Group III Playoff Performers to Watch in the Sectional Final

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <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> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">North I, Group III</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 River Dell at #1 Pascack Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>River Dell</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1530053' first='Zion' last='Yoon'], 2026, QB<br><br>72-124, 1007 yards, 7 TD, 4 Int<br>68 carries, 320 yards, 12 TD</td><td>n/a</td></tr><tr><td>Pascack Valley</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557392' first='Dante' last='Dacosta'], 2026, WR<br><br>18 receptions, 278 yards, 3 TD<br>4 tackles (1 solo)</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557393' first='Colin' last='McMorrow'], 2026, LB<br><br>41 tackles (13 solo), 7 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 1 FF</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">North II, Group III</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#2 West Essex at #1 Old Tappan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>West Essex</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557394' first='Michael' last='Lozito'], 2027, RB<br><br>65 carries, 306 yards, 5 TD<br>3 tackles</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='898540' first='Jack' last='Kostick'], 2025, DL<br><br>29 tackles (12 solo), 3 TFL, 5 sacks, 1 FF</td></tr><tr><td>Old Tappan</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557397' first='Ronan' last='Malady'], 2025, WR<br><br>27 receptions, 525 yards, 4 TD<br>4 carries, 20 yards<br>28 tackles (20 solo), 2 TFL, 2 FR, 1 Int</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557396' first='Ryan' last='Micelli'], 2026, DL<br><br>49 tackles (26 solo), 6 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 1 FR, 1 scoop &amp; score</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Central, Group III</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#7 Delsea at #1 Somerville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>Delsea</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557400' first='Jimmy' last='Reardon'], 2025, QB<br><br>6-15, 117 yards, 2 TD<br>47 carries, 345 yards, 5 TD<br>10 tackles (5 solo), 4 Int<br>2, two-point conversions</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557404' first='Quincy' last='Matthews'], 2026, DB<br><br>35 tackles (15 solo), 1 TFL</td></tr><tr><td>Somerville</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1467543' first='Brady' last='Scheier'], 2025, WR<br><br>35 receptions, 527 yards, 8 TD<br>1 carry, 2 yards<br>20 tackles (13 solo), 1 TFL, 1 FR, 4 Int</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1467551' first='Max' last='Nuzzi'], 2025, LB<br><br>74 tackles (49 solo), 7 TFL, 2.5 sacks</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">South, Group III</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 Seneca at #1 Mainland</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Offense</td><td>Defense</td></tr><tr><td>Seneca</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1040420' first='Jamar' last='Warthen'], 2025, WR<br><br>47 receptions, 681 yards, 9 TD<br>40 carries, 252 yards<br>79 tackles (58 solo), 14 TFL, 4 FF, 4 Int, 1 pick-six</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557405' first='Kingston' last='Williams'], 2026, DL<br><br>69 tackles (31 solo), 6 TFL, 7 sack, 2 FF</td></tr><tr><td>Mainland</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1002362' first='Rocco' last='DeBiaso'], 2025, RB<br><br>49 carries, 432 yards, 9 TD<br>2 receptions, 25 yards<br></td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1097478' first='Chase' last='Hoag'], 2026, LB<br><br>1 sack, 1 FF<br>19 carries, 123 yards, 3 TD</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->