With the regular season over, some Mid-State 39 Conference teams will go on this week to face the best teams in their Groups, while other teams will play in consolation games, mostly against teams from other conferences.The Hillsborough Raiders just made the cut for the Central Jersey Group IV playoffs, picking up the eighth seed after losing three straight games to finish the regular season with a record of 4-5. Being the last seed, though, means playing the first seed the first week of the playoffs as Hillsborough will travel to South Brunswick on Friday night.South Brunswick finished its …

Two games ago, Hillsborough was 4-2 and had won two straight games to get there. Two weeks later, after losses to Union and Phillipsburg, the Raiders are back at even going into their last game of the regular season against North Hunterdon on Friday.Last week, North Hunterdon squeaked by Montgomery with a 21-20 win after scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter, according to NJ.com. When Hillsborough defeated Montgomery in September, it was in another game that came down to the fourth quarter, with the Raiders pulling out the last minute win, 18-14.The Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers pulled out …

Sitting in third place in the Delaware Division of the Mid-State 39 high school football conference is Phillipsburg at 4-2 with a divisional record of 3-2, and Hillsborough at 4-3 with the same 3-2 divisional record. This Friday, these two teams will face each other during a 7 p.m. game in Phillipsburg. With a win, Hillsborough can jump up to third in the division and knock Phillipsburg down to fourth. It is also a huge game for playoff positioning. Hillsborough is currently seventh in Central IV power points, while Phillipsburg is eighth in North 2, Group IV. The top eight squads in each …

The Hillsborough Raiders have rolled past their last two opponents with ease, allowing only three points against Ridge two weeks ago and six points against Watchung Hills last week, bringing their record from 2-2 after Week 4 to 4-2 after Week 6. But this Friday, Hillsborough will face Union, the team that last week defeated one of the best teams in the state in Elizabeth, dealing it its first loss of the season. Both Hillsborough and Union are 4-2 going into the game, but it’s hard to tell who will have momentum: Hillsborough has won two straight and, although Union lost to Westfield two …

For the third time in four weeks, the 0-5 Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers will face one of the most successful teams in the Mid-State 39 Conference this week when they host Franklin on Friday at 7 p.m. Franklin is 3-1 going into the game, and is coming off of a bye week. Franklin’s last game, against Montgomery on Oct. 1, resulted in a 41-0 shutout victory for Franklin.Franklin’s only loss this season came in its season opener, a close game against Elizabeth, which at the time was ranked No. 19 in the state by The Star-Ledger. Elizabeth is now 5-0.So far this season, Bridgewater has played in …

The Hillsborough football team is currently even at 2-2, and has yet to hold a losing record at any point during this season. Before last week’s loss to one of the top-ranked teams in the state, Hunterdon Central, the Raiders were among the top teams in the Delaware Division of the Mid-State 39 Conference. Now they sit in the middle of the pack at fourth place out of eight in the division.This week, the Raiders will face division-rival Ridge, a team that played in a state championship game only two seasons ago, but is now struggling at the beginning of this season at 1-3. Ridge lost last …

After three weeks of football, teams are starting to show their true strengths and weaknesses and starting to establish where they stand in their divisions. Hillsborough is currently tied with Franklin, Hunterdon Central and Phillipsburg for the best overall record in the Delaware Division of the Mid-State 39 Conference at 2-1. The Raiders’ 2-1 division record is the second best in the division, leaving them behind only Franklin.Before the season began, Hillsborough was predicted by NJ.com to take fifth in the division, behind Hunterdon Central, Phillipsburg, Franklin and Ridge. It being …

With two weeks of the 2011 season completed, Mid-State 39 teams are starting to see how they stack up against the competition, what their strengths are, and what they need to improve if they want to see success throughout the rest of the season.For the Watchung Hills Warriors, that means not letting their opponents score early. In both Week 1 and 2, the Warriors fought back after going behind, but in both weeks still ended up losing by six or seven points. The Warriors have exhibited some strengths so far this season. Junior Anthony Prus, who plays on both offense and defense, had an …

Week 1 of the 2011 football season was full of close games in the Mid-State 39, with many teams winning by one touchdown or less. Going into Week 2, some teams that narrowly lost last week will look for their first win of the season. Other teams hope to remain on track after strong performances to start the season.The Hillsborough Raiders started off their 2011 season with a win over rival Bridgewater-Raritan and an outstanding performance by quarterback John Vonnesson. Now 1-0, the Raiders will face Franklin at 7 p.m. on Friday.North Hunterdon also won in Week 1, in a close game against …

The beginning of school means cooler days and nights, late nights hitting the books, and, of course, high school football. This weekend, the Mid-State 39 will kick of its season with rivalry games, rematches, and plenty of exciting match-ups throughout the conference.For some teams, including the Ridge High School Red Devils, this year’s game will be a rematch of last year’s. The Red Devils faced Immaculata High School in a televised game to start last year, and Ridge lost by one touchdown, 21-14.This year, Ridge and Immaculata will have another chance to test one another in the first week of…