Individual Leaders
RUSHING YARDS
Dylan Connors, West Milford, 1,651
Curtis Whiting, Hackensack, 1,609
Joshua Paduani, Lakeland, 1,537
Matthew Manning, Park Ridge, 1,530
Devon Turner, Dumont, 1,519
Nick Branca, Northern Highlands, 1,518
Nick Messina, Pascack Valley, 1,424
Dean Park, Fort Lee, 1,412
Pat Cerulli, Rutherford, 1,360
Amir Smith, Eastside, 1,345
Ronnie Heath, Don Bosco, 1,295
Jameil Chalmers, Passaic, 1,220
Ja’mair Diaz, Passaic, 1,203
Trashon Dye, Passaic Tech, 1,196
Ryan Butler, Bergen Catholic, 1,193
Micah Santos, Manchester, 1,157
Joey Nudo, Saddle Brook, 1,152
Jake Diaz, Hasbrouck Heights, 1039
Yasin Willis, St. Joseph, 1,023
Jayden Shwed, Hawthorne, 1,022
Jefferson vs. Rutherford in the North 2, Group 2 football final at Rutherford on Saturday, November 20, 2021. R #7 Pat Cerulli scores a touchdown in the first quarter.
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Matthew Manning, Park Ridge, 25
Pat Cerulli, Rutherford, 23
Ryan Butler, Bergen Catholic, 23
Dylan Connors, West Milford, 21
Devon Turner, Dumont, 19
Nick Branca, Northern Highlands, 17
Curtis Whiting, Hackensack, 16
Joey Nudo, Saddle Brook, 15
Ronnie Heath, Don Bosco, 15
Nick Messina, Pascack Valley, 14
Joshua Paduani, Lakeland, 14
Dean Park, Fort Lee, 14
Bryan Feliciano, Clifton, 13
Nick Ciolino, Saddle Brook, 12
Jonathan Williams, Becton, 12
Danny Veenstra, Ramsey, 12
Amir Smith, Eastside, 12
Jack Grusser, Ramapo, 12
Gabriel Nunez, Bogota, 11
Daniel Podstawski, Wallington, 11
Robbie Carcich, Westwood, 11
Jayden Shwed, Hawthorne, 11
Greg Drelich, Saddle Brook, 11
Northern Highlands hosts Ramapo in the North 1, Group 4 football title game in Allendale on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. R #7 Jack Grusser hands off the ball to R #22 Ethan Moran.
PASSING YARDS
Jake Sconza, River Dell, 2,905
Jack Grusser, Ramapo, 2,645
Enzo Arjona, Northern Highlands, 2,403
Brevin Cooney, Ridgefield Park, 1,946
Billy Ricci, Wallington, 1,937
Devin Rivas, North Arlington, 1,917
Van Weber, Rutherford, 1,852
Steven Angeli, Bergen Catholic, 1,717
John Lembo, Lyndhurst, 1,702
Jay Patel, Pompton Lakes, 1,699
A.J. Rodriguez, DePaul, 1,694
Danny Veenstra, Ramsey, 1,505
Cole Hughes, Park Ridge, 1,603
Kyle Vellis, Clifton, 1,506
Tommy Caracciolo, NV/Old Tappan, 1,470
Nick Minicucci, Don Bosco, 1,406
Andrew Argenziano, NV/Demarest, 1,391
Robbie Carcich, Westwood, 1,346
Dominic Meola, Passaic Valley, 1,301
Carnell Goodwin, Eastside, 1,284
Northern Highlands hosts Ramapo in the North 1, Group 4 football title game in Allendale on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. NH #13 Enzo Arjona with the ball.
TOUCHDOWN PASSES
Jack Grusser, Ramapo, 32
Jake Sconza, River Dell, 30
Enzo Arjona, Northern Highlands, 30
Brevin Cooney, Ridgefield Park, 24
Billy Ricci, Wallington, 23
Jay Patel, Pompton Lakes, 19
A.J. Rodriguez, DePaul, 18
John Lembo, Lyndhurst, 17
Danny Veenstra, Ramsey, 16
Ethan Silcher, Pascack Valley, 16
Devin Rivas, North Arlington, 16
Joe Riina, Wayne Hills, 15
Robbie Carcich, Westwood, 15
Jake Diaz, Hasbrouck Heights, 15
Carnell Goodwin, Eastside, 15
Steven Angeli, Bergen Catholic, 15
Dominic Meola, Passaic Valley, 13
Cole Hughes, Park Ridge, 13
Troy Eckert, Hawthorne, 13
Van Weber, Rutherford, 13
Kyle Vellis, Clifton, 13
Ridge football at Ramapo on Friday, November 12, 2021. Ramapo #3 Ben Robinson celebrates after making a catch for a touchdown in the second quarter.
RECEPTIONS
Colin Quinn, River Dell, 70
Ben Robinson, Ramapo, 69
Colby Laughton, Westwood, 63
Dylan Hutchinson, Pascack Valley, 59
Kyle Bratcher, Park Ridge, 57
Justus Diaz-Rinaldi, Paramus, 55
Marshawn Ferguson, DePaul, 50
Rick Rainey, Lyndhurst, 48
Jordan Vega, Wallington, 43
Alex DiMaulo, Rutherford, 40
Jaivon Aquino, North Arlington, 38
Cody Song, Cresskill, 38
Josh Rodriguez, Hasbrouck Heights, 38
Karan Khemlani, NV/Demarest, 37
Jesus Aponte, Pompton Lakes, 36
Jon Ruff, Westwood, 36
Ahsin Jacobs, Eastside, 36
Nehemiah Redden, Passaic Valley, 35
Jalexin Pimentel, Ridgefield Park, 35
Sean Vadis, NV/Demarest, 34
John Kradenski, Bergenfield, 34
Ryan Gillies, River Dell, 34
Kyle Major, Northern Highlands, 34
Montville at Pascack Valley in the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3, football playoff opener on Friday, November 5, 2021. PV #3 Dylan Hutchinson celebrates after making a catch for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
RECEIVING YARDS
Colin Quinn, River Dell, 1,035
Ben Robinson, Ramapo, 976
Dylan Hutchinson, Pascack Valley, 865
Rick Rainey, Lyndhurst, 844
Jaivon Aquino, North Arlington, 836
Kyle Bratcher, Park Ridge, 821
Marshawn Ferguson, DePaul, 809
Zach Madison, Northern Highlands, 759
Justus Diaz-Rinaldi, Paramus, 752
Jordan Vega, Wallington, 748
Jalexin Pimentel, Ridgefield Park, 702
Alex DiMaulo, Rutherford, 670
Kyle Case, River Dell, 669
Calvin Woodall, Passaic Valley, 668
Ian Langan, Northern Highlands, 657
John Kradenski, Bergenfield, 642
Colby Laughton, Westwood, 631
Jesus Aponte, Pompton Lakes, 630
Cody Song, Cresskill, 589
Andrew Vargas, Ridgefield Park, 576
River Dell hosts Sparta in the North 2, Group 3 football semifinals in Oradell, NJ on Friday November 12, 2021. (From left) S #11 Luke Szabo a with the ball and RD #2 Kyle Case.
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Ben Robinson, Ramapo, 12
Kyle Case, River Dell, 11
Dylan Hutchinson, Pascack Valley, 11
Kyle Bratcher, Park Ridge, 10
Zach Madison, Northern Highlands, 10
Jesus Aponte, Pompton Lakes, 9
Andrew Vargas, Ridgefield Park, 9
Jordan Vega, Wallington, 8
Calvin Woodall, Passaic Valley, 8
Colin Quinn, River Dell, 8
John Kradenski, Bergenfield, 8
Marshawn Ferguson, DePaul, 8
Kyle Major, Northern Highlands, 8
Justus Diaz-Rinaldi, Paramus, 7
Rick Rainey, Lyndhurst, 7
Jalexin Pimentel, Ridgefield Park, 7
Jaivon Aquino, North Arlington, 7
Ahsin Jacobs, Eastside, 7
Robbie Travers, Ramapo, 7
Donovan Swasey, Clifton, 7
Devon Turner, of Dumont, runs with the ball as he approaches Emmett Goldberg, of Tenafly. Thursday, November 25, 2021
TOTAL POINTS
Matthew Manning, Park Ridge, 166 (27 TD, 2 2PT)
Pat Cerulli, Rutherford, 162 (27 TD)
Ryan Butler, Bergen Catholic, 150 (25 TD)
Devon Turner, Dumont, 130 (21 TD, 2 2PT)
Dylan Connors, West Milford, 126 (21 TD)
Joey Nudo, Saddle Brook, 102 (16 TD, 3 2PT)
Andrew Vargas, Ridgefield Park, 102 (12 TD, 1 2PT, 19 EP, 3 FG)
Nick Branca, Northern Highlands, 102 (17 TD)
Joshua Paduani, Lakeland, 98 (16 TD, 1 2PT)
Nick Messina, Pascack Valley, 96 (16 TD)
Curtis Whiting, Hackensack, 96 (16 TD)
Gabriel Nunez, Bogota, 90 (14 TD, 3 2PT)
Ronnie Heath, Don Bosco, 90 (15 TD)
Jonathan Williams, Becton, 84 (14 TD)
Nick Ciolino, Saddle Brook, 84 (12 TD, 6 2PT)
Dean Park, Fort Lee, 84 (14 TD)
Zach Hulsizer, Waldwick/Midland Park, 84 (14 TD)
Kenny Uchida, Tenafly, 84 (12 TD, 12 EP)
Bryan Feliciano, Clifton, 84 (14 TD)
Justin Martone, Ramsey, 82 (13 TD, 2 2PT)
John Kradenski, Bergenfield, 82 (13 TD 2 2PT)
Giancarlo Carbanaro of BC kicks what turned out to be the winning field goal in the second half of a game that saw Bergen Catholic defeat St. Joseph's 24-21, spoiling the Green Knights fourth quarter comeback attempt.
KICKING POINTS
Giancarlo Carbonaro, Bergen Catholic, 67 (58 EP, 3 FG)
Nick Alfano, Ramapo, 63 (51 EP, 4 FG)
Dan Moor, Northern Highlands, 52 (37 EP, 5 FG)
Jack Donnelly, Don Bosco, 45 (33 EP, 4 FG)
Marcos Ruiz, St. Joseph, 42 (27 EP, 5 FG)
Joaquin Grijalva, Pascack Valley, 42 (36 EP, 2 FG)
Dominic Passero, Hawthorne, 41 (32 EP, 3 FG)
Lucas Chen, Becton, 40 (37 EP, 1 FG)
George Kouletas, Hasbrouck Heights, 40 (34 EP, 2 FG)
Ryan Lizner, Clifton, 40 (28 EP, 4 FG)
Evan Lalama, Park Ridge, 39 (39 EP)
Collin Mazzola, Ramsey, 38 (38 EP)
Frank Arias, Wallington, 37 (37 EP)
Jack Dugan, Westwood, 34 (31 EP, 1 FG)
Cameron Werner, Lyndhurst, 32 (32 EP)
Cody Eldridge, West Milford, 32 (23 EP, 3 FG)
Jesus Cruz, Pompton Lakes, 31 (22 EP, 3 FG)
Bryce Hamilton, Waldwick/Midland Park, 31 (28 EP, 1 FG)
Drew Carney, Rutherford, 31 (25 EP, 2 FG)
Alejandro Carballeda, River Dell, 30 (27 EP, 1 FG)
FIELD GOALS
Dan Moor, Northern Highlands, 5
Marcos Ruiz, St. Joseph, 5
Nico Ottomanelli, NV/Old Tappan, 4
Jack Donnelly, Don Bosco, 4
Nick Alfano, Ramapo, 4
Ryan Lizner, Clifton, 4
Dominic Passero, Hawthorne, 3
Jesus Cruz, Pompton Lakes, 3
Giancarlo Carbonaro, Bergen Catholic, 3
Cody Eldridge, West Milford, 3
Max Feinstein, Pascack Hills, 3
Andrew Vargas, Ridgefield Park, 3
Drew Carney, Rutherford, 2
Lincoln Sorenson, NV/Demarest, 2
George Kouletas, Hasbrouck Heights, 2
Massimo Guacci, Paramus, 2
Mike Flaccavento, Glen Rock, 2
Joe Mancini, Passaic Valley, 2
Joaquin Grijalva, Pascack Valley, 2
Alex Scheuplein, Wayne Valley, 2
Hasbrouck Heights football at Becton on Friday, October 15, 2021. HH #23 Hunter Freschi in the second quarter.
TACKLES
Hunter Freschi, Hasbrouck Heights, 166
Zach Chostaka, Northern Highlands, 162
Tim Hinspeter, Don Bosco, 147
Nick Sybel, River Dell, 134
Kevin Zatorski, Northern Highlands, 122
David Haemmerle, Lakeland, 120
Alejandro Camarena, Pascack Hills, 120
Tajmeir Crawford, Passaic Tech, 118
Dylan Connors, West Milford, 117
Jack Diggins, NV/Old Tappan, 114
Dante San Giacomo, North Arlington, 113
Joe Grasso, Ridgewood, 113
Lionel Lopez, Lodi, 111
Troy Milton, Passaic Tech, 110
Elijah Fields, Passaic Tech, 108
Aidan Cochran, River Dell, 106
Malachi Mercer, Bergen Catholic, 103
Daniel Martinez, Lyndhurst, 101
Michael Gabettie, Dumont, 101
Q'yaeir Price, DePaul, 99
DePaul hosts Delbarton in a High School Football game in Wayne, NJ on Friday October first 2021. DP #5 Qyaeir Price raises his fist in the air.
SACKS
Tommielee Minaya, Becton, 19
Q'yaeir Price, DePaul, 15.5
Andre Baskapan, Park Ridge, 14
Jorge Aquino, Bergenfield, 12
Aidan Cochran, River Dell, 10
Dan Goldberg, Ramapo, 10
Jackson Lockhart, Dumont, 10
Jack Inserra, Northern Highlands, 10
Charlie Johnson, Northern Highlands, 9.5
Andrew Morzetta, Hawthorne, 9
Aaron Wingster, Dwight Morrow, 9
D.J. Samuels, Bergen Catholic, 9
Luke Cerulli, Rutherford, 9
Joe Abill, Clifton, 9
Yajuan Rodriguez, Passaic Tech, 8.5
Nevin Earl, DePaul, 8.5
Joey Nudo, Saddle Brook, 8
Sammy Stewart, Pascack Hills, 8
Jack DenBlaker, Ramapo, 8
Michael Grant, Hackensack, 8
Nyreek Clyburn, Eastside, 8
Claudy Robinson, Don Bosco, 8
Devon George, Don Bosco, 8
Donovan Swasey of Clifton scores a second half TD to give his team the lead in a 19-18 win over Eastside to win the North 2, Group 5 football championship game on November 19, 2021.
INTERCEPTIONS
Jesus Aponte, Pompton Lakes, 10
Alex Picinich, Elmwood Park, 6
Donovan Swasey, Clifton, 5
Shae Whilby-Hymon, Garfield, 5
Ian Langan, Northern Highlands, 5
Damir Stone, St. Mary, 5
Robbie Emerson, Becton, 5
Rich Cirigliano, Bergen Tech, 4
Jack Smiechowski, St. Joseph, 4
Carnell Goodwin, Eastside, 4
T.J. Jimenez, Lyndhurst, 4
Michael Palmer, Hawthorne, 4
Ryan Berkowitz, Cresskill, 4
Dylan Benway, Pompton Lakes, 4
Nick Savariego, Pascack Valley, 4
Jaeden Gould, Bergen Catholic, 4
Jayden Bellamy, Bergen Catholic, 4
Ed Conoran, DePaul, 4
Marc Berschadsky, Tenafly, 4
Gibson Nichols, Wayne Valley, 3
John Kradenski, Bergenfield, 3
Paul Kim, Fort Lee, 3
Andrew Gioia, Ridgewood, 3
Ashton Navarette, Hawthorne, 3
Josiah Guzman, Dumont, 3
Jaivon Aquino, North Arlington, 3
Jalen Wade, St. Joseph, 3
Dillon Kelly, Ramsey, 3
Nolan Gilmour, River Dell, 3
Dominick Genario, Bergen Tech, 3
Jaysun Sin, Ridgefield Park, 3
Anthony Bonagura, Rutherford, 3
Nick Severin, Don Bosco, 3
Alex Gomez, Saddle Brook, 3
Jeudie Rodriguez, Wallington, 3
Jake Diaz, Hasbrouck Heights, 3
Jeff Lopez, DePaul, 3
Nick Zayas, Dumont, 3
Bergen Catholic quarterback Steve Angeli with Bergen Catholic fans following his team's 28-7 win over Don Bosco to go undefeated this season and win the Non-Public A Championship game at MetLife Stadium on November 28, 2021.
Team Leaders
POINTS FOR
School, (Record), Points, Avg
Ramapo, (10-2), 449, 37.4
Ramsey, (9-1), 362, 36.2
Bergen Catholic, (12-0), 421, 35.1
Lyndhurst, (5-4), 308, 34.2
Northern Highlands, (12-1), 437, 33.6
Saddle Brook, (7-1), 261, 32.6
Hawthorne, (7-2), 283, 31.4
Waldwick/Midland Park, (7-3), 309, 30.9
Park Ridge, (10-2), 357, 29.8
Wallington, (7-3), 295, 29.5
Dumont (9-1), 290, 29.0
Ridgefield Park (8-3), 317, 28.8
River Dell, (8-3), 317, 28.8
Clifton, (10-3), 366, 28.2
Demarest, (4-6), 273, 27.3
Becton (7-4), 298, 27.1
Pascack Valley, (7-4), 296, 26.9
Rutherford, (9-2), 291, 26.5
Pompton Lakes, (5-4), 233 25.9
Westwood, (7-4), 280, 25.5
POINTS AGAINST
School, (Record), Points, Avg
Bergen Catholic, (12-0), 94, 7.8
DePaul, (9-3), 98, 8.2
Park Ridge, (10-2), 104, 8.7
Dumont, (9-1), 89, 8.9
Eastside, (8-4), 100, 9.1*
Hawthorne, (7-2), 84, 9.3
Bogota, (7-1), 82, 10.3
Tenafly, (6-4), 105, 10.5
Hasbrouck Heights, (7-4), 117, 10.6
Northern Highlands, (12-1), 152, 11.7
Ridgewood, (7-3), 120, 12.0
Saddle Brook, (7-1), 103, 12.9
Don Bosco, (8-5), 172, 13.2
Becton, (7-4), 156, 14.2
Rutherford, (9-1), 157, 14.3
Waldwick/Midland Park, (7-3), 150, 15.0
St. Joseph, (6-4), 150, 15.0
Cliffside Park, (4-5), 140, 15.6
Wood-Ridge (5-5), 160, 16.0
Passaic Tech, (8-4), 199, 16.6
*Includes one forfeit win
POINTS DIFFERENTIAL
School, (Record), PF, PA, +DIFF
Bergen Catholic, (12-0), 421, 94, +327
Northern Highlands, (12-1), 437, 152, +285
Park Ridge, (10-2), 357, 104, +253
Ramapo, (10-2), 449, 226, +223
Dumont, (9-1), 290, 89, +201
Hawthorne, (7-2), 283, 84, +199
DePaul, (9-3) , 286, 98, +188
Ramsey, (9-1), 362, 203, +159
Waldwick/Midland Park, (7-3), 309, 150, +159
Hasbrouck Heights, (7-4), 276, 117, +159
Saddle Brook, (7-1), 261, 103, +158
Clifton, (10-3), 366, 216, +150
Eastside, (8-4), 245, 100, +145
Becton, (7-4), 298, 156, +142
Rutherford, (9-2), 291, 157, +134
Tenafly, (6-4), 238, 105, +133
Lyndhurst, (5-4), 308, 180, +128
Ridgefield Park, (8-3), 317, 195, +122
Wallington, (7-3), 295, 173, +122
Bogota, (7-1), 197, 82, +115
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