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1 day ago

Watchung Hills football coach Rich Seubert steps down after a decade leading the Warriors After retiring from football with the New York Giants in his mid-30s with a Super Bowl ring on his finger, Wisconsin native Rich Seubert and his family moved to California for a few years, where he coached a little football at the high school level. But eventually, he came back to the East Coast, returning to New Jersey, and started coaching the offensive line at Watchung Hills.

BIG BREAKING FOOTBALL NEWS: #WatchungHills coach Rich #Seubert steps down after a decade leading the #Warriors. Story at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 weeks ago

55th annual Bill Denny awards dinner honors local football standouts, coaches, and more More than three dozen high school football players from Middlesex and Somerset Counties, along with several coaches, administrators, educators and officials were honored Sunday at the 55th annual awards dinner of the Bill Denny/Rutgers Football Letterwinners Chapter of the National Football/College Hall of Fame at the Pines Manor in Edison. The local chapter also awarded several scholarships, now having given out more than $380,000 in funds to deserving Middlesex and Somerset County Scholar-Athletes, over a span of nearly six decades.

NEW! 55th annual #BillDenny awards dinner honors local football standouts, and more. We have a rundown of all the winners, from coaches to officials, even Pop Warner! #NJFootball #GMC #SomersetCounty

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1 month ago

Woodbridge alum Anthony Nyers leaves Westfield to become new JFK football coach Former Woodbridge standout Anthony Nyers is the new head coach of the JFK football program, after his hire was approved by the Woodbridge Board of Education last Thursday night. The Woodbridge Board of Ed oversees all three district high schools, including Kennedy, Colonia, and Woodbridge. Nyers had spent the past year working as the wide receivers' coach and Offensive Coordinator at Westfield under Matt Andzel, who just wrapped up his second season as the successor to Jim DeSarno.

BREAKING: #Woodbridge alum Anthony #Nyers leaves #Westfield to become new #JFK football coach. We have a one-on-one with him at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral #Mustangs

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1 month ago

OPINION: When will we get stability – and common sense – in high school football? Don’t count on it any time soon. High school football is at it again. According to a report out Thursday from Shore Sports Insider (formerly Shore Sports Network), the NJSIAA's Leagues and Conferences committee has recommended that the NJSIAA move back to snaking playoff brackets in each section, rather than splitting them up geographically. Snaked brackets are intended to "balance" them. In that process, when the top 16 in North and South in each group are determined, teams are placed into sections with, for example, the top overall seed in Central, then seeds 2 and 3 in South, then 4 and 5 in Central, 6 and 7 in South, and so on.

OPINION: When will we get stability - and common sense - in #NJFootball? Don't count on it any time soon. #BigCentral #SFC #WJFL #ShoreConference #NJIC

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1 month ago

John Hack approved as new football coach at Mendham, after stepping down from Voorhees When John Hack took the head coaching job at Voorhees two years ago, he told his athletic director the only other job he'd ever take would be in the his own home district, where he and his family live, up at Mendham. Two years later, that's where he's headed. Hack was approved Monday night by the West Morris-Mendham Board of Education to be the new head football coach at Mendham, replacing Ethan Jeros, who was brought back following a 4-6 season.

BREAKING: John Hack approved as new football coach at #Mendham, after stepping down from #Voorhees. Story and interview at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral #Vikings

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1 month ago

Gameday with Marcus Borden: Immaculata’s football hire It may be January, with the high school football season two months in the rearview mirror already, but there was plenty to talk about this week, and we dive into it on a special "offseason" edition of Gameday with Marcus Borden. On Thursday, February 5, Immaculata announced it was parting ways with head football coach Mike Columbo, and announced the hiring of alum Dallas Whitaker (IHS '11), along with Jeff Vanderbeek as football program director.

POD DROP! A special #offseason edition of #Gameday with Marcus #Borden look's at Immaculata hiring Dallas #Whitaker as the #Spartans' new head coach, and Jeff #Vanderbeek as "football program coordinator." Give it a listen on your way home! #NJFootball

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1 month ago

Whitaker, Vanderbeek and Immaculata AD Gambino talk Spartans’ splash with new football leadership By the time the Q&A session cleared out, there they were: in their best suits, ready to take Immaculata football by storm. Dallas Whitaker, a 2011 graduate and two-time state champion playing for Peirce Frauenheim had already talked to the kids. "I came here for you," he told them. While that's very likely the case, it's also a little for him.

NEW: #Whitaker, #Vanderbeek and #Immaculata AD #Gambino talk #Spartans' splash with new football leadership. Listen at the link! #NJFootball

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1 month ago

Immaculata set to name alum Dallas Whitaker as Spartans’ new football coach this afternoon Dallas Whitaker will be back to coaching football in Somerville again, but this time, he won't be wearing orange and black. It'll be with the team wearing blue and white across town, at his alma mater, Immaculata. Multiple sources close to Whitaker confirmed the move, and an announcement and media availability is scheduled at the school late this afternoon, and Central Jersey Sports Radio will be there.

BREAKING: #Immaculata set to name alum Dallas #Whitaker as #Spartans' new football coach this afternoon, replacing Mike #Columbo. Story at the link! #NJFootball

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2 months ago

Big Central’s first off-season hire comes in Spotswood, where Andy Steinfeld is promoted to lead Chargers after one year as an assistant Andy Steinfeld played at East Brunswick for Marcus Borden, and coached there under him, then led the program now on his own. Last season was the first he spent with another program besides that of the Bears in three decades, working as an assistant under Chris Meagher, and alongside his son, Matt. Now, he's his son's boss. Andy Steinfeld was appointed as the tenth football coach in Spotswood history Tuesday night, when his hiring was approved by the Board of Education.

BREAKING NEWS: #BigCentral's first off-season hire comes in #Spotswood, where Andy #Steinfeld is promoted to lead #Chargers after one year as an assistant. Mike and Marcus talk to the new HC at the link! #NJFootball

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2 months ago

JFK football’s Mike Henderson steps down after four seasons leading Mustangs After three seasons leading the JFK football program, Mike Henderson handed in his resignation on Monday to spend more time with his family. Henderson confirmed the news to Central Jersey Sports Radio this week, saying it was a "difficult decision to make," but says he has two young children at home - two years old and nine months - and says he "didn't want to be absent for either responsibility," family or coaching.

NEW: #JFK football's Mike #Henderson steps down after four seasons leading #Mustangs. Story at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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2 months ago

Happy 2026! A genie granted us three wishes. Will they come true for HS sports this year? Another year behind us. They seem to go faster and faster these days. Can anyone believe that Central Jersey Sports Radio will be finishing up its sixth season of covering high school sports this June when baseball packs it in? And we started this thing in the middle (July) of the pandemic? Pretty bold move, but then hey, there were limits on fans at football games, and basketball games didn't see fans beyond parents until later in that shortened season.

Happy 2026! A genie granted us three wishes. Will they come true for HS sports in New Jersey this year? #NJHoops #NJBaseball #NJFootball #NJSIAA

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3 months ago

Maxwell Football Club announces New Jersey “Mini Max” winners; ten from the Big Central The Maxwell Football Club is out again with its top players from across the region - in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware - announcing "Mini Max" winners from each state. And out of the 55 selected from the Garden State, ten come from the Big Central Conference, three more than a year ago. The student-athletes are nominated by their coaches, and are evaluated based not just on their football skills, but also academics and community service.

NEW! #Maxwell Football Club announces #NewJersey "#MiniMax" winners; ten from the #Big Central. They're from #Bernards #BridgewaterRaritan #Dayton #Montgomery #NewProvidence #Phillipsburg #Somerville #Voorhees #WatchungHills and #Westfield! #NJFootball

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3 months ago

VOTE! Back for a second year, it’s the Central Jersey Sports Radio Tournament of Champions; You choose your favorite, and we’ll count down the Top 5 title games of 2025 on New Year’s Eve! With New Jersey no longer holding the Tournament of Champions - which the NJSIAA did away with for the 2022-23 season - we still miss it. And you probably do, too. Well, we're bringing it back. Again. For the second year in a row, we're holding our own Tournament of Champions. We're letting you, the fans, vote in our Tournament of Champions poll.

VOTE! Back for a second year, it's the Central Jersey Sports Radio #TournamentofChampions; You choose your favorite, and we'll count down the Top 5 title games of 2025 on New Year's Eve! VOTE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE NOW THRU DEC. 30 at NOON!! #NJHoops #NJBaseball #NJFootball

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3 months ago

2025 NJFCA Super 100 All-State team unveiled: 23 honorees from the Big Central Conference The New Jersey Football Coaches Association has come out with the 2025 edition of its "Super 100" All-State team, with nearly two dozen Big Central Conference standouts being honored. The NJFCA Super 100 is chosen by coaches among its members, and 25 are recognized in each of four sections - Central, South, North 1 and North 2 - with non-publics included as well.

BREAKING: 2025 #NJFCA #Super100 #AllState team unveiled: 23 honorees from the #BigCentral Conference. See them all here! #NJFootball

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3 months ago

A look back at Central Jersey Sports Radio Award Winners through the years With the 2025 Central Jersey Sports Radio Big Central Awards Show in the books, we decided to take a look back at all the award winners we've had in the show's six years. So far, we've honored 111 different players and 34 of the Big Central's 59 teams, and that's not even counting all the Honorable Mentions in the various categories.

A look back at Central Jersey Sports Radio Award Winners through the years. A complete list since 2020 of who's won Player of the Year and Specialty Awards! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

Phillipsburg Stateliners repeat as sectional champs, No. 1 in Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten in 2025… and once again are Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Big Central Team of the Year Everyone knows the Phillipsburg mystique, but Frank Duffy prefers to call it "the standard." The measuring stick by which all Stateliner teams are judged. That stick has 758 marks on it, one for every win the program has, the most in New Jersey history, spread across 120 years of football that sometimes has taken them to Pennsylvania, more often here at home in the Garden State, and - like next year - will see a mix of Pennsy and Jersey schools on the schedule.

FINAL AWARD! #Phillipsburg #Stateliners repeat as sectional champs, No. 1 in #Bellamy & Son Paving #TopTen in 2025... and once again are Central Jersey Sports Radio's #BigCentral #TeamoftheYear! Audio at the link! #NJFootball

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3 months ago

Voorhees’ Matteo Tramutola runs off with Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week Scholarship for 2025 As always, there were tons of great performances across the Big Central during the 202 high school football season, and it's not always easy choosing the Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week Award. But, of course, thanks to Central Jersey Sports Radio founding sponsor Joe Bellamy - without whom none of this would be possible - somehow, we figure it out.

WINNER! #Voorhees' Matteo #Tramutola runs off with #Bellamy & Son Paving #PlayeroftheWeek #Scholarship for 2025! Hear the interview and read about all the honorees at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

Proving it was no hype, just reality, Brody Nugent of Old Bridge delivers for Knights, wins CJSR Offensive Player of the Year Award Before the season even started, before Marcus Borden's Camp Caravan, the ex-East Brunswick coach raved about Brody Nugent. He was a big fan, and predicted big things from the Old Bridge senior. He delivered on every one of them. Historic high school football stats are hard to come by in New Jersey. Around 2010 is the last year one can find somewhat reliable stats publicly available.

Proving it was no hype, just reality, Brody #Nugent of #Old Bridge delivers for #Knights, wins CJSR #Offensive #PlayeroftheYear Award! Plus HMs from #Colonia #Montgomery @Plainfield #Rahway #Sayreville #StJoseph #Aquinas #Woodbridge #BigCentral #NJFootball

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3 months ago

Phillipsburg’s disruptive Aedan Hywel is the Central Jersey Sports Radio Defensive Player of the Year for 2025 With a reputation for being one of the Big Central Conference's most physical football teams, having someone who's a ball-hawk all over the field is a nice touch. More than that, senior Aedan Hywel is not just a ball-hawk, he's a quarterback hawk. He is a major reason the Phillipsburg Stateliners shut out two teams, held two more to single digits, and - through the North 2 Group 4 championship game, were holding teams to an average of just 12.4 points per game, despite playing in perhaps the most challenging division in the league, top to bottom.

NEW! #Phillipsburg's disruptive Aedan #Hywel is the Central Jersey Sports Radio #Defensive #PlayeroftheYear for 2025! Plus HMs from #Bridgewater #Colonia #StJoseph #Aquinas #Summit and #Westfield! #BigCentral #NJFootball

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3 months ago

Back again this year, Rahway’s Andrew Avent claims CJSR Three-Way Player of the Year in 2025 As many who have followed Central Jersey Sports Radio over the years know, beyond the typical Player of the Year winners, we often choose "specialty" awards, or put another way, find ways for more players than just a handful to be recognized. Over 50 Big Central student-athletes are being noted this year alone, whether they be the Player of the Year in a particular category, win a specialty award, or are Honorable Mentions in any of several categories.

Back again this year, #Rahway's Andrew #Avent claims CJSR #ThreeWay Player of the Year in 2025! Read more at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

A winner whichever side of the ball he’s on, Logan Stevens of Bernards is CJSR’s 2025 Two-Way Player of the Year There are the offensive numbers, and the defensive numbers. Then, there are the intangibles. Logan Stevens has all of them. He's the Central Jersey Sports Radio Two-Way Player of the Year, getting it done all over the field. It was another outstanding year for Stevens, who ran it 125 times for 1,100 yards even and 14 touchdowns, including five multiple touchdown games, one of which came in the playoffs.

NEW: A winner whichever side of the ball he's on, Logan #Stevens of #Bernards is CJSR's 2025 Two-Way Player of the Year! Plus HMs from #Brearley #JFK #NewProvidence #RosellePark #Woodbridge! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

Bridgewater-Raritan’s D.J. Catalano led Panthers to first title, is named 2025 Central Jersey Sports Radio Coach of the Year Being Coach of the Year isn't just about having the best team or the most skilled players. Well, you probably have to have most of them, or you're not playing for championships any time soon. But often, it's about something extra: overcoming some adversity, or simply making a key decision or two, more than the next guy. Sometimes, it's Xs and Os, sometimes it's something most don't see.

FINAL ROUND OF AWARDS!! #BridgewaterRaritan's D.J. #Catalano led #Panthers to first title, is named 2025 Central Jersey Sports Radio #CoachoftheYear! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

Central Jersey Sports Radio announces football “Specialty Awards” for 2025 Our goal at Central Jersey Sports Radio since our founding in 2020 has always been to bring attention to all the great things done by the many outstanding student-athletes in our area, both on and off the field. Even with Honorable Mentions in each category, just having one each of Offensive, Defensive Special Teams and Two-Way Player of the Year isn't quite enough to cover the massive 59-team Big Central Conference.

NEW! Central Jersey Sports Radio announces football "Specialty Awards" for 2025. Including players from #Phillipsburg #Colonia #Montgomery #Plainfield #Johnson #Piscataway #Bernards and #Summit, all at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

Dre Garcia’s pick, handoff to Greg Brown, earns Ridge Red Devils the win for the 2025 Highlight Reel Play of the Year Seven nominees, seven really good highlights. But in the end, the fans must pick one. With nearly six thousand votes cast, the Ridge Red Devils nearly had a plurality, earning almost 29-hundred votes - and almost 48 percent of the total - in our fan balloting for the 2025 Highlight Reel Play of the Year. And like many nominees - and some past champions - it wasn't a play that was drawn up or routinely worked on at the end of practice.

WINNER in FAN VOTE! Dre #Garcia's pick, handoff to Greg #Brown, earns #Ridge #RedDevils the win for the 2025 #HighlightReel #PlayoftheYear! Plus HMs from #BoundBrook and #Cranford! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

New Brunswick breaks through, ends 32-game skid, and Zebras are honored with CJSR’s Perseverance Award for 2025 Losing streaks are tough to break. Just ask Highland Park and JP Stevens, who both broke losing streaks over the last couple of years, nearly back-to-back - the Owls at the end of 2023, and the Hawks to start 2024. New Brunswick - which won state titles as recently as 2003 and 2006 under John Quinn - has struggled with numbers for a Group 5 school, and it's shown in the results.

NEW! #NewBrunswick breaks through, ends 32-game skid, and #Zebras are honored with CJSR's #PerseveranceAward for 2025! With Zi'youn Brown, Nazir Pollard, Micheal Galindo and HC Geoff Chrisman at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

“Mature beyond his age,” A’Arrow Andrewz of Woodbridge earns CJSR 2025 Leadership Award Joe Goerge has only been the head coach at Woodbridge for two seasons, but he's already seen enough to know the kind of young man A'Arrow Andrewz is. He's an "exceptional leader" and "mature beyond his age," Goerge says. And that's why he's the winner of Central Jersey Sports Radio's Leadership Award for 2025. It all begins with commitment to the Barron program.

"Mature beyond his age," A'Arrow #Andrewz of #Woodbridge earns CJSR 2025 #LeadershipAward! Plus HMs from #NewBrunswick #Colonia #NewProvidence #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

From 1-9 in 2024 to sectional finals – for the first time ever – in 2025, Montgomery is the CJSR Turnaround Team of the Year A number of Big Central Conference football programs made big strides in 2025. Bound Brook increased its win total from 1-8 to 5-5. Brearley also got to .500 after going winless last season. Sayreville went from 4-6 to 9-2. But none increased their win total by as much as Montgomery did, with the Cougars going from 1-9 to 8-4, a plus-seven in the win column under first-year head coach Sean Carty, who took over the program - promoted from Offensive Coordinator - after Zoran Milich, the school's first and only coach, stepped down after the 2024 season.

OUR FIRST AWARD OF THE NIGHT! From 1-9 in 2024 to sectional finals - for the first time ever - in 2025, #Montgomery is the CJSR Turnaround Team of the Year! HC Sean Carty plus Jack Kristjanson, Trey McFadden, Mike Bellamy at the link! #NJFootball #BigCentral

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3 months ago

We’ve tallied up all the numbers, and it’s Rahway’s Andrew Avent who is the 2025 Higgins Speed Lab “Speedster of the Year” All season long, Central Jersey Sports Radio has been highlighting Big Central Conference's "Speedster of the Week" presented by Higgins Speed Lab in South Brunswick, recognizing the top runningbacks in the league every week of the 2025 season. Now, at the end of the year, we tallied up all the outstanding players who made the list - assigned them points, 10 for a first place finish, nine for second, etc.

We've tallied up all the numbers, and it's #Rahway's Andrew #Avent who is the 2025 #HigginsSpeedLab "#Speedster of the Year!" Plus Top 10 finishes from #Somerville, #Phillipsburg #Brearley #Summit #OldBridge #Voorhees #Carteret #Woodbridge #Sayreville #BigCentral #NJFootball

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3 months ago

Big Central Conference unveils divisional alignments for 2026, 2027, with big school divisions little changed, but more movement among mid-size, smaller schools The Big Central Conference has announced its divisional alignments and schedule for the next two-year scheduling cycle - which covers the 2026 and 2027 seasons - with very few major changes at the top levels. The American Gold was untouched, but Hunterdon Central moved out of the American Silver division, which was reduced to four members: defending champion Phillipsburg, Ridge, Hillsborough and Bridgewater-Raritan, two of whom - the Stateliners and the Panthers.

BREAKING: #BigCentral Conference unveils #divisional #alignments for 2026, 2027, with big school divisions little changed, but more movement among mid-size, smaller schools. See where teams moved AND CROSSOVERS at the link! #NJFootball

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3 months ago

Here are Coach Matt Bastardi’s Elite QB “Elite Performers of the Year” for 2025! It's been a long high school football season - starting in the heat and seemingly constant sunshine of summer, heading through whatever passes for fall in New Jersey, into the cold weather for the playoffs. And with the 2025 season officially in the rear view mirror, here are the "Elite Performers of the Year," brought to you by Elite QB Football Training Academy!

NEW! Here are Coach Matt Bastardi's Elite QB "Elite Performers of the Year" for 2025! Including players from #Montgomery #JFK #Pingry #Hightstown #ScotchPlainsFanwood #StPeters (SI) #Bernards #Princeton #HunterdonCentral and #Rahway! #NJFootball #BigCentral