Tag: State football playoffs

  • South Brunswick edges Manalapan in dramatic state title game

    South Brunswick edges Manalapan in dramatic state title game

    The 2017 NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 5 football playoff championship trophy will reside in South Brunswick High School this year. South Brunswick defeated Manalapan High School, 18-14, in a dramatic title game at High Point Solutions Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway on Dec. 2. The reasons that South Brunswick claimed the prized trophy ranged…

  • Rumson-Fair Haven denied fifth straight state football playoff title

    Rumson-Fair Haven denied fifth straight state football playoff title

    An impressive run came to an end for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School football team. Rumson-Fair Haven was thwarted in its bid to win a fifth straight NJSIAA sectional playoff championship when it fell to Somerville High School, 20-15, in the Central Jersey, Group 3 final on Dec. 2 at High Point Solutions Stadium…

  • Mater Dei’s bid for repeat state football title halted in final

    Mater Dei’s bid for repeat state football title halted in final

    Mater Dei Prep’s football team put up a fight in its bid for a second straight state sectional playoff championship, but the Seraphs were unable to solve a formidable opponent in Saint Joseph High School of Hammonton. The two teams battled for championship glory in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 2 title game at Rowan University…

  • Mater Dei bids to win second straight football playoff title

    Mater Dei bids to win second straight football playoff title

    Mater Dei Prep will go after a second consecutive — and second overall — NJSIAA football playoff championship on Dec. 3. Meanwhile, the team Mater Dei is playing in the title game, Saint Joseph High School of Hammonton, boasts a trophy case that is chock full of state playoff championships with a grand total of…