten anyone from #5 down - CP #18

22. Gloucester Catholic (8-3) - Non-Public #5 - (112) - CP not ranked

23. Bishop Eustace (8-2) - wildcard pick - Non-Public - (113 ) - CP #14

24. Pennsville (7-2) - Group 1 #5 - (89) - CP not ranked

Group 2 is top heavy and 4 and 5 land here.

25. Bridgeton (6-3) - Group 2 #4 - (97) - CP not ranked

26. Cinnaminson (6-3) - Group 2 #5 - (105) - CP not ranked


The top teams according to power points (teams with 100 or more power points):

1. Cherokee - 166 -won their Group

2. Delsea - 160 -won their Group

3. EHT - 158

4. and 5. (tie) St. Augustine and Paul VI - 156

6. Williamstown - 148

7. Hammonton - 142 - won their group

8. Glassboro - 135

9. Timber Creek - 131

10. and 11. (tie) West Deptford and Bishop Eustace - 129

12. Washington Twp. - 125

13. Burlington Twp. - 123

14. Seneca - 122

15. Penns Grove - 121

16. and 17. (tie) St. Joe's and Woodbury - 118 - both won their Groups!

18. Holy Spirit - 113

19. Gloucester Catholic - 112

20. Pemberton - 111

21. Shawnee - 109

22. Haddonfield - 107

23. and 24. (tie) Cinnaminson and Paulsboro - 105

25. Eastern - 103

26. Mainland - 102

27. Moorestown - 100

Let me know of any typos please! I am half blind (should be a ref if I didn't have bad knees) and have fumble fingers when I type!

2009 Group 1 Rankings - Final

Until they lose, the defending Group Champions are always ranked #1. The team most likely to take over the championship will be #2. Since PG beat Glassboro, they are ranked #1 and Glassboro is #2 and still favored to win championship.

Top contenders to take the championship away from Glassboro = Woodbury, Paulsboro and Penns Grove

I am not listing the computer rankings as I think that their bogusness has been well proven. I may add at the end of the season.

Fina

1. Woodbury (11-1) - holds top spot with 2 wins over #2 and one win over #3 - 3rd seed with 118

2. Paulsboro (9-2) - bigger win over #4 than PG had, but lost by more to #1, so I add up the scores 9using the most recent game against Woodbury and the game against Glassboro and come up with Paulsboro 35-14 and PG 30-31 - 4th seed with 105

3. Penns Grove (9-2) - tough playoff loss - 2nd seed in playoffs - 121 power points

4. Glassboro (9-2) – Defending Group 1 South Champions - ran out of stream! - 1st seed with 135 power points

5. Pennsville (7-3) - 6th seed with 89

6. Schalick (7-3) - 7th seed with 88

7. Haddon Heights (6-4) - 5th seed with 97

8. Florence (6-4) - 6th seed in Central - 88

9. Palmyra (6-4) - 8th seed with 72

10. Burlington City (5-5) - 69

11. Audubon (5-5) - 50

12. Haddon Twp. (5-5) - 56

13. Maple Shade (4-6) - 56
14. Gloucester (3-7) - 55

15. Lindenwold (2-8) - 56 - drops with consolation loss

16. Pitman (4-6) - both wins are over Wildwood! - 35

17. Clayton (3-4) - 28 - beat Salem and Riverside but short on power points due to number of games played

18. Salem (2-8) - 45

19. New Egypt (2-8) - 34

20. Gateway (0-10) - 27

21. Riverside (0-10) - 19

22. Wildwood (0-8) - 21


Playoffs:
Palmyra at Glassboro - minor problem for the BORO, but came on strong in 2nd half!
Schalick at Penns Grove - re-matches are always scary, But Schalick came in believing in themselves - PG won but Schalick almost revenged the first round match-up of 2006
Pennsville at Woodbury - exciting match-up won by Woodbury but they almost let PV come onto their field to win just like PG did last year!
Haddon Heights at Paulsboro - a re-match and very few beat Paulsboro at Paulsboro in the playoffs and that is how it came out!
2nd round:
Paulsboro at Glassboro - Paulsboro played their best game in 3 years and Glassboro played their worst game in 3 years as Glasboro ran out of steam late in the season and Paulsboro improved as the season progressed.
Woodbury at Penns Grove - it was a great game, but Woodbury turned the tables on last year's outcome!
So it was an all Colonial final after an all Tri-County the year before and after one from each for the previous 5 years!
Final:
Paulsboro at Woodbury - I favored Paulsboro to avenge their ealier loss, but that was not to be!
Woodbury shut down Paulsboro and dominated the game!
Woodbury 16, Paulsboro 0
Note to the fans: Why be such chumps in the bad weather? You have stood (or sat) in worse weather before!!!! AND the players had to deal with it with no clothing options!

2009 Tri-County Rankings - Final

Rankings are on my Tri-County Blog

http://boro70tc.blogspot.com/

Please answer poll questions on the Tri-County blog!

There are 7 playoff teams: Glassboro, Penns Grove, Pennsville and Schalick in Group 1; Delsea in Group 2; Williamstown in Group 4; Gloucester Catholic in Non-Public Group 2

Only Delsea survives, but Williamstown is the best!

2009 Gloucester County Rankings - Final

7 playoff teams: Glassboro, Paulsboro and Woodbury in Group 1; Delsea and West Deptford in Group 2; Washington Twp. and Williamstown in Group 4;

2 won their Groups!

I am not listing the computer rankings as I think that their bogusness has been well proven. I may get back to at the end of the season.

Several changes!!!

1. Williamstown (10-1) last year #3

2. Delsea (11-1) last year #5 -Group 3 Champions

3. Woodbury (11-1) - Group 1 Champions and proved that the first win over Paulsboro was not a fluke!

4. Washington Twp. (8-2)

5. Paulsboro (10-2)

6. West Deptford (9-2) last year #6 - gets ranked above Glassboro based on margin against one common opponent

7. Glassboro (9-2) – defending Classic Division and Group1 South Champions - last year #1 - ran out of steam this year!

8. Kingsway (5-5)

9. Clearview (3-7)

10. Pitman (4-6) - beat Clayton

11. Clayton (3-4)

12. Deptford (0-10)

13. Gateway (0-10)

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Games I attended in 2008:

I have attended the following games and scrimmages:

Glassboro at Bridgeton - scrimmage

Gloucester Catholic at Glassboro - scrimmage

Glassboro at Lindenwold - scrimmage

Salem at Glassboro

Clearview at Gloucester Catholic

2nd quarter of Washington Twp. vs. Winslow Twp. (rest was viewed on TV)

Glassboro at Pennsville

Williamstown at Deptford

Gloucester Catholic at Delsea

Glassboro at Clayton

Wildwood at Glassboro

Woodrow Wilson at Florence

Glassboro at Schalick

Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic and Maine at Delaware

Gloucester at Glassboro

Deptford at Gloucester Catholic

Penns Grove at Glassboro

Schalick at Gloucester

Woodstown at Kingsway (early) and Clearview at Cumberland (late)

Williamstown at Gloucester Catholic

Glassboro at Pitman

Gateway at Paulsboro

playoff - Gloucester at Glassboro

playoff - Penns Grove at Woodbury

playoff - Haddonfield at Delsea

playoff - Glassboro at Paulsboro

Deptford at Glassboro

St. Joe's at Hammonton (good food!)

playoff - West Deptford at Delsea

playoff - Penns Grove at Glassboro

Championships:

Mainland wins Group 4 with a 21-14 victory over Southern. It was 21-0 at the half

Shawnee wins Group 3 with a 28-7 victory over Hammonton

Who should be #1?

The only common opponent was Hammonton. Mainland beat them by 31 and Shawnee beat them by 21.

Delsea wins Group 2 in a tight game with a last secong FG over West Deptford 17-14.

Glassboro wins Group 1 with a 28-8 win over Penns Grove.

Since Glassboro beat Paulsboro by 8 which beat West Deptford by 9, that would give Glassboro a 17 point advantage, but Delsea beat Deptford by 36 and Glassboro beat Deptford by 20 which would give Delsea a 16 point advantage. So point spreads are even, but Glassboro went undefeated whereas Delsea lost to a non-playoff team.

Holy Cross wins Non-Public 2 with a 7-0 win over Hudson Catholic. With 2 losses to playoff teams and one loss to a non-playoff team, it is hrd to know where to place them.

So, I rank the Champions:

1. Mainland

2. Shawnee

3. Glassboro

4. Delsea

5. Holy Cross

Amongst non-champions:

Cherokee looks to be the strongest by far and should be #3 in South Jersey

Washington Twp. beat Williamstown and they come after the undefeated teams.

St. Augustine only lost in the playoffs. they lost by a big score, but the team they lost to is a great team. They get ranked right behind Williamstown.

Paulsboro would be next with their great defense and only 1 loss.

Hammonton has 3 losses and one could consider them next, but Egg Harbor Township with 4 losses had better performances against their common opponents and beat Hammonton by 18. Hard to put Egg Harbor Twp. any higher with 4 losses, but they definitely belong above Hammonton.

Eastern beat Washington Twp. They lost to Mainland by 28 and Hammonton lost to Mainland by 31. Egg Harbor Twp. lost to Mainland by 3.

Anothet team to consider is Triton. They lost to Shawnee by 26 and 35 and Hammonton lost by 21.

So, my top 10 for all of the traditional South Jersey area is:

1. Mainland 12-0

2. Shawnee 12-0

3. Cherokee 9-2 - lost to Shawnee and Southern

4. Glassboro 12-0

5. Washington Twp. 8-3 - lost to Cherokee, Mainland and Eastern - can't be higher with 3 losses, but they are ranked higher than 3 one loss teams.

6. Williamstown 9-1 - lost to Washington Twp. or would have been #4

7. St. Augustine 10-1 - lost to Bergen Catholic

8. Paulsboro 9-1 - lost to Glassboro

9. Egg Harbor Twp. 6-4 - lost to Atlantic City, Ocean City, Cherokee and Mainland,

10. Eastern 7-3 - lost to Pennsauken, Cherokee and Mainland - loss to Pennsauken keeps them from being ranked #5

2008: Small School Rankings

These rankings are final (subject to some proof-reading).

I am having trouble posting comments in this section, but I do read them and absorb them.

I am not listing the computer rankings as I think that their bogusness has been well proven. I may get back to them later in the season.

Explanations of rankings are in the weekly reports above and below.

I question whether some of the non-public teams should even be a part of these rankings, but I will follow the CP's lead and if their enrollment is less than the largest Group 2 in the state, I will include them. CP rankings are for 11/29

Few adjustments this week!!!! I made made some adjsutments based on the Finals and another just based on further thought.

1. Glassboro (12-0) CP #1
last year #2

2. Paulsboro (10-1) CP #3
last year #5

3. Gloucester Catholic (9-2) CP #5
last year #6

4. Camden Catholic (9-2) CP #2
last year #4

5. Delsea (8-3) CP #6
last year - not ranked

6. West Deptford (9-2) CP #4
last year #7

7. Holy Cross (7-3) CP not ranked - perhaps I have them too high as they lost to two teams way below, but they won their group!
last year #3


8. Holy Spirit (7-3) CP #10
last year #1

9. Buena (7-4) CP not ranked
last year #27

10. Haddonfield (8-3) CP #7 - beat HH and Woodbury 56-26 for a margin of 30
last year #25

11. Penns Grove (9-3) CP not ranked - beat HH and Woodbury 42-21 for a margin of 21
last year #15

12. Gloucester (6-4) - lost to PG by 1
last year #18

13. Woodbury (7-3) - lost to PG by 7
last year #12

14. St. Joe’s (5-5) - I moved them down because I just felt that I had them too high with 5 losses.
last year #9

15. Haddon Heights (5-6) - did a number on Palmyra; it is not like it was a fluke - HH was clearly the better team
last year #23

16. Palmyra (9-1) CP #10 - tough place to put them, but I have to put them below HH
last year #16

17. Delran (8-3) CP #8 - back below Palmyra
last year #13

18. Bridgeton (5-5)
last year #11

19. Bishop Eustace (5-6)
last year #28

20. Florence (6-4)
last year #8

21. Pennsville (6-4)
last year #20

22. Burlington Twp. (5-5)
last year #14

23. Haddon Twp. (5-5)
last year #24

24. Audubon (4-6)
last year #21

25. Gateway (4-6)
last year #39

26. New Egypt (5-5)
last year #22

27. Camden (4-6)
last year – not ranked

28. Woodrow Wilson (4-6)
last year – not ranked

29. Maple Shade (5-5)
last year #32

30. Collingswood (4-6)
last year #33

31. Sterling (3-7)
last year #30

32. Schalick (4-6)
last year #17

33. Willingboro (3-7)
last year #37

34. Cinnaminson (3-7)
last year #26

35. Riverside (4-6)
last year #42

36. Pemberton (3-7)
last year – not ranked

37. Overbrook (2-8)
last year #36

38. Lindenwold (2-8)
last year #19

39. Middle Twp. (3-7)
last year #34

40. Woodstown (3-7)
last year #31

41. Pitman (2-8)
last year #44

42. Salem (2-8)
last year #40

43. Pleasantville (1-9)
last year #36

44. Bordentown (1-9)
last year #38

45. Burlington City (1-9)
last year #41

46. Lower Cape May (0-10)
last year - not ranked

47. Clayton (1-8)
last year #43

48. Wildwood (1-7)
last year #45

2008: Group 1 Rankings

These rankings are final.

I am not listing the computer rankings as I think that their bogusness has been well proven. I may add them later if I have time.

Explanations of rankings are in the weekly reports above and below.

Not much to change this week!!!!

1. Glassboro (12-0) – Classic Division and Group 1 South Champions
last year #1

2. Paulsboro (10-1)
last year #2

3. Penns Grove (9-3)
last year #5

4. Gloucester (6-4)
last year #8

5. Woodbury (7-3)
last year #4

6. Haddon Heights (5-6)
last year #13

7. Palmyra (9-1)
last year #6

8. Florence (6-4)
last year #3

9. Pennsville (6-4)
last year #10

10. Haddon Twp. (5-5)
last year #14

11. Audubon (4-6)
last year #10

12. Gateway (4-6)
last year #18

13. New Egypt (5-5)
last year #12

14. Maple Shade (5-5)
last year #

15. Schalick (4-6)
last year #7

16. Riverside (4-6)
last year #21

17. Lindenwold (2-8)
last year #9

18. Woodstown (3-7)
last year #15

19. Pitman (2-8)
last year #23

20. Salem (2-8)
last year #19

21. Bordentown (1-9)
last year #17

22. Burlington City (1-9)
last year #20

23. Clayton (1-8)
last year #22

24. Wildwood (1-7)
last year #24

2008: Tri-County Rankings

Tri-County Rankings are on my Tri-County Blog

http://boro70tc.blogspot.com/

2008: Gloucester County Rankings

These rankings are final.

I am not listing the computer rankings as I think that their bogusness has been well proven. I may get back to them later in the season.

Explanations of rankings are in the weekly reports above and below.

1. Glassboro (12-0) – defending Classic Division and Group1 South Champions -
last year #1

2. Washington Twp (7-3)
last year #2

3. Williamstown (9-1)
last year #3

4. Paulsboro (9-1) last year #4

5. Delsea (8-3)
last year #6

6. West Deptford (9-2)
last year #5

7. Clearview (6-4)
last year #7

8. Woodbury (7-3)
last year #8

9. Kingsway (3-7)
last year #9

10. Gateway (4-6)
last year #11

11. Deptford (1-8)
last year #10

12. Pitman (2-8) - based on overall better season than Clayton
last year #13

13. Clayton (1-8)
last year #12