NJ Football Picks: Our writers track winners in each playoff semifinal
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NJ Football Picks: Our writers track winners in each playoff semifinal

One by one, the challengers have fallen by the wayside.

When the NJSIAA/Xfinity Football Playoffs are concluded on Friday and Saturday, only 14 will remain.

The state tournament resumes Friday and Saturday with five public and two public semifinals.

Keep scrolling to see if the NJ.com football writers picked your favorite team to win in the state semifinals.

Friday, November 22

Kevin Minnick Bill Evans Mike Kinney Ryan Patti Luis Torres Joe Zedalis
NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYOFFS
Group 1 semi-final
Woodstown (10-1) at Glassboro (11-0), 6 Glassboro Glassboro Glassboro Glassboro Glassboro Glassboro
Butler (11-0) at Cedar Grove (12-0), 7 Cedar Grove Cedar Grove Cedar Grove Cedar Grove Cedar Grove Cedar Grove
Group 2 semi-finals
Shabazz (9-2) at Hanover Park (10-1), 7 Shabazz Shabazz Shabazz Shabazz Shabazz Shabazz
Point Pleasant Boro (10-2) at Rumson-Fair Haven (11-0), 7 Rumson-Fair Haven Rumson-Fair Haven Rumson-Fair Haven Rumson-Fair Haven Rumson-Fair Haven Rumson-Fair Haven
Group 3 semi-finals
Old Tappan (10-1) at Pascack Valley (10-1), 6 Pascack Valley Pascack Valley Old Tappan Old Tappan Old Tappan Old Tappan
Mainland (9-3) at Somerville (12-0), 7 Somerville Somerville Somerville Somerville Somerville Somerville
Group 4 semi-finals
Ramapo (8-3) at Phillipsburg (10-1), 7 Ramapo Ramapo Phillipsburg Ramapo Ramapo Phillipsburg
Group 5 semi-finals
Washington Township (10-2) at Toms River North (12-0), 6 Washington Township Tom’s River North Tom’s River North Tom’s River North Tom’s River North Tom’s River North
East Orange (9-2) at Union City (10-1), 7 Union City Union City East Orange Union City Union City Union City
NON-PUBLIC PLAYOFFS
Non-Public A Semi-Finals
St. Augustine (7-3) at Don Bosco Prep (7-3), 7 Don Bosco Prep Don Bosco Prep Don Bosco Prep Don Bosco Prep Don Bosco Prep St. Augustine
Non-public B semi-finals
Holy Spirit (9-1) at DePaul (9-1), 6 DePaul DePaul DePaul DePaul DePaul DePaul
Football: Winslow at Millville, Sept. 27, 2024

Lotzeir Brooks (1), Xavier McBride (0) and Kenyatt Wilder (17) of Millville tackle Nakeen Powell (21) of Winslow at Millville High School in Millville, NJ on Friday, September 27, 2024.Dave Hernandez | For NJ Advance

Saturday 23 November

Kevin Minnick Bill Evans Mike Kinney Ryan Patti Luis Torres Joe Zedalis
NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYOFFS
Group 4 semi-finals
Millville (9-2) at Winslow (12-0), 1 Winslow Winslow Winslow Winslow Winslow Winslow
NON-PUBLIC PLAYOFFS
Non-Public A Semi-Finals
St. Joseph (Mont.) (6-4) at Bergen Catholic (9-1), 1 Bergen Catholic Bergen Catholic Bergen Catholic Bergen Catholic Bergen Catholic Bergen Catholic
Non-public B semi-finals
St. John Vianney (9-3) at Pope John (4-7), 12 Pope John Pope John Pope John Pope John Pope John Pope John
REGULAR SEASON
Beach conference
Asbury Park (2-6) at Neptune (5-4), 10 Neptune Neptune Neptune Neptune Neptune Neptune
Kevin Minnick Bill Evans Mike Kinney Ryan Patti Luis Torres Joe Zedalis
Last week’s record 21-11 25-7 22-10 23-9 25-7 25-7
Total record 1,283-416-3 1,308-391-3 1,278-421-3 1,341-358-3 1,271-428-3 1,304-395-3

NJ.com football writers Luis Torres, Ryan Patti, Bill Evans, Mike Kinney and Kevin Minnick contributed to this post.

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Joe Zedalis covers Shore Conference football for NJ.com. He can be reached at [email protected].

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