Friday, November 30, 2007

#1 Vs. #2 In Jersey Championship Showdown


For the third straight year Don Bosco Prep and St. Peter's Prep are in charge of determining who's the #1 team in New Jersey.

DBP and SPP wil square-off Saturday at 1 o'clock at Giants Stadium for the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 4 championship. All season long these two have been ranked #1 (Don Bosco) and #2 (St. Peter's) respectively by the Newark Star-Ledger, which serves as the state's official pollster. Don Bosco is also ranked #17 by the USA Today.

Saturday's game will serve as the rubber match of the last three year with Don Bosco (11-0) winning last year's title 41-0, while St. Peter's (11-0) beat the Ironmen 22-15 in 2005. It will be DBP's seventh appearance in the final in the last eight year with titles coming in 2002, 2003 and 2006.

To read a complete game preview story, click here.

For previews of the other Non-Public Championship games, click on the links below.

Click here for the Non-Public Group III championship game between Immaculata (11-0) and Holy Spirit (11-0)

Click here for the Non-Public Group I championship game between Morristown-Beard and Paterson Catholic.

The Non-Public Group II championship game will be played Saturday at Rutgers between Holy Cross and Gloucester Catholic.

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