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62 Th Thuriey, December 6, 197) Pequannock snubbed 9 Area sc state football crowns hools Sooth Jersey Group 4. Oreup 1. Becton Regional 301 7-2-0 35) Rldgefleld 7-J-O 302 Nerttt Jersey, Settle THE CHAMPIONS North Jersey, lectio 1. Group 4, CHfton Group Northern Hljhlaiwh Alltn-dale) Group 2, Lyndhurst Group 1, Boeton Regional (East Rutherford) North Jersey, Stctlon 1. oroup 4.

i-o-i 9-04 595 7-2-0 (M Bloomfield Morristown Montclair Nutley Group 4, Btoomflold and Morristown- 71 595 573 573 551 420 Westfleld 4 422 J82 355 671 471 457 426 406 373 360 222 202 141 235 Triton Regional Brick Twp. highland Regional Rancocas Volley roup J. Camden Over brook Regional Haddon Height Sterling Oakcrest Edgewood Regional Moorestown Cakewood Southern Regional Oroup 4. PhwsantylM Salem I'- Scotch Plaint 0-2-1 4 7-1-1 640 t-1-0 613 7i2-0 640 M-0 500 defeated in nine games, was bypassed by the NJSIAA and will receive a plaque noting outstanding achievement Outright championships were awarded in 18 different groups throughout the four sections of the state. Three co championships were also awarded.

No championship was awarded in the Central Jersey Group 1 section due to a protest against Keansburg High School, the only eligible contender for that sectional Nine schools in The Herald-News area, led by No. 1 ranked Clifton, were awarded football championships today by the New Jersey State Inter- scholastic Athletic Association. In addition to Clifton, Lynd-hurst, Becton Regional, Bloomfield, Morristown, Verona, Mt. Lakes, Don Bosco Prep and Mary's gained group sectional championships. Pequannock, which went un title.

After the NJSIAA Executive Committee has heard that protest a decision will be made relative the 1973 football title. The basic standards of the revised NJSIAA point system give each school in the state a tentative group, rating at the, conclusion of each football season which is based entirely on the performance of the team during that previous season. A final group rating from A to is determined entirely on the -strength pf the teams that a given school has beaten. The tentative Tating is then -corrected on the basis of the performance of the team on the field. The strength of schedule is measured by the number of points a team would have earned had it won all of its games based on the group rating of its opponents, The final score of each particular game during that season has no bearing whatsoever on the fi nal points earned by each team.

In addition, any school that finishes its season with a 9-0-0, or 8-0-0. record is awarded an additional bonus of five per cent to its final total. However, in order io be considered for a championship award, regardless of its total NJSIAA points, a school must win 5 out of 7, 6 out of 8, or 6V4 out of 9 actual games played (tie games count as a half game). 7-2-0 t-1-0 '471 7-2-0 ,42 7-2-0 424 sVO-f 7-1-1 533 t-i-B 7-24 SO o-J-1 Jfft 0- M- .453 7-1-1 417 1- t-2-1 271 7-2-0 t-1-0 17 7-1 24 Jlt'H 4-2 3-2 j-i-iUt Livingston Barrlngtr (Newark) roup S. co-cnampions Group Summit Group 2, Verona Group 1, Mountain Lakes Central Jersey.

Group 4, Cedar Ridge Group 1 Matawan Regional Group 2, Hillsborough and Hills Regional, eo-ehomolons 90 summit Johnson Regional (Clark) 59J Warren Roxbury reap I. Petmsvllle 1 464 524 413 233 164 roup 1,. 00 657 1-1-0 640 1-1-0 506 t-1-0 561 1-1-0 453 0-00 222 7-2-0 231 944 275 7-2-0 257 Verono Randolph Pequannock Butler 231 nk 320 520 2)5 Woodbury Glassbors Woodstown Burlington Twp. Oroup Mountain Lakes 204 Chatham Twp. PAROCHIAL, NORTH JERIJ me A.

Seton Hall (South Orange) r. Central Jersey roup 4. Mlfoiliie Hie computer is a- Jr Group 1, No champion named at ttiU time. South Jersey Group Triton Regional Run-nemede) Group 3, Camden Group Pleosontvllle end Salem, co-champions Group 1. Woodbury 1 Parochial, North Jersey.

Group Don Bosco (Ramsey) Group B. Our Lody of the Valley (Orange) roup St. Mary's (Rutherford) Parochial, lovth Jersey. Group A. Hoiy Spirit (Absecon) Group Bishop Eustaoi (Penv lauken) Group St.

Joseph (Camden) -The final standings of th top schools in each group: North Jersey, Section 1. Onup 4. NJSIAA Schedule Don Bosco (Ramsey! 555 y7 DePaul (Wayne) 291 t-Mwa reap B. Our Lady of th Valley (OransrJ 110 6-23Bt Pope John XXIII (Sparta) 73tr4Ca roup St. Mary's (Rutherford) MASS 944 641 7-24 737 t4-l 666 3-1-0 631 7-24 657 7-24 497 7-24 426 44 266 7-24 264 631 641 640 586 561 424 346 230 213 406 373 364 340 257 257 253 253 PAROCHIAL.

SOUTH JCRiSY. Cedar Ridge Wood bridge Watchung Hll Regional Colonla Edison Twp. Hpnterdon Central roup J. Matawan Regional -Manasquan As bury Park nop 1. Hillsborough Warren Hills Regional Ridge Middlesex Shore Regional Red Bank -South Brunswick Lawrence reap 1, Keansburg By PETER BODO Herald-News Staff Writer The decision was spewed forth from a bank of computers In the bowels of an official building somewhere far, far away from a football field.

On the final Group 2 North Jersey Section 1 card, the PIS. W-L-T Strength 14-1 444 Oroup A. t-14 401 Holy Spirit (Absecon) HI 161 7-24 444 rup 6-2-1 444 Bishop euttoo (Penraauken) 1-14 293 7- U4 t-14 293 Red Bank CatholK "111 7-14 J1 t-1-0 284 St. Thomas Aquinas (fdlson) 04-1 275 211 7-34 t4t Clifton 44 9-0-0 )3 604 Rotella added that he would have "hated to see this group of seniors leave without a championship. had to work and scrape and scrounge a for every win we Pequannock managed to go' undefeated, win its conference andv failed only to win the stat Verona, on he other hand, stumbled in its quest for the first two but ended, up with the And the big question be comes: "Is it fair? destined to be a winner since its sophomore season.

Sympathetic "I can sympathize with Fred (Hill)," Rotella added, doesn't get" a ChanO'to prove himself against a bigger' school. For we knew all along that even losing to Summit (Group 3) couldn't hurt us too muchi But we knew that after that loss that if we were going to be state champs, we would have to beat a Group 3 school, with a winning record," which Verona did, stopping Caldwell, 15-14. -roap C. 1t 7-24 222 St. Joseph (Camden) 250 M4S Passale Valley Rldgewood North Bergen HackensocK Bayonno roup 1.

Northern River Dell 4: New MllforoT Rldgefleld 560 542 533 462 635 560 42 453 355 A--'-' I t-1-0 7-2-0 t-1-0 6- 2-1 7- 2-0 1-0-1 6-1-2 6- 1-2 7- 2-0 t-1-0 t-1-0 6- 2-1 t-1-0 7- 2-0 7-2-0 H-fl 641 648 5M 641 t5l 657 657 586 533 391 542 577 391 400 311 231 SPORT SHOP" umon Hill have an idea of how strong or weak a conference is and that stays the same, no matter how good or bad a year each is having," Hill -The Skyline loopjs not considered a top conference and thus any of its members must go a long way to earn the respect of the state. Under the present system, a strong showing by Pequannock against a non-conference foe, let's assume Montclair, could give the Panthers more points than a win over a weak conference rival. Only Pequannock never has the chance to go outside the' loop for a game, because there is already one team i more than the allowable number of games (9). "We won't have a $ay In this until a regular playoff; Is Instituted. These problems occur at every level and in every area.

I just don't, roup 1. 'THE SPORTSMAN STORE" 323 GARIBALDI AVENUE, LOOI, NEW JERSEY 7734192 502 477 346 302 262 204 Lyndhurst Tenofly Hawthorne Lincoln (JC) Rutherford Sparta puncheut read Verona (8-1), No. 1, Randolph (8-1), No. 2, and Pequannock (9-0), No. 3.

"There's not much I can say and very little that I can do about It," Pequannock coach Fred Hill said yesterday. The Herald-News Coach of the Year added, "To tell you the I haven't thought about It a helluva Hill knew that there Is no earthly way he could wash the bad taste out of Pequan-nock's undefeated mouth. "I can't take anything away from Hill continued, "although we felt that going undefeated could seal the title for us." It didn't, mainly because the state uses a rating system that relies not on the margin of victory but rather on the strength of the team's opponents. And Pequannock Is in the 10-team Skyline Conference. -r One complaint "My only complaint Is that I the state doesn't seem to com- pare the strengths of each conference each year.

They I end Si-niay 9 P.M.! i COMPLETE LINE OF: Oranae) Clothlna Hot Seats Buck Lure 10 Ga. Double Barrel Shotguns In Stock New Jersey Licenses Issued 10 Ga. and Triple 000 Buck Shells'" In Stock things (officials of the New Jersey State Interscholastlc Athletic Association) about that Til Just accept their Judgment." The Judgment by the NJSIAA was that Bloomfield and Morristown were equal. HOURS: 12-9 have an answer," Hill concluded, i But Verona cannot be overlooked on any account Hill has tremendous respect for i the team, which coach Al Rotella calls team that was AI Rotella 4 Bergen Cavallaro feels, and probably with some justification, that North Jersey Section 2 is one of! the toughest in the state. "Just look at teams like Bloomfield, Morristown, Montclair, Westfleld and Nut-ley," he said.

"I don't know of any area that has any better competition than that." The Bengals and the Colonials were deemed the two best teams in the section and, following Cavallaro's logic, the best in the state. Under the system of playing off sectional co-champions starting next year, the answer of who is better twould be answered. Now, there can only be "I haven't seen Morristown play and I can't make a judgment on them" said Cavallaro. were undefeated and weren't. As to their schedule I can't really say how difficult it was-1 let the people who choose these The reaction was one of delight, but was tempered delight.

The laurel was accepted, but Sam Cavallaro felt perhaps something was miss-ing "Obviously, I'm delighted to win it," said the Bloomfield football eoach after his Bengals were named co-cham-plons with Morristown of Group 4, North Jersey Section 2. "A state title is a state title." Bloomfield earned its way. by posting an impressive 8-0-1 record. Morristown was un- blemished at 9-0 and they too earned the title. But Cavallaro feels there is still room for Improvement, "I would like to see a state championship mean just that," said Cavallaro.

"It 1 should be done like basket- One group, one champion. This way, section by it take.s something away from it." 4 most happy; JeUas At This Price Ybu Have 70 More Good Reasons To Buy Player Right Now Bengals-Mounties There are four very. pleased Bergen County-based football coaches in The Herald-News area today. They and their teams are winners of New Jersey State In-terscholastic Athletic Associa- tion sectional crowns. With an 8-1 record, coach Joe Cipolla's Lyndhurst High School Golden Bears have taken the North Jersey Section 1, Group 2 title.

Rod Milazzo and his Wildcats of Becton Regional in East Rutherford walked off with the Group 1 championship. While lister city Rutherford had a winner in Bruce Bartlett's St. Mary's team which was the uncontested-choice for North we set this year," Milazzo stated. "We wanted the conference title (Bergen County Scholastic League-National) and the state title. The conference eluded us but we're very happy with this, very happy." Tougher schedule Becton's only competition came from Ridgefield.

"I guess the only way we got It was because we have a tougher schedule," Milazzo said. "But we did beat them in a scrimmage before the -season began. I would have been really upset if they won it over us. "I think the key to all was our juniors," he con-Please turn to Page 65, Col. 2 Jersey Parochial League.

Pfanner's Don Bosco Prep edged tough competition from" Seton Hall and DePaul for the Parochial A title. "I feel great," Cipolla ad-, mitted "It kind of adds a little bit to the season after losing the last game." The Wildcat second-year coach wowed, "Fantastic, just fantastic," after learning that his squad had won the Section I title. The sectional crown was the first for Becton Regional (7-2) and the first for the town of East Rutherford since 1961. It had taken the crown previously in 1958. "It was one of our goals that -4 an agreement both schools agreed that the ball had indeed hit the ground before Clauberg caught it, in which case it should have been an incomplete pass.

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Officials of both schools The play-will be known as the touchdown, that roared In years to come. It will be dis-c bjv alumni at both Bloomfield and Montclair High Schools and probably argued, over. And yesterday, at followers found Just the added ammuni- tion they needed. The storm centered around the 'annual clash between Bloomfield and Montclair on Thanksgiving. And on the final touchdown which al-.

lowed Bloomfield to come up a wild 15-12 win in the last minute of the garnet The play in question was a seven-. yard touchdown pass from MikeCasale to Jack Clauberg with seven seconds left. Montclair officials and fans argued that the ball hit the ground before Clauberg gath-e it in. Therefore, no touchdown. The officials said otherwise and that's the way it stood.

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"We're keeping our eye on two running backs. Tim McMahon will be a junior next year, and Brad Burnett will be a senior. With these two guys, plus the momentum from this year, and the calibre of our coaching staff, we should be in good shape or next year." His opponents will be overjoyed to hear it. well played game should ter numoereo volume control. High-impact case with carrying handle.

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Since 1967, we've been no worse than 6-3, and we've had four one-loss seasons." If. all this wasn't bad enough news for Mountian Lakes opponents, the outlook is good for next fall. "We lose 18 players, including some guys who played both ways," says the coach, "but we had the same situation last year. The school has an excellent overall program. The fresh- men were and the jayvees were 4-1-2, so we think we'll do well for at least a couple of seasons." Are there any more Stewarts down on the farm? Mountain Cakes football coach Doug Wilkins sounded like a man who had done his job well when he learned that his Lakers were named the Group 1, Section 2 champions by the New Jersey State In-terscholastic Athletic Association.

"It's very good to hear," Wilkins admitted. "We won it last year and we were hoping for another time." The Lakers had an incredi-ble season, sweeping nine games in a row and winning the Colonial Hills Conference with a 8-0 mark. They allowed only one touchdown all year (vs. Cedar Grove) and stretched their winning streak to 17 games following an opening day loss to West Morris in 1972. Leading the charge was junior left halfback Jon Stewart, who paced area scorers with 31 touchdowns and 187 points.

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