Group II Playoff Performers to Watch in the Regional 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 Regional Final</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#9 Shabazz at #3 Hanover Park</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>Shabazz</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1561999' first='Daveion' last='Porter'], 2025, WR<br><br>32 receptions, 442 yards, 8 TD<br>2 carries, 23 yards, 1 TD<br>18 tackles (7 solo), 1 TFL<br>1 Kickoff Return TD<br>1 Punt Return TD<br>9, two-point conversions</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1562000' first='Adekunbi' last='Adetayo'], 2027, DL <br><br>31 tackles (10 solo), 8 TFL, 3 sacks</td></tr><tr><td>Hanover Park</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1561995' first='Jack' last='Kovacs'], 2026, WR <br><br>26 receptions, 404 yards, 3 TD<br>8 carries, 66 yards<br>1-1, 69 yards, 1 TD <br>46 tackles, 3 TFL, 5 Int <br>2 Kickoff Returns, 105 yards, 1 TD</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1561997' first='Nico' last='Malgieri'], 2026, LB <br><br>62 tackles, 6 TFL, 5 sacks, 1 blocked kick</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">South Regional Final</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 Point Pleasant Boro at #2 Rumson-Fair Haven</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>Point Pleasant Boro</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='801498' first='Colin' last='Obser'], 2025, RB <br><br>5 receptions, 138 yards, 4 TD<br>26 carries, 227 yards, 2 TD <br>121 tackles (56 solo), 7 TFL, 1 sack, 4 FF, 1 FR, 1 Int, 2 safeties</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1539987' first='Nick' last='Spanola'], 2027, DB <br><br>37 tackles (18 solo), 3 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF, 2 FR, 2 Int <br>53 carries, 674 yards, 6 TD</td></tr><tr><td>Rumson-Fair Haven</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1476852' first='Nick' last='Thomas'], 2025, WR <br><br>39 receptions, 693 yards, 9 TD 1 carry, 6 yards <br>36.5 tackles (18 solo), 4.5 TFL, 1 Int</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1561998' first='Dylan' last='Plesser'], 2026, LB <br><br>57.5 tackles (19 solo), 3.5 TFL, 1 Int, 1 pick-six</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->