Andy Mendlowitz

Show Caption It's playoff time in New Jersey, and 28 of our local public school football teams will begin their treks through the postseason

Show Caption CHECK BACK THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THIS ROUNDUP IS UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION AS GAMES ARE REPORTED! NJSIAA PUBLIC TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND

One playoff game down and our remaining area teams hope there's are four more to go, starting with this weekend's sectional semifinals in the public sections, while the Non-Publics get their tournaments going.

The Highlanders produced four turnovers and topped Woodbridge 26-7 in Friday's NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 semifinal. The third-seeded Highlanders will play in next week's final against the winner of top-seeded Phillipsburg and Chatham from Friday's other semifinal.

It's time to start handing out the hardware, as we've reach the NJSIAA Public sectional finals, with four Big Central Conference teams having advanced with semis wins last weekend.

ABSECON – St. Thomas Aquinas just kept coming up with big play after big play as Friday's Non-Public B quarterfinal turned into a shootout against Holy Spirit.

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And then there were two Thirty-one Central Jersey high school football teams made the NJSIAA playoffs this season and two claimed sectional

The NJSIAA Non-Public boys soccer finals were held on a rainy Thursday at host Franklin High School. The MyCentralJersey.com area advanced two teams to title games.

Show Caption PHILLIPSBURG – The name Jett is great for a quarterback and Phillipsburg's Jett Genovese has thrown plenty of pinpoint passes during his career.