SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – On Wednesday night, the 2023 New Jersey High School Football post-season begins with another large slate of Week 9 regional crossover and playoff games. Most of the Big Central Conference games will be played on Friday with a Wednesday night contest between North Plainfield and Nutley scheduled, and several contests on both Thursday and Saturday.
Big Central Gridiron will be covering four games this week starting with a night game on Wednesday between North Plainfield and Nutley in Essex County. The schedule may change depending upon how things go with some of the games. Below are BCG’s Week 9 picks.
Week 9 Consolation Game Picks
- North Plainfield over Nutley
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood over South Plainfield
- Monroe over Perth Amboy
- Piscataway over Edison
- Metuchen over Highland Park
- J.F. Kennedy over J.P. Stevens
- East Brunswick over Jackson Liberty
- Voorhees over Mendham
- Trenton over Franklin
- Old Bridge over Livingston
- Point Pleasant Beach over South River
- Keansburg over Manville
- Bound Brook over Belvidere
- Jonathan Dayton over Wallington
- Roselle Park over Secaucus
- Roselle over Lower Cape May
- St. Joseph’s over Pope John*
*Regular Season
Week 9 Playoff Picks
- Roxbury over Colonia
- Ridge over Woodbridge
- Bernards over Ramsey
- Summit over Governor Livingston
- Phillipsburg over Morristown
- Linden over Morris Knolls
- West Orange over Plainfield
- North Brunswick over Freehold Township
- Bridgewater-Raritan over Watchung Hills
- Hillsborough over Howell
- Kingsway over Hunterdon Central
- Montgomery over Sayreville
- Ramapo over Rahway
- Ridgewood over Union
- West Essex over Cranford
- Point Pleasant Boro over Spotswood
- Somerville over Manasquan
- Marlboro over South Brunswick
- Camden over Carteret
- Pleasantville over A.L. Johnson
- Westfield over Clifton
- Hillside over Sparta
- Rumson-Fair Haven over Delaware Valley
- Woodstown over Dunellen
- Salem over South Hunterdon
- Burlington City over Middlesex
- Cinnaminson over New Providence
BCG went 23-7-1 in its Week 8 picks last weekend. Now 219-46-1 overall on the season in 2023.
