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  J.F. Kennedy's Young is GMC Football Player of the Week
  Posted on September 29, 2014 by Greg Tufaro
  Terence Young didn't just patiently wait his turn to become a focal point of the J.F. Kennedy High School football team's offense.
  The junior wide receiver and defensive back worked tirelessly in the offseason to help the Mustangs compensate for the graduation of Anthony Roberts, one of the Greater Middlesex Conference's best running backs.
  "Coming into this year, he really wanted to rise to the occasion," J.F. Kennedy head coach Andrew Maurizio said. "He wanted to be the leader of the team. He wanted to just flat outwork everybody on the field. Not just us, but our opponents, too. He has a purpose to be the best football player on the field. His purpose for 48 minutes is to do just that."
  Young fulfilled his mission, accumulating 203 all-purpose yards, scoring all three of his team's touchdowns and recording an interception to lead the Mustangs to a 22-16 comeback victory over South Plainfield on Friday night.
  GMC FOOTBALL: Week 3 in review
  Posted on September 26, 2014 by Greg Tufaro
  WEEK 3 NOTEBOOK AND TOP 10
  New rankings and news from around the league
  Current Division Standings (includes overall points for and points against)
  Top rushing, passing and receiving efforts
  Old Bridge at South Brunswick (INCLUDES VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS)
  Piscataway at Edison (click HERE for Coach John Thompson's report from the game)
  Middlesex at South River (click HERE for Marcus Borden's postgame analysis)
  Point Pleasant Boro at Bishop Ahr (click HERE for Todd Cohen's sidebar)
  South Plainfield at J.F. Kennedy (click HERE for Marcus Borden's postgame analysis)
  Click HERE for Greg Tufaro's picks and analysis of all 13 Week 3 GMC football games, click HERE to check out analyst Marcus Borden's selections and click HERE to read our Game of the Week preview.
  GMC FOOTBALL: Week 2 in review
  Posted on September 19, 2014 by Greg Tufaro
  WEEK 2 TOP PERORMERS
  Top rushing and passing efforts
  WEEK 2 NOTEBOOK/TOP 10
  Rankings and notebook items
  Current overall/division records with points for and against
  WEEK 2 GAME STORIES
  Point Pleasant Beach at Middlesex (click HERE for a photo gallery)
  Highland Park at Keasnburg
  J.F. Kennedy at Colonia (click HERE for a photo gallery)
  Piscataway at Monroe (click HERE for Marcus Borden's postgame analysis and click HERE to read a story and watch a video of Mikey Nichols' inspirational pregame locker room speech)
  North Brunswick at Sayreville (click HERE for video highlights)
  Greg Tufaro's picks and analysis
  Marcus Borden's predictions
  WEEK 2 GAME OF THE WEEK STORY
  Preview of the Piscataway at Monroe game
  Complete 2014 GMC schedule
  Click HERE for Greg Tufaro's picks and analysis of all 15 Week 2 GMC football games, click HERE to check out analyst Marcus Borden's selections and click HERE to read our Game of the Week preview.
  From the first day he stepped onto the gridiron, J.F. Kennedy High School placekicker Matt Scalia, a converted soccer player who never before booted a pigskin, exhibited a "laid-back" attitude that suggested he would be unflappable under pressure.
  GMC Week 1 Football Player of the Week: Chase Fee
  Chase Fee and Jeff Szatkowski (41) as Pop Warner players
  The mood inside the Spotswood High School football team's locker room, which is usually loose during pregame, was understandably reserved.
  The Chargers were a couple hours away from Saturday's season-opener against Dunellen when head coach Andy Cammarano walked in on his players, who were about to take the field for the first time since former teammate Jeff Szatkowski and his girlfriend Nicole Surace were tragically killed in a car accident.
  A moment of silence for the teenage sweethearts, who are buried alongside one another, was scheduled to take place just before the opening kickoff, but Cammarano's players got an unintentional jump start on the show of respect.