Carteret’s junior Al-Naiquan Boseman, with 300-plus yards and six TDs, honored as Higgins Speed Lab “Speedster of the Week” for Week 9 As we've been doing all season long, Central Jersey Sports Radio is highlighting the high school football "Speedster of the Week" presented by Higgins Speed Lab in South Brunswick, recognizing the top runningbacks in the Big Central Conference every week. And the Week Nine winner is Carteret's Al-Naiquan Boseman! In a breakout season for the Ramblers, with 1,397 yards and 14 touchdowns, Boseman saved the best for last.

NEW! #Carteret's junior Al-Naiquan #Boseman, with 300-plus yards and six TDs, honored as #HigginsSpeedLab "#Speedster of the Week" for Week 9! Plus HMs from #OldBridge #Edison #Union #SouthPlainfield #SouthRiver #Summit #NorthPlainfield #Manville #GovernorLivingston

Friday Night Big Central Roundup: Streaks, perfect seasons go by the boards as No. 2 Woodbridge, No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas, No. 7 Sayreville all fall; Bernards takes mantle of league’s longest win streak with win over GL If much of the regular season to this point, or at least until last week, was about consistency, the last two weeks have been anything but. Last week's big news was No. 1 Phillipsburg dropping its first game of the season, falling 21-0 to St. Joseph-Metuchen in a Saturday matinee on the road. And what did the Falcons do with that ranking?

Friday Night #BigCentral #Roundup: #Streaks, perfect seasons go by the boards as No. 2 #Woodbridge, No. 3 St. Thomas #Aquinas, No. 7 #Sayreville all fall; #Bernards takes mantle of league's longest win streak with win over #GovernorLivingston. Scores, links, playoff meaning at the link!

Quickie playoff update: Key takeaways and how Saturday games affected Big Central teams Gridiron New Jersey has come out with the official Week 6 playoff standings, and after Saturday's games, there was still more shuffling going on. And a little more could take place after Monday, with two West Jersey Football League games scheduled, at least one of which - Camden at Timber Creek - reportedly is related to cases of Coxsackie virus that started at Delsea and delayed their game with Millville from last weekend to this past Monday.

Quickie #NJSIAA #playoff update: Key takeaways and how Saturday games affected #BigCentral teams, including #NewProvidence #Manville #BoundBrook #HighlandPark #Bernards #Dayton #Johnson #Spotswood #GovernorLivingston #Summit #Somerville #Phillipsburg #Rahway #Union #Plainfield #Hillsborough #Rahway

UNOFFICIAL Playoff Standings Update: Group 2 While most high school football teams across New Jersey played Friday night, still more have to play Saturday. But with much of Week 6 in the books, here's a look at Central Jersey Sports Radio's projections on updated playoff standings. All our projections are unofficial and based on scores reported to Gridiron New Jersey - the official calculator of the NJSIAA's UPR formula - with additional scores gathered from various media sources.

UNOFFICIAL Playoff Standings Update: Group 2. #Bernards #Dayton #Johnson #Spotswood #Voorhees #GovernorLivingston #DelawareValley #Hillside

Group 2 playoff chase: Just Bernards, Johnson and Spotswood in the running, with Governor Livingston outside the bubble. Can the Highlanders make it? With a paucity of Group 2 teams in the Big Central Conference to begin with - something that has caused issues for some in the past - just two right now are in the field of 16 in either supersection: Bernards in North 2 and Spotswood in South 2. Quite the contrast with Group 4, with has seven of the eight teams in the North 2 section from the Big Central Conference.

Group 2 #playoff chase: Just #Bernards #Johnson and #Spotswood in the running, with #GovernorLivingston outside the bubble. Can the #Highlanders make it? #BigCentral #NJSIAA #playoffs

Past midway point of regular season, how are Big Central Division races shaping up? We take a look High school football is different from the college game in many ways, but one in particular is where division games can be scattered all over the schedule. While in college, the non-conference slate is typically reserved for the first few weeks, often "buy games" by smaller school against bigger-time opponents, in high school, they can be anywhere. And the days of superconferences have brought us smaller divisions, where sometimes a champ is decided after just two division games, with an out-of-conference game and several crossovers thrown in the mix.

HALF-AND-HALF! Past midway point of regular season, how are #BigCentral Division races shaping up? We take a look at the six that have been settled, and six still #TBA! #StJoseph #Phillipsburg #Woodbridge #NewProvidence #GovernorLivingston #NJFootball

Geertsma, Roof look back at a remarkable baseball season at Governor Livingston: state champions, done to perfection Like any recipe, there can be a lot of ingredients. When they blend together well, the resulting meal can be delicious. And that's a good way to describe the 2024 baseball season for Governor Livingston. There were tense moments, some easy wins, injuries and other obstacles, but in the end, a mix of great players - starters and otherwise - along with excellent coaching saw them finish their 2024 season 28-0.

LOOKING BACK! #Geertsma, #Roof recall their remarkable baseball season at #GovernorLivingston: #NJSIAA state champions, done to perfection! Click to listen to them talk about it with Mike Pavlichko at halftime of GL's football game Saturday against New Providence. #NJBaseball #UCC #NJSIAA

INSTANT REPLAY:  New Providence 42, Governor Livingston 7 A.J. Whitehead scored four touchdowns - a pair of three-yard runs, a 57-yard punt return and a 68-yard interception return - to help New Providence win its seventh straight game against Governor Livingston, as the Pioneers topped the Highlanders 42-7 in Week One Big Central action. Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas call all the play-by-play live from Berkeley Heights, NJ, on September 6, 2025: 1st Half 2nd Half

INSTANT REPLAY:  #NewProvidence 42, #GovernorLivingston 7. LIsten back to all the action from this #BigCentral rivalry game between the #Pioneers and #Highlanders at the link! #NJFootball

With close rivals New Providence coming to town, Governor Livingston looks to avenge two tight losses to Pioneers Two years ago, the game was decided by a touchdown. Last year, it was a single point difference. And both involved some blunders and key special teams play. That's why Governor Livingston's fourth-year head coach Pete Ramiccio is emphasizing that third phase of the game - along with stopping the run - when neighboring rival New Providence comes to Berkeley Heights for a Saturday matinee on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

AUDIO PREVIEW: With close rivals #NewProvidence coming to town, #GovernorLivingston looks to avenge two tight losses to #Pioneers. #BigCentral SATURDAY #GameoftheWeek 1 pm (12:45 pregame). We talk with GL HC Pete Ramiccio at the link! #NJFootball

“The Big Central in 2 Minutes” – Week 1: And, they’re off! The first week of high school football is in the books here in New Jersey, and 22 Big Central Conference teams are off to 1-0 starts - four more than last year, incidentally. And of the ten coaches working their first games with their new teams this season, including Montgomery's Sean Carty and Shamir Bearfield at St. Thomas Aquinas. CJSR veteran reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more - on this week's edition of "The Big Central in Two Minutes!" Click below to listen to the Week 1 edition of "The Big Central in Two Minutes":

"The Big Central in 2 Minutes" - Week 1: And, they're off! A look back at Week Zero games, first wins for Carty and Bearfield, and ahead to two rivalry games this weekend: #Carteret-#Amboy and #NewProvidence at #GovernorLivingston! All at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

2025 Big Central Preview: United Silver Division Just like the Patriot Silver Division - which we previewed yesterday - the United Silver Division of the Big Central Conference also was defined by parity in 2024, for the most part. Three teams shared in the division title, going 3-1, led by Governor Livingston, which was 5-5 overall, and should be right in the mix again this year. South Plainfield has a solid defense, and JFK loses a good deal on defense, but also has much experience back.

2025 #BigCentral Preview: United Silver Division. Our final one this week (more coming Monday) includes #GovernorLivingston #SouthPlainfield #NorthPlainfield #JFK and #NewBrunswick. #NJFootball

Early look at Big Central Football 2025: Tight United Silver Division could be jam-packed again Of the five United Gold Division teams in 2024, three of them finished 3-1 in divisional play, a symbol of parity in the group, even though North Plainfield and New Brunswick both struggled overall. But it was a tight race between Governor Livingston, South Plainfield and JFK, as the three ended up tied for first, with the Highlanders beating the Tigers, the Tigers beating JFK and the Mustangs beating Governor Livingston.

Early look at #BigCentral Football 2025: Tight United Silver Division could be jam-packed again. We look at #GovernorLivingston #JFK #SouthPlainfield #NorthPlainfield and #NewBrunswick at the link! #NJFootball

Jahai Johnson’s tackle-breaking 89-yard kick return for a score – his third of the game – is CJSR’s 2024 Highlight Reel Play of the Year Have you ever seen a high school football game with four kickoff returns for touchdowns? Neither did we until this year. But that's what happened on September 6 at Kenny Armwood Stadium, where Jahai Johnson of Piscataway had three of them in a game the Chiefs would lose 52-48, one of those "whoever scores last wins" type of contests. It was back-and-forth all night, with Johnson trying to will his team to victory.

🏆WINNER!!🏆 Jahai Johnson's tackle-breaking 89-yard KR for a TD - his third of the game - is CJSR's 2024 Highlight Reel Play of the Year! Hear from the #Piscataway senior at the link! Plus HMs from #PerthAmboy #GovernorLivingston and #Bernards!

Time once again for you – the fans – to pick the Jersey Central Sports Radio 2024 “Highlight Reel Play of the Year!” Watch, then vote! Central Jersey Sports Radio is giving YOU the chance to weigh in on your favorite play of the 2024 high school football season, as submitted by Big Central Conference coaches! All four finalists are in the montage below... Watch the video below, then scroll down to vote for your favorite!!Voting ends at 5:00 pm on Thursday, December 5th. Remember: Vote early, vote often!

VOTE!!! Time once again for you - the fans - to pick the Jersey Central Sports Radio 2024 "Highlight Reel Play of the Year!" Watch, then vote!
We have 4 clips from #PerthAmboy #GovernorLivingston #Bernards and #Piscataway. Vote early and often!