SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – On Thursday afternoon, the 2023 New Jersey High School Football season continues a large slate of Week 3 games to kick off the three-day weekend. Friday, most schools in New Jersey will be closed for the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah.
For the Big Central Conference, many of the games are scheduled to be played on Thursday. Eighteen games are scheduled for Thursday while eight are slated for Friday, and four more are scheduled for Saturday. Big Central Gridiron will be covering six games this week starting with an afternoon game on Thursday between J.P. Stevens and Governor Livingston. Below are BCG’s Week 3 picks.
- Governor Livingston over J.P. Stevens
- Delaware Valley over New Providence
- St. Thomas Aquinas over Summit
- Woodbridge over Cranford
- Franklin over New Brunswick
- Piscataway over Monroe
- Perth Amboy over J.F. Kennedy
- Hillside over Roselle
- Linden over Colonia
- North Brunswick over Old Bridge
- Watchung Hills over Morris Knolls
- Somerville over Montgomery
- Phillipsburg over North Hunterdon
- Hunterdon Central over Bridgewater-Raritan
- Westfield over Elizabeth
- Bernards over Voorhees
- Johnson Regional over Metuchen
- Spotswood over Highland Park
- Dunellen over Belvidere
- Carteret over Plainfield
- Roselle Park over David Brearley
- Manville over Jonathan Dayton
- Ridge over Hillsborough
- South Plainfield over North Plainfield
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood over Rahway
- South Brunswick over East Brunswick
- Sayreville over Edison
- South Hunterdon over Middlesex
- South River over Bound Brook
- Union over St. Joseph’s
BCG went 27-3 in its Week 2 picks last weekend.
