WJFL revises 2020 schedule with geography games

What the shortened 2020 high school football season will look like now has much more clarity.

After much debate and speculation, the West Jersey Football League has finally settled on a revised scheduled for its 94 league members.

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association announced July 10 that the fall sports season would be pushed back by one month, with football beginning on Oct. 2. Tentatively, sectional four-team playoff brackets would be played on the weekends of Nov. 14 and Nov. 21.

Out of caution during the coronavirus pandemic, the WJFL did away with divisions this year and instead scheduled teams based pri- marily on geography.

The WJFL’s new schedule provides each school with six regular-season games from Oct. 2 through Nov. 7. Sev- eral teams have Thanksgiving Day games on Nov. 26, which is the last day of fall competition, and instead have a bye week earlier in the season. Nearly every school has three home games and three away games.

Non-playoff teams will be permitted to schedule games on the weekends of Nov. 14 and Nov. 21, so schools can play up to eight games.

Here’s how the season is shaping up for local schools.

WJFL SCHEDULE

vs. Princeton on Oct. 2, at Hightstown on Oct 9, vs. Camden Catholic on Oct. 16, vs. Cherry Hill East on Oct. 23, at Cinnaminson on Oct. 30, at New Egypt on Nov. 7

Hopewell Valley

vs. Ewing on Oct. 2, at Lawrence on Oct. 9, vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro on Oct. 16, vs. Steinert on Oct. 23, at Notre Dame on Oct. 30, at Trenton on Nov. 7

Notre Dame

vs. Hamilton West on Oct. 2, vs. Trenton on Oct. 9, at Allentown on Oct. 16, at Nottingham on Oct. 23, vs. Hopewell Valley on Oct. 30, at Lenape on Nov. 7

Hamilton West

at Notre Dame on Oct. 2, vs. Allentown on Oct. 9, vs. Lawrence on Oct. 16, vs. Bye Week on Oct. 23, at West WindsorPlainsboro

on Oct. 30, vs. Nottingham on Nov. 7, at Steinert on Nov. 26

Trenton

vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro on Oct. 2, at Notre Dame on Oct. 9, vs. Nottingham on Oct. 16, vs. Lawrence on Oct. 23, at Allentown on Oct. 30, vs. Hopewell Valley on Nov. 7

Allentown

at Nottingham on Oct. 2, at Hamilton West on Oct. 9, vs. Notre Dame on Oct. 16, at West Windsor-Plainsboro on Oct. 23, vs. Trenton on Oct. 30, vs. Ewing on Nov. 7

Nottingham

vs. Allentown on Oct. 2, vs. Steinert on Oct. 9, at Trenton on Oct. 16, vs. Notre Dame on Oct. 23, at Ewing on Oct. 30, at Hamilton West on Nov. 7

Ewing

at Hopewell Valley on Oct. 2, vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro on Oct. 9, at Steinert on Oct. 16, vs. Hightstown on Oct. 23, at Nottingham on Oct. 30, at Allentown on Nov. 7

Steinert

vs. Hightstown on Oct. 2, at Nottingham on Oct. 9, at Ewing on Oct. 16, at Hopewell Valley on Oct. 23, Bye Week on Oct. 30, vs. Northern Burlington on Nov. 7, vs. Hamilton West on Nov. 26

Hightstown: at Steinert on Oct. 2, vs. Robbinsville on Oct. 9, at Northern Burlington on Oct. 16, at Ewing on Oct. 23, at Lawrence on Oct. 30, vs. Cherry Hill East on Nov. 7

Lawrence

vs. Pemberton on Oct. 2, at Hopewell Valley on Oct. 9, at Hamilton West on Oct. 16, at Trenton on Oct. 23, at Hightstown on Oct. 30, vs. West WindsorPlainsboro on Nov. 7

West Windsor-Plainsboro

vs. Trenton on Oct. 2, at Ewing on Oct. 9, at Hopewell Valley on Oct. 16, vs. Allentown on Oct. 23, vs. Hamilton West on Oct. 30, at Lawrence on Nov. 7

Northern Burlington

vs. Pennsauken on Oct. 2, at Pemberton on Oct. 9, vs. Hightstown on Oct. 16, vs. Burlington Twp. on Oct. 23, at Moorestown on Oct. 30, at Steinert on Nov. 7

Princeton

at Robbinsville on Oct. 2, vs. Bishop Eustace on Oct. 9, at Pitman on Oct. 16, vs. New Egypt on Oct. 23, at Bordentown on Oct. 30, vs. Maple Shade on Nov. 7

Bordentown

at Florence on Oct. 2, vs. Palmyra on Oct. 9, vs. Riverside on Oct. 16, at Holy Cross on Oct. 23, vs. Princeton on Oct. 30, Bye Week, at New Egypt on Nov. 26