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THE PRESS’ ELITE 11
A ranking of public school teams that compete for South Jersey titles and non-public teams in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and southern Ocean counties. Rankings selected by The Press high school sports staff based on staff observation, research and interviews with players and coaches. Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Williamstown (1) 9-0: Next: 7 p.m. today at Cherokee (9-0).
2. Delsea Regional (2) 9-0: Next: 7 p.m. today vs. Bridgeton (7-3)
3. Cherokee (4) 9-0: Next: 7 p.m. today vs. Williamstown (9-0).
4. Egg Harbor Twp. (5) 9-0: Next: 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Toms River East (9-0) at St. Augustine Prep.
5. Toms River East (6) 9-0: Next: 1 p.m. Saturday at Egg Harbor Township (9-0) at St. Augustine Prep.
6. Hammonton (7) 8-1: Next: 7 p.m. today vs. Seneca (7-2).
7. West Deptford (9) 9-0: Next: 7 p.m. today vs. Haddonfield (8-1).
8. St. Augustine Prep (3) 8-1: Next: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Buena Regional (4-5).
9. Lacey Township (11) 7-2: Next: 7 p.m. today at Timber Creek (7-2).
10. Toms River North (8) 7-2: Next: 7 p.m. Friday (Nov. 27) vs. Toms River East (9-0).
11. St. Joseph (UR) 7-2: Next: 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Gloucester Catholic (7-2) at Paul VI.
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Gas Buddy
St. Augustine Prep travels to Holy Spirit to settle Cape-Atlantic League National Conference title
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There will plenty at stake when the St. Augustine Prep and Holy Spirit high school football teams meet tonight.
St. Augustine (7-0) is No. 3 in The Press' Elite 11. Holy Spirit (6-1) is No. 11. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Holy Spirit in Absecon.
Tonight's winner will be the Cape-Atlantic League National Conference champion. The winner will also boost its playoff seeding enough to host a first-round playoff game next weekend.
St. Augustine won 26-24 last season and is the defending conference champion.
Tonight's game features some of the region's most dynamic players.
St. Augustine quarterback Dustin Thomas has thrown for 1,064 yards and 16 touchdowns. Darnell Laws has rushed for 520 yards. Gabe Voumard has caught 24 passes for 393 yards and sacked the opposing quarterback six times at defensive end.
"We're just playing it like it's another football game," St. Augustine coach Dennis Scuderi said. "Like every other game, we tell our kids one game at a time. The game you play that week is the game that is important."
Holy Spirit counters with sophomore running back Nigel Jones, who has rushed for 835 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Quarterback Joe Callahan has thrown for eight touchdowns and linebacker Anthony Sarao leads a defense that hasn't allowed a touchdown in 10 quarters.
Holy Spirit won the conference in 2007.
"The guys are very focused," Holy Spirit coach Charles Roman said. "It's extremely important to us to get back to being conference champion. This game is as big as its gets for Holy Spirit.
Contact Michael McGarry:
609-272-7185
Posted in Sports_hs_football, Sports, Highschool, Holy_spirit, St_augustine_prep on Friday, November 6, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 12:37 am.
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