Joe Zedalis

1 week ago | nj.com | Steven Bassin |Joe Zedalis

There were two champions crowned throughout the N.J. girls flag football landscape over the past week. Ridgewood stamped its dominance across the Super Football Conference again by taking home its third straight SFC-North title on Wednesday. The Maroons handed Newark Central its only shutout of the season and held freshman phenom Taylor Jones to only 53 yards of total offense in a 20-0 victory.

1 week ago | nj.com | Joe Zedalis

The granddaughter of a New Jersey coaching legend, a first year quarterback and a baby-faced freshman wide receiver all played major roles for Rumson-Fair Haven in the Shore Conference Flag Football Championship on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Steven Bassin |Joe Zedalis

The drive for a championship has spearheaded upsets upon upsets during the playoffs throughout the N.J. girls flag football community. Wayne Valley, a previous member of the NJ.com Top 20 rankings, notched one of those upsets during the semifinals of the SFC-South Tournament on Thursday night. The Indians stamped their return to the rankings with a 21-20 double overtime win over Paterson Eastside to advance to the SFC-South Tournament championship game.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Steven Bassin |Joe Zedalis

It’s playoff time on the gridiron across the N.J. girls flag football landscape, bringing out the best from the top teams in each conference around the state. This week, we saw stellar performances on each side of the ball. In Monday’s Shore Conference Tournament semifinal clash between Pinelands and Middletown South, junior linebacker Jayla Kline recorded eight total flag pulls and had three sacks to send the Wildcats to their first SCT championship game with a 6-0 win over the Eagles.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Joe Zedalis

There are three fewer undefeated girls flag football teams in New Jersey than there were last week at this time. With the playoffs underway in all five conferences and bigger matchups just on the horizon, teams with unbeaten records will be facing their biggest tests of the spring. Last week Harrison and Secaucus in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference and Middletown South from the Shore Conference all fell out of the chase for an undefeated season.