Covering High School Football in the Big Central Conference
For the third time in the last four years, the Big Central Conference has two of its member schools playing in state semifinals/regional finals. This year, the Phillipsburg Stateliners and Somerville Pioneers are representing the BCC in this round. The BCC has had 7 teams reach this round of the state playoffs. The 2021 Hillsborough Raiders are the only BCC school to have a win in this round.
Westfield will host Plainfield at Kehler Stadium in the 2024 edition of the Thanksgiving Day rivalry between the Blue Devils and the Cardinals.
The Somerville Pioneers will be playing in their first sectional championship game in five years when it hosts Delsea in the Central Jersey Group 3 Championship Game at Brooks Field on Friday night. Somerville is looking to win its first sectional crown since 2017.
The New Providence Pioneers will be hosting Hasbrouck Heights in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 1 Semifinals at Lieder Field on Friday night. New Providence is looking to punch a ticket to its first sectional final since 2010.
Middlesex wideout Ricky Fittin will be back in action for the state playoffs when the Blue Jays host Woodbury in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 1 State Tournament on Friday at 7:00 PM.
Middlesex senior QB, Dom Parenti will lead the 3rd-seeded Blue Jays into battle against 6th-seeded Woodbury in the opening round of the 2024 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 1 State Tournament at Memorial Field in Middlesex on Friday night.
Belvidere senior WR, Mason Chamberlain will be looking to keep the momentum going for his County Seaters as they travel to Essex County to take on Verona in the opening round of the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 1 Playoffs on Friday night.
Carteret’s Ja’kir Thomas will be leading his Ramblers into battle against Matawan in a Group 3 Regional Crossover on Wednesday night at The Pit in Carteret starting at 6:00 PM.
Terrell Mitchell and his Somerville Pioneers will be hosting Watchung Hills in a BCC Liberty Silver Showdown at Brooks Field on Friday at 7:00 PM.
Highland Park’s Markos Hantsoulis will be back in action for Week 7 in the Big Central Conference. Hantsoulis and his Owls will be hosting Manville in a BCC Crossover clash.
