soccer

The regular season is coming down to the homestretch and so are the races for division championships.

The tournaments are nice. But a head-to-head battle for a division title with all the familiarity and fire that a division race brings can be just as exciting as any county semifinal or final.

And there are some big head-to-head matchups coming up this week as teams look to clinch a division title.

Northern Highlands will host rival Ramapo Tuesday in the second girl/boy doubleheader between these two teams with the lead and likely the title in the Big North Freedom on the line.

And Clifton travels to Passaic Tech to decide the Big North Liberty Division, also on Tuesday. Both teams were just knocked out of the Passaic County Tournament. And with the state tournament still two weeks away, a lot of focus should be placed on this game.

Click the link below to see the updated UNOFFICIAL standings for the Big North and NJIC through Sunday.

Coaches or athletic directors who see a discrepancy in their records or standing in the division can e-mail Greg Schutta at schutta@northjersey.com and the change will be made as quickly as possble.

 

 Big North: Win-3 pts; Tie-1 pt.

 NJIC: Win-1 pt; Tie-.5 pt.

 UNOFFICIAL BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS

School              Division           Points              Overall

BIG NORTH
United Division
Don Bosco                            4-1             12               12-1
DePaul                                   3-2             9                 10-2
St. Joseph                             3-2             9                 9-5

Bergen Catholic                   3-3             9                 10-5

Paramus Catholic               0-5             0                 3-9
Liberty Division
Passaic Tech                         6-0             18               10-2

Clifton                                    6-1             18               12-2
Passaic                                   3-3             9                 4-7

Kennedy                                2-4             6                 4-8
Bergen Tech                         2-5             6                 5-8
Eastside                                 0-6             0                 0-12
Freedom Division
Northern Highlands           6-0-1         19               12-0-1
Ramapo                                5-1              15               9-2-1
Indian Hills                          3-3             9                 6-4-1
Ridgewood                           2-4-1         7                 4-7-3
Hackensack                          2-5             6                 3-9-1
Paramus                               1-6             3                 2-11-1

 

Independence Division
Fair Lawn                                       5-0-1         16               7-3-1
Wayne Hills                          4-1-2         14               7-3-3
Passaic Valley                      3-1-2         11                8-3-2
West Milford                        2-5             6                 3-11

Lakeland                               1-4-2         5                 6-6-3
Wayne Valley                       0-4-3         3                 4-6-2

 

National Division
Tenafly                                  6-1             18               11-2
Old Tappan                          5-2             15               8-4-1
Demarest                              3-3             9                 6-6-1
Pascack Valley                     3-4             9                 5-5-3
Teaneck                                 2-5             6                 3-8

Bergenfield                           1-5              3                 3-10-1
Patriot Division
Ramsey                                 5-0             15               10-1
Westwood                             2-1-1          7                 7-3-2
Mahwah                                2-2-1         7                 4-7-1
River Dell                             1-4             3                 4-6-2

Pascack Hills                       1-4             3                 2-9

 

American Division
Fort Lee                                4-0-1         13               7-2-3
Cliffside Park                       4-1             12               10-3
Dwight Morrow                   1-3-1          4                 2-8-1

Ridgefield Park                   1-3             3                 3-9
Dumont                                 0-3-2         2                 3-7-2
NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE
Colonial Division
Garfield                                 11-1            11                12-3-1
Hawthorne                           10-3           10               10-4
Pompton Lakes                   9-4             9                 10-6
Elmwood Park                     6-3-2         7                 6-5-2
Rutherford                           7-6             7                 7-6
Lodi                                        4-9-1         4.5             4-9-1
Glen Rock                             3-7-2         4                 5-7-2
Eastern Christian                3-10-1       3.5             3-12-1
Manchester                          1-11            1                 1-14

 

Meadowlands Division
Wallington                            13-0           13               14-1
North Arlington                  10-2           10               11-2
Hasbrouck Heights            9-1-1          9.5             10-3-1
Wood-Ridge                         5-4-2         6                 7-5-2
Becton                                   5-6             5                 5-7
Saddle Brook                       4-8             4                 4-10
Weehawken                          0-7-1         .5                0-9-2
Paterson Charter                0-9             0                 0-10

St. Mary                                0-9             0                 0-11

 

Patriot Division
Waldwick                              10-1           10               11-3
Hawthorne Christian         8-2-2         9                 10-3-2
Saddle River Day                7-5             7                 7-5
Emerson                               6-4-1         6.5             8-5-1
Park Ridge                           6-5-1          6.5             8-5-1
Cresskill                                5-6             5                 9-7
Midland Park                       2-10           2                 5-12
Palisades Park                     0-11           0                 0-13-1

 

Liberty Division
Harrison                               11-0           11                13-2
Leonia                                   9-3             9                 10-5
Dwight-Englewood             9-4             9                 9-5
New Milford                         8-3-1         8.5             8-5-1
Secaucus                               7-6-1          7.5              7-8-1
Ridgefield                             4-8             4                 5-9
Lyndhurst                             4-9             4                 5-10
Queen of Peace          2-10           2                 2-11
Bergen Charter                    1-12            1                  1-12

Through Sunday’s games

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