Group III Playoff Performers to Watch in the Regional Final
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<p>As the calendar turns to November, the second season begins: playoff football. Below I review each matchup in this specified region within this article's title, highlighting one offensive and one defensive player from each team that I anticipate rising to the occasion when everyone's record resets this week, again, to 0-0.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">North Regional Final</h2>
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<p>#2 Old Tappan at #1 Pascack Valley</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>Old Tappan</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1540893' first='Shane' last='Small'], 2027 WR <br><br>12 receptions, 253 yards, 5 TD 37 tackles (22 solo), 6 TFL, 5 sacks</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1562009' first='Aidan' last='Nally'], 2026, DB <br><br>37 tackles (22 solo), 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF, 1 FR, 2 Int <br>4 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD</td></tr><tr><td>Pascack Valley</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1562010' first='Ashton' last='Kazinci'], 2025, WR<br><br>25 receptions, 309 yards, 2 TD <br>41 tackles (15 solo), 3 TFL, 1 Int, 1 pick-six</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1530069' first='Shane' last='Burke'], 2025, DL<br><br>66 tackles (13 solo), 11 TFL, 7.5 sacks, 1 FF</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">South Regional Final</h2>
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<p>#3 Mainland at #1 Somerville</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>Mainland</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='855776' first='John' last='Franchini'], 2026, QB<br><br>89-163, 1919 yards, 19 TD, 10 Int <br>8 carries, 18 yards</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1562011' first='Matt' last='Muits'], 2025, DB <br>3 Int</td></tr><tr><td>Somerville</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='946851' first='Joshua' last='Rodriguez'], 2025, WR <br><br>25 receptions, 456 yards, 6 TD <br>38 carries, 294 yards, 8 TD <br>20 tackles (13 solo), 1 TFL, 1 FR, 4 Int <br>4, two-point conversions</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1529756' first='Matthew' last='Chubenko'], 2025, LB <br><br>31 tackles (19 solo), 6 TFL, 4 sacks</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>
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As the calendar turns to November, the second season begins: playoff football. Below I review each matchup in this specified region within this article's title, highlighting one offensive and one defensive player from each team that I anticipate rising to the occasion when everyone's record resets this week, again, to 0-0.
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