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  • The Jersey Blitz, S2, Ep2: Week 0 reaction, N.J.'s top teams shine & Top 20 chaos

    The Jersey Blitz, S2, Ep2: Week 0 reaction, N.J.'s top teams shine & Top 20 chaos
    Sep 3 2025
    After a thrilling Week 0, The Jersey Blitz is back to recap the opening weekend of the New Jersey high school football season. Host Dan Long, along with reporters Ryan Patti, Bill Evans and Donovan Hugel recap the Week 0 slate, where some of N.J.'s top teams faced tremendous tests. The crew also debates the new Top 20, where there were plenty of moving pieces. 0:00: Intro & Bergen Catholic's crazy win 6:01: Don Bosco goes to Texas ... and wins 10:51: What to make of Winslow's matchup against national powerhouse 17:32: A chaotic opening weekend in the Shore Conference 26:23: St. Peter's Prep beats PC and more non-public talk 31:48: Top 20 analysis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 m
  • Jersey Blitz, S2, Ep.1: Complete 2025 season preview, plus Week 0's best games

    Jersey Blitz, S2, Ep.1: Complete 2025 season preview, plus Week 0's best games
    Aug 27 2025
    NJ Advance Media's six football reporters, plus host Dan Long, are back on The Jersey Blitz. In the debut episode of Season 2, our crew breaks down all five leagues and previews Week 0 action. 0:00: Intro & Big Central preview 7:16: NJIC preview 17:15: SFC preview 37:07: Shore preview 44:28: WJFL preview 57:30: Previewing Week 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 11 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 15: State championships recap & 2024 season wrap up

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 15: State championships recap & 2024 season wrap up
    Dec 11 2024
    In our final episode for the 2024 season, our six football reporters — along with host Dan Long — analyze and review the seven state championship games before talking final thoughts and takeaways from the 2024 season. State championship recap: Non-Public A: Bergen Catholic 25, Don Bosco Prep 7 Non-Public B: DePaul 33, Pope John 21 Group 5: Toms River North 41, Union City 14 Group 4: Winslow 35, Phillipsburg 0 Group 3: Old Tappan 28, Mainland 16 Group 2: Rumson-Fair Haven 26, Shabazz 24 Group 1: Glassboro 56, Cedar Grove 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 2 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 14: Previewing all 7 N.J. football state championship games

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 14: Previewing all 7 N.J. football state championship games
    Nov 27 2024
    Our high school football reporters, along with host Dan Long, preview the seven football state championship games that are scheduled between Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 at MetLife Stadium and SHI Stadium at Rutgers University. From key storylines, a 1 vs. 2 showdown and plenty more, our crew analyzes it all and also offers up their picks for the best Thanksgiving Day games this year. The rundown of our finals previews: Non-Public B: DePaul vs. Pope John Group 5: Toms River North vs. Union City Group 1: Glassboro vs. Cedar Grove Non-Public A: Bergen Catholic vs. Don Bosco Prep Group 3: Old Tappan vs. Mainland Group 2: Shabazz vs. Rumson-Fair Haven Group 4: Phillipsburg vs. Winslow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 7 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 13: Game(s) of the Year? Plus previews for all 14 state semis

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 13: Game(s) of the Year? Plus previews for all 14 state semis
    Nov 20 2024
    As the final two weekends of the high school football season approach, our NJ.com football reporters are here to preview all of the action slated for this weekend. But before a look ahead to the 14 state semifinals on the schedule, our crew analyzes two games that could go down as Game of the Year: Union City's wild come-from-behind win over Passaic Tech and Phillipsburg's miraculous win on the leg of a 46-yard field goal as time expired. Led by host Dan Long, our staff previews the state semifinals in this order: NON-PUBLIC A Bergen Catholic vs. St. Joseph (Mont.) Don Bosco Prep vs. St. Augustine NON-PUBLIC B DePaul vs. Holy Spirit Pope John vs. St. John Vianney GROUP 5 Union City vs. East Orange Toms River North vs. Washington Township GROUP 4 Phillipsburg vs. Ramapo Millville vs. Winslow GROUP 3 Old Tappan vs. Pascack Valley Somerville vs. Mainland GROUP 2 Shabazz vs. Hanover Park Point Pleasant Boro vs. Rumson-Fair Haven GROUP 1 Cedar Grove vs. Butler Glassboro vs. Woodstown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 7 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 12: South Jersey sectional finals preview

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 12: South Jersey sectional finals preview
    Nov 14 2024
    Dan Long is joined by Joe Zedalis, Bill Evans, Kevin Minnick and Mike Kinney to preview all 10 of the sectional finals in South and Central Jersey this weekend. We're breaking down: Central Jersey, Group 5: Washington Township vs. Atlantic City South Jersey, Group 5: Toms River North vs. Rancocas Valley Central Jersey, Group 4: Millville vs. Brick Memorial South Jersey, Group 4: Winslow vs. Shawnee Central Jersey, Group 3: Somerville vs. Delsea South Jersey, Group 3: Mainland vs. Seneca Central Jersey, Group 2: Rumson-Fair Haven vs. Wall South Jersey, Group 2: Camden vs. Point Pleasant Boro Central Jersey, Group 1: Woodstown vs. Shore South Jersey, Group 1: Glassboro vs. Schalick The episode concludes with our reporters analyzing and identifying the top storylines and games from the Non-Public playoffs this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 8 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 11: North Jersey sectional finals preview

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 11: North Jersey sectional finals preview
    Nov 13 2024
    Dan Long is joined by Mike Kinney, Luis Torres and Ryan Patti to break down all 10 of the North Jersey sectional finals slated for this weekend. We're breaking down: North 1, Group 5: East Orange vs. West Orange North 2, Group 5: Union City vs. Passaic Tech North 1, Group 4: Morris Knolls vs. Ramapo North 2, Group 4: Phillipsburg vs. Northern Highlands North 1, Group 3: Pascack Valley vs. River Dell North 2, Group 3: Old Tappan vs. West Essex North 1, Group 2: Bernards vs. Shabazz North 2, Group 2: Glen Rock vs. Hanover Park North 1, Group 1: Butler vs. Mountain Lakes North 2, Group 1: Cedar Grove vs. New Providence The podcast wraps up with our three reporters' biggest games and storylines to watch in this weekend's Non-Public playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 m
  • The Jersey Blitz, Episode 10: 1st round playoff chaos and debating non-public seeds

    The Jersey Blitz, Episode 10: 1st round playoff chaos and debating non-public seeds
    Nov 6 2024
    We're breaking down a wild opening weekend of the public school playoffs, led by a handful of underdog teams that turned in surprising upsets. NJ.com beat reporters Luis Torres, Ryan Patti, Mike Kinney, Joe Zedalis, Kevin Minnick and Bill Evans — along with host Dan Long — also break down the sectional semifinals ahead and identify the brackets that could be the most exciting this weekend. Our crew also examines, analyzes and debates the seeds for the Non-Public brackets. We're talking what the committee got right, what they got wrong and how we would have handled it. Teams mentioned in this episode (listed alphabetically): Atlantic City, Cherokee, Cherry Hill East, Cranford, Delran, Delsea, East Orange, Haddonfield, Hillsborough, Holmdel, Holy Spirit, Hopewell Valley, Jackson Memorial, Mainland, Manchester Township, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Ocean City, Old Tappan, Pequannock, Piscataway, Ramapo, Ridge, Ridgewood, River Dell, Rumson-Fair Haven, Seneca, St. Augustine, St. Peter's Prep, St. Thomas Aquinas, Wall, Washington Township, West Essex, West Morris, West Orange, Woodbury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 m