Sophomore Quarterback Leads East Orange To Finish New Jersey High School Football Title

New Jersey began its sectional high school football championships in 1974...33 years later East Orange captured the school's first title.

Sophomore quarterback Quadir Pendleton led his team past Montclair 31-13 on Sunday for the North Jersey Section 1 Group 4 title. Pendleton completed 9-of-16 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown to lead the come from behind victory.

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West Side Sheds Losers Tag and Claims First New Jersey Championship

Eight years removed for a 70-game losing streak West Side from Newark captured the school's first high school football championship beating South Plainfield 20-0 on Sunday to capture the North Jersey 2 Group 3 title at Giants Stadium.

West Side could be good for years to come with sophomore running back Carlos Cox leading the way. Cox led the offense on a snowy turf picking up 174 yards on just 14-carries. Meanwhile the South Plainfield ground game was limited to just 20-yards on the ground.

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Cedar Grove Pitches a Shutout on Its Way to Another New Jersey Championship

When it comes to New Jersey sectional championship games Cedar Grove should just put a big zero on their trophies.

Cedar Grove beat Belvidere 17-0 Sunday to capture the New Jersey 2 Group 1 title. It was the school's fifth sectional championship and the fourth time they've one gold with the defense pitching a shutout. The other shutout wins came in 2004, 2000 and 1983.

Cedar Grove shutdown a Belvidere offense that featured a quarterback that threw for over 2,000 yards and a running back who rushed for over 1,600. Belvidere was held to 98 yards in total offense.

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#17 Don Bosco Beats St. Peter's For Another New Jersey Title

Just like last year's Non-Public Group IV championship game between Don Bosco Prep and St. Peter's Prep, it was a close first half, but in the end, DBP was too much for SPP.

Nationally-ranked Don Bosco won its 24th straight game on the strength of a 28-point outburst in the third quarter that lifted the Ironmen to a 42-14 win. The last team to beat Don Bosco was St. Peter's 22-15 in the 2005 final.

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Hunterdon Central North Jersey 2 Group 4 Champs

Hunterdon Central's defense put a goose egg on the board in the second half of Saturday's North Jersey 2 Group IV championship game against Piscataway, and that fueled the Red Devils 23-13 win.

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Holy Cross D's-It-Up To Win New Jersey Non-Public Group II Title

Holy Cross played its Non-Public Group II New Jersey High School Football Championship against Gloucester Catholic without its star quarterback Tommy Reilly, who sat out the game with a high-ankle sprain. So with Reilly and his 64 career TDs on the bench, Holy Cross turned to its defense to be Gloucester Catholic 17-0 and win the school's seventh non-public championship.

The H-C defense limited Gloucester Catholic to just nine yards in the first half and 67 for the game. It also came up with seven sacks of quarterback Mike Calzonetti.

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Howell Captures New Jersey Group IV Title

Howell quarterback Tim Lamirande was nearly perfect Friday night to lead his school to its first New Jersey sectional title beating West Windsor-South 46-13 for the Central Jersey Group IV title.

Lamirande was 16-for-19 for 246 yards and three touchdowns. The workhorse of the game award had to go to West Windsor-South running back David Twamley who carried the ball 38-times for 253-yards. Amazingly WWS outgained Howell in total offense with 368-yards to the champ's 358.

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New Jersey High School Football Scoreboard - Week 9

New Jersey High School Football Scores
Friday, November 2, 2007

With the NJSIAA playoffs set to begin next week, the final week of the regular season featured a showdown between unbeatens Immaculata and Hunterdon Central. Immaculata beat the Red Devils 16-6 before 7,000 fans in Sommervile. H-C began the game ranked fifth by the Newark Star-Ledger...Immaculata was ranked #6 by the paper. Click here to be taken to the New Jersey High School Football Huddle to read a recap of the game.


Atlantic City 15, Absegami 6
Belleville 19, Passaic 18
Bound Brook 40, Montclair Immaculate 19
Brick 20, Colts Neck 12
Bridgeton 46, Middle Township 34
Buena Regional 34, Lower Cape May Regional 14
Butler 23, Millburn 7
Carteret 23, Bishop Ahr 8
Cedar Grove 35, Kinnelon 0
Cherokee 20, Pennsauken 8
Cherry Hill East 17, Rancocas Valley 13
Clearview 35, Overbrook 0
Cranford 23, Johnson 12
David Brearley 20, Highland Park 0
Delaware Valley 28, Voorhees 0
Delbarton 17, Polytechnic Prep 13
Delran 34, Maple Shade 6
Dover 20, Parsippany 0
Dunellen 20, South Hunterdon 6
East Brunswick 21, North Brunswick 12
Eastern 27, Winslow Township 18
Edison 34, Perth Amboy 0
Egg Harbor Township 35, Oakcrest 25
Elizabeth 41, Newark East Side 7
Florence 19, Holy Cross 15
Glassboro 33, Penns Grove 0
Hammonton 43, Millville 19
Highland 21, Deptford 7
Hillsborough 21, North Hunterdon 14
Hoboken 50, Marist 0
Holmdel 28, Red Bank 0
Hun 38, Hill 0
Immaculata 16, Hunterdon Central 6
Irvington 30, West Side 8
Kingsway 14, Gloucester Catholic 13
Lakeland 28, Passaic Tech 13
Lawrence 35, Allentown 6
Lindenwold 55, Wildwood 0
Long Branch 32, Ocean Twp. 0
Mainland Regional 45, Vineland 7
Manalapan 15, Jackson Memorial 0
Manasquan 17, Shore Regional 13
Middletown North 14, Brick Memorial 10
Monmouth Regional 13, Central Regional 7
Monsignor Donovan 50, Mater Dei 0
Montgomery 27, Monroe 8
Moorestown 43, Willingboro 14
New Egypt 27, Riverside 13
North Warren 33, Manville 6
Old Bridge 34, Linden 26
Paramus 20, Bloomfield 14
Paulsboro 48, Gateway 14
Pennsville 26, Woodstown 13
Point Pleasant Boro 21, Barnegat 13
Pope John 27, Lenape Valley 19
Rahway 47, Central 12
Roxbury 48, Mount Olive 13
Rumson-Fair Haven 31, Raritan 0
Sayreville 28, Colonia 26
Schalick 34, Salem 7
Secaucus 34, Harrison 0
Shawnee 29, Cherry Hill West 7
South River 21, Middlesex 7
St. Augustine Prep 23, Pleasantville 6
St. John Vianney 28, Point Pleasant Beach 7
St. Mary (Rutherford) 50, Lyndhurst 20
Timber Creek 33, Lenape 6
Toms River East 35, Toms River South 6
Toms River North 17, Southern Regional 7
Triton 21, Woodrow Wilson 0
Washington Township 34, Seneca 20
Watchung Hills 44, J.P. Stevens 0
Wayne Valley 30, Caldwell 3
West Essex 21, Chatham 0
Williamstown 32, Cumberland Regional 31