SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – On Thursday night, the 2023 New Jersey High School Football season begins another large slate of Week 8 games. Most of the Big Central Conference games will be played on Friday with a Thursday night contest between David Brearley and Dunellen scheduled, and several contests on Saturday.
Big Central Gridiron will be covering three games this week starting with a night game on Friday between Bound Brook and Manville at Ned Panfile Stadium in Manville. The schedule may change a bit due to another coastal storm that is forecast to bring more rain to the Garden State this weekend. Below are BCG’s Week 8 picks.
- David Brearley over Dunellen
- Manville over Bound Brook
- Bernards over Governor Livingston
- Metuchen over Jonathan Dayton
- Ridge over Union
- Summit over St. Joseph’s
- Watchung Hills over Elizabeth
- Plainfield over Franklin
- Spotswood over J.P. Stevens
- St. Thomas Aquinas over Edison
- Sayreville over Woodbridge
- Montgomery over Linden
- Voorhees over North Hunterdon
- Phillipsburg over East Brunswick
- Bridgewater-Raritan over Old Bridge
- Somerville over South Brunswick
- North Brunswick over Cranford
- Hunterdon Central over Perth Amboy
- Hillsborough over Westfield
- A.L. Johnson over South River
- Piscataway over New Brunswick
- South Plainfield over Monroe
- Hillside over Carteret
- Delaware Valley over North Plainfield
- Colonia over Rahway
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood over J.F. Kennedy
- Roselle over Belvidere
- New Providence over Middlesex
- South Hunterdon over New Hope-Solebury
- Roselle Park over Newark Collegiate
- Newark Central over Highland Park
BCG went 23-7 in its Week 7 picks last weekend. Now 196-39 overall on the season in 2023.
