The 2022 New Jersey football season is around the corner.
We’re only a few weeks away from the start of the 2022 high school football season in New Jersey.
Teams have already hit the practice fields in preparations for games, which start at the end of August with Week 0. The 2021 season was filled with plenty of drama across the state, and we expect even more before this year is over.
Here is a look at how each of the state’s five football-playing conferences will be aligned this year.
Freedom Gold: Brearley; Dayton; Highland Park; Roselle Park; Spotswood
Freedom Silver: Belvidere; Dunellen; Manville; Middlesex; South Hunterdon
Patriot Gold: Bernards; Bound Brook; Delaware Valley; South River; Voorhees
Patriot Silver: Hillside; Johnson; Metuchen; New Providence; Roselle
United Gold: Cranford; Rahway; Scotch Plains-Fanwood; St. Thomas Aquinas; Summit
United Silver: Carteret; Gov. Livingston; J.P. Stevens; North Plainfield; South Plainfield
Liberty Gold: Colonia; Iselin Kennedy; Linden; Perth Amboy; Plainfield; Woodbridge
Liberty Silver: Montgomery; North Hunterdon; Watchung Hills
American Gold: Elizabeth; Somerville; St. Joseph (Met.); Union; Westfield
American Silver: Bridgewater-Raritan; Hillsborough; Hunterdon Central; Phillipsburg; Ridge
National Gold: East Brunswick; Monroe; Old Bridge; Piscataway; South Brunswick
National Silver: Edison; New Brunswick; North Brunswick; Sayreville
Colonial: Becton; Garfield; Glen Rock; Lodi; Rutherford
Liberty: Lyndhurst; Manchester Regional; New Milford; Secaucus; Waldwick
Meadowlands: Hasbrouck Heights; Hawthorne; North Arlington; Pompton Lakes; Saddle Brook
Patriot: Butler; Cresskill; Park Ridge; St. Mary (Ruth.); Wood-Ridge
Union: Bogota; Elmwood Park; Emerson Boro; Harrison; Palisades Park; Wallington; Weehawken
American: Donovan Catholic; Manalapan; Middletown South; Red Bank Catholic; Rumson-Fair Haven; Wall
Colonial: Central Regional; Lacey; Long Branch; Middletown North; Southern; Toms River North
Constitution: Colts Neck; Freehold Borough; Freehold Township; Jackson Memorial; Marlboro
Freedom: Brick Memorial; Brick Township; Neptune; Ocean Township; Red Bank Regional; Toms River South
Independence: Holmdel; Manasquan; Monmouth; Point Pleasant Boro; Raritan; St. John Vianney
Liberty: Barnegat; Jackson Liberty; Manchester Township; Matawan; Pinelands; Toms River East
Patriot: Asbury Park; Keansburg; Keyport; Lakewood; Point Pleasant Beach; Shore
American Blue: Hackettstown; Kittatinny; Lenape Valley; Newton; Sussex Tech; Wallkill Valley
American Gold: Caldwell; Hanover Park; Madison; Morris Catholic; Mountain Lakes; Verona
American Red: Dumont; Mahwah; Ramsey; Ridgefield Park; Tenafly; Westwood
American White: High Point; Jefferson; Lakeland; Sparta; Vernon; West Milford
Freedom Blue: Clifton; Passaic; Passaic Tech; Paterson Eastside; Paterson Kennedy
Freedom Red: Barringer; Bloomfield; Dickinson; East Orange; West Orange
Freedom White: Columbia; Irvington; Livingston; Montclair; Union City
Ivy Red: Bergen Tech; Dover; Fair Lawn; Hopatcong; Indian Hills; Pascack Hills; Teaneck
Ivy White: Cliffside Park; Dwight-Morrow; Ferris; Fort Lee; Kearny; Memorial; Newark East Side
Liberty Blue: Chatham; Mendham; Montville; Morris Hills; Parsippany Hills; Warren Hills
Liberty Red: Hackensack; Northern Highlands; Ramapo; Ridgewood; Wayne Hills
Liberty White: Morris Knolls; Morristown; Mount Olive; Randolph; Roxbury; West Morris
National Blue: Boonton; Kinnelon; North Warren; Parsippany; Pequannock; Whippany Park
National Red: Cedar Grove; Glen Ridge; Montclair Immaculate; Newark Collegiate; Shabazz
National White: Hoboken; Immaculata; Newark Central; Snyder; Weequahic
Patriot Blue: Bergenfield; Demarest; Old Tappan; Paramus; Pascack Valley; River Dell
Patriot Red: Bayonne; Lincoln; North Bergen; Orange; West Side
Patriot White: Belleville; Millburn; Nutley; Passaic Valley; Wayne Valley; West Essex
United Red: Bergen Catholic; Don Bosco Prep; Seton Hall Prep; St. Joseph (Mont.); St. Peter’s Prep
United White: Delbarton; DePaul; Hudson Catholic; Paramus Catholic; Pope John
American: Cherokee; Lenape; Millville; Shawnee; St. Augustine; Williamstown
Capital: Ewing; Hamilton West; Hopewell Valley; Notre Dame; Nottingham; Trenton
Classic: Cherry Hill East; Florence; Haddon Township; Holy Cross Prep; Palmyra; Princeton
Colonial: Audubon; Collingswood; Deptford; Gloucester; Overbrook
Constitution: Camden; Camden Catholic; Haddon Heights; Haddonfield; Sterling; West Deptford
Continental: Clearview; Holy Spirit; Kingsway; Vineland; Washington Township
Diamond: Paulsboro; Penns Grove; Salem; Woodbury; Woodstown
Freedom: Bordentown; Burlington City; Cinnaminson; Maple Shade; New Egypt; Pemberton
Horizon: Bishop Eustace; Gloucester Catholic; Lindenwold; Riverside; Schalick; Wildwood
Independence: Cedar Creek; Delsea; Ocean City; St. Joseph (Hamm.); Winslow
Liberty: Burlington Township; Camden Eastside; Delran; Pennsauken; Willingboro
Memorial: Eastern; Hammonton; Highland; Rancocas Valley; Timber Creek
National: Cherry Hill West; Moorestown; Northern Burlington; Paul VI; Seneca; Triton
Patriot: Buena; Clayton; Glassboro; Middle Township; Pleasantville
Royal: Cumberland; Gateway; Lower Cape May; Pennsville; Pitman
United: Absegami; Atlantic City; Bridgeton; Egg Harbor; Mainland; Oakcrest
Valley: Allentown; Hightstown; Lawrence; Robbinsville; Steinert; West Windsor-Plainsboro South
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