Who are the 21st Century’s Best of the Best? (Morris-Sussex...
One Saturday afternoon about 20 years ago, Pope John D-Lineman Devin Perez blew up many, many plays against Jefferson. While working the sidelines for that game, I took notes and...
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Joe Hofmann’s Week 0 Football Notes
Questions … so many questions. Which teams will win their divisions in the Morris-Sussex area in 2025? We don’t know yet, but we began gathering clues last week, when games...
Big State Sports Best Defensive Players to Watch 2025
Chatham was arguably Morris County’s surprise team of 2024. The Cougars will not be doing that to anyone in 2025 – thanks to a defense led by linebackers Hunter Bigham...
2025 Morris Sussex Big Football Games to Watch
When the 2025 high school football season gets underway in Morris-Sussex on Aug. 29, you’d swear that we were in the first night of the playoffs, not the first night...
2024 Morris Sussex Football Year in Review
Before we move on to the 2025 high school football season, let us look back at 2024. It was, quite simply, a season for the ages! Eight area schools won...
20 Questions in Morris and Sussex Football
The curtain will soon begin to rise on the 2025 high school football season in the Morris-Sussex area and we’ve got questions … lots of questions. Here are a few...
2025 NJIIGL All-Division Teams & Postseason Awards
Note: Teams are put together and obtained from coaches, NOT created by Big State Sports. Stars & Stripes Red First Team: Second Team: Honorable Mention: All-Academic: Stars & Stripes Red...
North Stars’ Big Plays Fall Just Short to South in...
When North defensive line coach Bryan Gallagher demonstrated down-and-distance situations during practices leading up to the Phil Simms North-South game late last week, he used his Morris Knolls cap as...
Dynamic Players Headline The Paul Robeson East-West All-Star Classic
West squad practices for the Robeson East-West All-Star Football Classic have barely begun and there is already one player who qualifies as most versatile. That would be Sussex Tech’s Brian...
Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic Showcases Local Stars
The North-South football game is not just another game for Butler’s P.J. Coffey. When the Bulldog senior received word that he’d been invited to the all-star game, he was clearly...