Covering High School Football in the Big Central Conference
Middlesex and Roselle Park were also in Week 1 action on Thursday night. The Blue Jays rebounded nicely from its opening week loss at Metuchen with a 42-8 victory over the Panthers.
Hunterdon Central was the only Big Central Conference team with a win on Saturday in Week 0. The Red Devils won their season opener over North Hunterdon at Stewart Field, 42-14.
The Franklin Township Warriors opened the season on the right foot with a come-from- behind 26-22 victory over Trenton in non-conference action on Friday night.
South Plainfield’s Dominic Massaro leads a senior laden Tiger football team into New Providence for its Big Central Conference season opener on Thursday night.
St. Thomas Aquinas senior RB, Elijah Abass-Shereef rushed 20 times for 180 yards and 3 TDs while going over 1,000 yards for the 2023 season during the Trojans 42-14 victory over Immaculata at the Torpey Athletic Complex in Bridgewater on Thanksgiving Eve.
Phillipsburg’s senior RB, John Wargo rumbles to his third rushing TD of the game midway through the 4th quarter in the Stateliners 47-12 victory over Easton on Thanksgiving.
Big Central Gridiron will be covering one of the oldest rivalries in New Jersey between arch rivals Phillipsburg and Easton for the first time ever on Thursday.
Bernards’ Jake Caldwell picks up one of his team high 11 total tackles in the game on this play late in the 2nd quarter versus Westwood in the North Jersey Group 2 Regional Championship on Friday night.
The Bernards Football team celebrates its first sectional championship of the playoff era after defeating Lakeland, 23-17 in overtime in the 2023 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 2 Championship on Friday night.
With No. 6 St. Joseph’s falling to Seton Hall Prep in the 2023 NJSIAA Non-Public A Playoffs last Saturday, only three BCC remain in the state playoffs: Bernards, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Phillipsburg.
