SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Week 2 of the New Jersey High School Football season is about to begin, and the Big Central Conference kicks off the action on Friday night. There are no Thursday night games in the BCC this week. There will be 21 games on Friday night followed up by nine more on Saturday afternoon. At least 9 of the games this week are key early-season divisional match-ups.
BCG plans to cover the BCC Freedom Silver contest between Highland Park and Jonathan Dayton from Springfield on Friday night. Then, on Saturday afternoon, BCG travels over to Metuchen again, but this time to Brenner Family Field to see St. Joseph’s take on Union. All 59 Big Central Conference teams will be in action.
Week 2 big match-ups include St. Thomas Aquinas at North Brunswick on Friday night. In addition, Hillsborough travels north to Lee Field in Basking Ridge to take on Ridge while Phillipsburg hosts Hunterdon Central in two key early-season Big Central Conference American Silver Division contests. Plainfield travels to Priscoe Stadium in Woodbridge to take on the Barrons in a key BCC Liberty Gold match-up. Bernards travels to Delaware Valley in a key BCC Patriot Gold showdown.
On Saturday, the BCC American Gold has two big contests with Union taking on St. Joseph’s and Westfield hosting Elizabeth. Linden hosts Colonia in another key BCC Liberty Gold clash while Summit travels to Woodfield Stadium at Conant Street Park to take on Hillside in a BCC United Gold match-up. Below are BCG’s Week 2 picks:
Big Central Gridiron’s Week 2 Picks
- Highland Park over Jonathan Dayton
- St. Joseph’s over Union
- St. Thomas Aquinas over North Brunswick
- Piscataway over Old Bridge
- Phillipsburg over Hunterdon Central
- Hillsborough over Ridge
- Rahway over Perth Amboy
- Somerville over Montgomery
- Woodbridge over Plainfield
- A.L. Johnson over New Providence
- Watchung Hills over North Hunterdon
- Morris Knolls over Bridgewater-Raritan
- Cranford over Carteret
- Bernards over Delaware Valley
- South Plainfield over North Plainfield
- Sayreville over Edison
- South Brunswick over Monroe
- Voorhees over J.P. Stevens
- Governor Livingston over J.F.Kennedy
- Middlesex over South Hunterdon
- Belvidere over Manville
- Spotswood over David Brearley
- Metuchen over Roselle
- Dunellen over Bound Brook
- Westfield over Elizabeth
- Linden over Colonia
- Franklin over East Brunswick
- Summit over Hillside
- Roselle Park over South River
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood over New Brunswick
Big Central Gridiron went 26-6 in its Week 1 picks. BCG is now 49-15 overall on the season.
