FOOTBALL: Big Central Conference proposed realignment approved, pending appeals

Simeon Pincus, MyCentralJersey.com
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The Big Central Conference’s proposed divisional realignment for the next two seasons has been approved by the committee, and will become official, pending appeals by member clubs.

Warren Hills has departed the BCC for the Northwest Jersey Conference, although the Blue Streaks will remain in the Skyland Conference for all other sports. That makes the BCC a 59-team league. The realignment moves the BCC from a 10-division format with 5-8 teams per division, to a 12-division conference with 11 of the 12 divisions featuring five teams, and one containing four clubs.

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The realignment makes needed adjustments from a league alligned purely by group size. It not only shifts teams that have moved up or down in group this fall into a proper division, but moves more successful smaller schools – like Group 3 powerhouse Somerville – to bigger divisions, while dropping bigger programs who have struggled in recent seasons to lower divisions – like J.P. Stevens, which is coming off an 0-9 campaign.

Here is the proposed alignment:

DIVISION 5A

Elizabeth

Somerville

St. Joseph-Metuchen

Union

Westfield

DIVISION 5B

Bridgewater-Raritan

Hillsborough

Hunterdon Central

Phillipsburg

Ridge

DIVISION 5C

East Brunswick

Monroe

Old Bridge

Piscataway

South Brunswick

DIVISION 5D

Edison

Franklin

New Brunswick

North Brunswick

Sayreville

DIVISION 4A

Colonia

J.F. Kennedy

Linden

Perth Amboy

Woodbridge

DIVISION 4B

Montgomery

North Hunterdon

Plainfield

Watchung Hills

DIVISION 3A

Carteret

Governor Livingston

J.P. Stevens

North Plainfield

South Plainfield

DIVISION 3B

Cranford

Rahway

Scotch Plains-Fanwood

St. Thomas Aquinas

Summit

DIVISION 2A

Bernards

Bound Brook

Delaware Valley

South River

Voorhees

DIVISION 2B

A.L. Johnson

Hillside

Metuchen

New Providence

Roselle

DIVISION 1A

Brearley

Dayton

Highland Park

Roselle Park

Spotswood

DIVISION 1B

Belvidere

Dunellen

Manville

Middlesex

South Hunterdon

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This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: FOOTBALL: Big Central Conference proposed realignment approved, pending appeals