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Media Blitz: High School Football Championship Frenzy

Lauren Knego
Courier News and Home News Tribune

The end is near! Welcome back as MyCentralJersey.com continues with complete coverage of the NJSIAA Tournament football finals.

A full schedule of games can be found below. Final scores of those games, as well as links to stories, will be updated on this page throughout this weekend. 

Below find links to championship previews of the seven teams we have vying for a state title this weekend. 

Our team of photographers and reporters will be staffing Westfield vs. Bridgewater-Raritan in the North 2 Group V final Thursday night at 8 p.m. On Saturday we'll continue with coverage of Voorhees vs. West Essex in North 2 Group III, North Hunterdon vs. Phillipsburg in North 2 Group IV, South Brunswick vs. Manalapan in Central Group V, Somerville vs. Rumson-Fair Haven in Central Group III and Middlesex vs. Point Beach in Central Group I. 

Follow our Twitter scroll, embedded at the bottom of this web page, for live scoring updates from the vast majority of games in our coverage area beginning Thursday night at 8 p.m. and continuing into Saturday.

CENTRAL GROUP I PREVIEW: MIDDLESEX VS. POINT BEACH

CENTRAL GROUP III PREVIEW: SOMERVILLE VS. RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN

CENTRAL GROUP V PREVIEW: SOUTH BRUNSWICK VS. MANALAPAN

NORTH 2 GROUP III PREVIEW: VOORHEES VS. WEST ESSEX

NORTH 2 GROUP IV PREVIEW: NORTH HUNTERDON VS. PHILLIPSBURG

NORTH 2 GROUP V PREVIEW: WESTFIELD VS. BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

North 2 Group V

Westfield 20, Bridgewater-Raritan 7

STORY: BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN CAN'T SOLVE WESTFIELD'S DEFENSE

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

North 2 Group III

West Essex 28, Voorhees 14 

North 2 Group IV

North Hunterdon 21, Phillipsburg 20

Central Group I

Middlesex 33, Point Beach 21

Central Group III

Somerville 20, Rumson-Fair Haven 15

Central Group V

South Brunswick 18, Manalapan 14

PHOTO GALLERY: SOUTH BRUNSWICK WINS CENTRAL GROUP V TITLE

PHOTO GALLERY: VOORHEES CLAIMS NORTH 2 GROUP III CROWN

PHOTO GALLERY: NORTH HUNTERDON WINS 1ST TITLE SINCE 1975