BCG’s NJSIAA State Tourney Picks By Section

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RB Matteo Traumutola and the 8th-seeded Voorhees Vikings have a huge task in front of them in top-seeded Camden in the opening round of the 2025 Central Jersey Group 2 State Tournament on Friday night.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The NJSIAA state playoff season is upon us, and for the second straight year, Big Central Gridiron goes section by section in each round to pick the winners.  Last year, BCG performed well.  However, this year presents a new challenge.  For starters, there was more parity in the Big Central with some surprising upsets during the course of the season.  Let’s take a look at BCG’s first round picks in each section:

North Jersey Section 1 Group 1

  • Butler over Hawthorne
  • Wallkill Valley over Kittatinny
  • New Milford over Bogota
  • Kinnelon over Park Ridge

North Jersey Section 1 Group 2

  • Westwood over Newton
  • Caldwell over Dumont
  • Ramsey over High Point
  • Glen Rock over Waldwick

North Jersey Section 1 Group 3

  • Old Tappan over River Dell
  • West Milford over Montville
  • Passaic Valley over Pascack Valley
  • Wayne Valley over Sparta

North Jersey Section 1 Group 4

  • Ramapo over Hackensack
  • Wayne Valley over Chatham
  • Mount Oliver over Nutley
  • Northern Highlands over Morris Knolls

North Jersey Section 1 Group 5

  • West Orange over Passaic
  • Ridgewood over Livingston
  • East Orange Campus over Bloomfield
  • Passaic Tech over Morristown

North Jersey Section 2 Group 1

  • Mountain Lakes over David Brearley
  • Cedar Grove over Glen Ridge
  • New Providence over Secaucus 
  • Hasbrouck Heights over Wood-Ridge

North Jersey Section 2 Group 2

  • Shabazz over Lyndhurst
  • Rutherford over Hoboken
  • Hanover Park over Becton
  • Bernards over Madison

North Jersey Section 2 Group 3

  • West Morris Central over Snyder
  • Roxbury over Cranford
  • West Essex over Mendham
  • Summit over Warren Hills

North Jersey Section 2 Group 4

  • Phillipsburg over Newark Central
  • Ridge over Colonia
  • Westfield over Montgomery
  • Rahway over Woodbridge

North Jersey Section 2 Group 5

  • Bridgewater-Raritan over Linden
  • Union City over Irvington
  • Elizabeth over Bayonne
  • Piscataway over Plainfield

Central Jersey Group 1

  • Burlington City over Bound Brook
  • Asbury Park over Manville
  • Riverside over Point Pleasant Beach
  • Shore Regional over New Egypt

Central Jersey Group 2

  • Camden over Voorhees
  • Manasquan over A.L. Johnson
  • Rumson Fair-Haven over Point Pleasant Boro
  • Wall over Bordentown

Central Jersey Group 3

  • Holmdel over Cinnaminson
  • Hopwell Valley over Neptune
  • Seneca over Ewing
  • Somerville over Matawan

Central Jersey Group 4

  • Brick Memorial over Marlboro
  • Red Bank over Steinert
  • Middletown South over Middletown North
  • Manalapan over Hamilton

Central Jersey Group 5

  • Washington Township over Howell
  • Rancocas Valley over Hillsborough
  • Old Bridge over Freehold Township
  • Sayreville over Trenton

South Jersey Group 1

  • Glassboro over Audubon
  • Salem over KIPP Cooper Norcross
  • Schalick over Pennsville
  • Paulsboro over Woodbury

South Jersey Group 2

  • Haddonfield over Willingboro
  • Gloucester City over Lower Cape May
  • Delran over Overbook
  • Camden Eastside over West Deptford

South Jersey Group 3

  • Burlington Township over Timber Creek
  • Mainland over Ocean City
  • Delsea over Pleasantville
  • Cedar Creek over Triton

South Jersey Group 4

  • Winslow Township over Cumberland
  • Shawnee over Pennsauken
  • Central Regional over Northern Burlington
  • Millville over Toms River East

South Jersey Group 5

  • Atlantic City over Cherokee
  • Toms River North over Cherry Hill East
  • Kingsway over Eastern
  • Williamstown over Southern Regional