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Non Public Group 4 Football State Title

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Crusaders Championship Drought Continues, Falling to Paladins 37-34

Paramus Catholic Stuns Bergen Catholic to claim the Group 4 Non-Public State Championship with a 37-34 victory.

Starting the game with junior standout Jabrill Peppers in the Wildcat formation the Paramus Catholic Paladins took an early 7-0 lead over Bergen Catholic. Peppers carried the ball 19 times for 212 yards and two scores, but it was the work of Steve Shanley late in the game that sealed a title for the Paladins, Shanley completed all seven of his passes, including a tight spiral he lofted right into the hands of Tyrone Washington for a 55-yard touchdown down the sideline with 1:16 left in the game to lift Paramus Catholic,to a 37-34 victory over Bergen Catholic in the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 4 final at MetLife Stadium.  Bergen Catholic took its first lead of the game with 6:56 left to go in the fourth quarter when Johnny Sebastian scored on …

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Round Two: Crusaders, Paladins Fight for State Title

For the second time this season, Bergen Catholic and Paramus Catholic will take to the field in a gridiron match-up. But this time a state title is on the line

For the first time in six years, football fans will see a different Bergen Catholic opponent in the Non Public Group 4 title game as the third seeded Crusaders take the field against top seeded Paramus Catholic on Friday 8pm at MetLife Stadium. For these two teams, whose new found rival hit an all new high two weeks ago in the Turkey Bowl (won by BC 35-21), tonight's game would actually be the second all-time playoff meeting between both sides. The last time they met in the postseason was in the 1992 Parochial North A State Final, which saw BC emerge victorious with a 44-34 win.  To date, Bergen leads their series against the Paladins 30-2 with their dual losses to Paramus Catholic in 1976 (10-8) and 2006 (18-16). After defeating Don Bosco…

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