NJSIAA football playoff schedule for GMC and Mid-State 38 area schools
by WoodbridgeFootball.com / MyCentralJersey.com / NJ.com on 11/06/16
A dozen teams from the Greater Middlesex Conference and 11 Courier
News area schools from the Mid-State 38 have qualified for the NJSIAA
football playoffs, which commence with first-round games on Friday and
Saturday at the site of the higher seed.
The semifinals will be contested on the weekend of Nov. 18-19, also at the higher seed, while the public school sectional finals and non-public school group championships will be played Dec. 2-4 at neutral sites to be determined.
Following is a schedule of first-round games involving GMC and Courier News area schools from the Mid-State 38. The schedule and pairings are unofficial until noon Monday.
A complete list of NJSIAA football consolation matchups for GMC and Mid-State 38 area schools can be found beneath the playoff schedule.
NJSIAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS OPENING ROUND
FRIDAY
Central Group V
No. 5 South Brunswick at No. 4 Freehold Township, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Hillsborough at No. 3 Old Bridge, 7 p.m.
No. 8 New Brunswick at No. 1 Manalapan, 7 p.m.
North 2 Group V
No. 8 Columbia at No. 1 Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Union at No. 3 Ridge, 7 p.m.
North 2 Group IV
No. 5 Sayreville at No. 4 Phillipbsurg, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Woodbridge at No. 2 Middletown North, 7 p.m.
No. 8 J.F. Kennedy at No. 1 Middletown South, 7 p.m.
North 2 Group I
No. 7 Newark Collegiate at No. 2 Bound Brook, 7 p.m.
Central Group III
No. 6 Lawrence at No. 3 South Plainfield, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Carteret at No. 2 Ewing, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Rahway at No. 1 Somerville, 7 p.m.
Central Group II
No. 5 Bernards at No. 4 Point Pleasant Boro, 7 p.m.
Non-Public Group IV
No. 8 St. Joseph at No. 1 Paramus Catholic, 7 p.m.
Non-Public Group IV
No. 7 Bishop Ahr at No. 2 DePaul, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
North 2 Group V
No. 7 Bayonne at No. 2 Westfield, 1 p.m.
North 2 Group IV
No. 6 Colonia at No. 3 Summit, 1 p.m.
North 2 Group III
No. 6 Governor Livingston at No. 3 Morris Hills, 1 p.m.
Central Group V
No. 7 Hunterdon Central at No. 2 Piscataway, 1 p.m.
Central Group I
No. 6 Manville at No. 3 Keyport, 1 p.m.
Non-Public Group II
No. 8 Immacualta at No. 1 Hudson Catholic, 1 p.m.
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NJSIAA CONSOLATION GAMES
THURSDAY
(all games 7 p.m.)
J.P. Stevens at Linden
Kearny at Watchung Hills
Newark East Side at Plainfield
West Windsor-Plainsboro North at North Hunterdon
West Windsor-Plainsboro South at Montgomery
Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Millburn
Metuchen at Secaucus
East Brunswick at Perth Amboy
Franklin at North Brunswick
Monmouth at North Plainfield
Spotswood at Delaware Valley
Palmyra at Highland Park
South Hunterdon at Riverside
SATURDAY
(all games 1 p.m.)
Monroe at Princeton
Voorhees at Chatham
Edison at Marlboro
Burlington City at New Providence
South River at Haddon Township
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