Covering High School Football in the Big Central Conference
Something Has to Give When Owls Play Destroyers at Columbia Park on Thursday Night DUNELLEN, NJ—Something will have to give on Thursday evening when Highland Park comes to Columbia Park to battle Dunellen in a Big Central Conference Division 1B match-up. Both teams enter the game winless at 0-2. The Destroyers last win was in …
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Chances for Rain and Storms Through Friday Night SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ—High School Football is a sport played in various kinds of weather. Whether it is sun, rain, wind, cold, or snow, games are always played on the gridiron, especially fields that have turf. However, over the past several weeks, there have been several instances of …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week 2 is in the books, and we are now heading toward Week 3 with games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There is a little bit of a shakeup in the BCG Top 10 this week thanks to a couple upsets around the conference. Last Friday night, Big Central Gridiron traveled over to …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–BCG continues to give Phillipsburg the benefit of the doubt in regards to the top spot in the latest Hunterdon-Warren County Top 10. After losing its opener at home to state power, St. Joe’s-Montvale, the Stateliners gave Hillsborough all it could handle on the road without its starting QB before losing in overtime, …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Woodbridge remains atop of the Big Central Gridiron Top 10 this week with its victory over Sayreville (42-28) although North Brunswick made its case clear with a hard fought road win at Old Bridge (34-27). Despite its loss, Old Bridge remains at No. 3, but the big changes come after that thanks to …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Some changes in the Week Two poll in Somerset County with Bridgewater-Raritan and Ridge making jumps. The Panthers moved up to No. 3 after rolling past Hunterdon Central (49-14) while Ridge entered the Top 5 after its dominant performance in a 45-7 victory at Franklin. Somerville (2-1) Hillsborough (2-0) Bridgewater-Raritan (2-0) Bernards (1-1) …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week two of the 2021 Union County High School Football season saw things pretty much stay the same for the top three ranked teams in Union County. However, the change came in at No. 4 with Summit making the jump after its win over Rahway on the road last Saturday (34-13). Meanwhile, Linden …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–On Friday evening, Big Central Gridiron will travel out to Hillsborough High School for the early season Big Central Conference Division 5B battle against perennial state power, Phillipsburg. Then, on Saturday, BCG will head down to Somerset and Franklin High School to see the Warriors in action versus Ridge in another battle from …
8/20 Matawan @ Carteret, 10:00 AM–Scrimmage 8/25 North Brunswick @ Watchung Hills, 6:00 PM–Scrimmage 8/26 South Brunswick @ St. Thomas Aquinas, 4:00 PM–Scrimmage 8/26 Perth Amboy @ J.F. Kennedy, 6:00 PM–Scrimmage 8/28 Bernards vs. Penns Grove, 11:00 AM–Battle at the Beach in Ocean City 8/28 Union vs. Millville, 5:00 PM–Battle at the Beach in Ocean …
Predicted order of Finish (last year’s record in parenthesis): 1. Jonathan Dayton (1-2) 2. South Hunterdon (4-4) 3. Belvidere (2-4) 4. Manville (0-5) 5. Dunellen (1-7) 6. Highland Park (0-0 DNP) Belvidere Head Coach: Jeff Kolodziejczyk 2020 Overall Record: 2-4 2020 Division Record: 2-2 Last Year’s Ranking in Big Central: NR Last Year’s Ranking in …
