MSG Networks Announces Schedule of Weekly High School Football Games Across New York and New Jersey

MSG Networks Announces Schedule of Weekly High
School Football Games Across New York and New Jersey

Lineup to Include Games Every Weekend During the Season from Some
of the Premier High School Football Programs in New York and New Jersey

Coverage to Kick-Off on Friday with the “Rumble on the Raritan,” the Northeast High School
Football Showcase Featuring Eight Games over Three Days at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University

New York, NY (September 1, 2022) – MSG Networks today announced a lineup of high school football games featuring some of the top high school football programs across New York and New Jersey. The schedule will include two weekend showcases and games airing live Fridays at 7pm ET and Saturdays at 1pm ET during the high school football season.

The network’s coverage will begin this Labor Day weekend with the Rumble on the Raritan, the Northeast high school football showcase that serves as the kick-off to the region’s high school football season. Starting on Friday, September 2^nd, the event will consist of eight games over three consecutive days, which will air live from SHI Stadium on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Play-by-play announcer Jimmy Cavallo will be on the call every week for each game airing on MSG Networks, alongside analyst and former NFL quarterback Matt Simms. Simms, who played three seasons with the Jets, was a former standout high school quarterback at Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey.

As part of the lineup, MSG Networks will also air the Battle for the Bridge, the annual high school football showcase being played at Rutgers’ SHI Stadium. The three-day event will feature matchups between prominent schools from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia, beginning on Friday, September 16^th.

The other games being played throughout the season will air live from different high schools across New York and New Jersey. The games airing on MSG Networks each week will also be available to watch on MSG GO, the network’s live streaming and video on demand platform.

Please see the schedule for weeks 1-3 below.

Week 1 – Rumble on the Raritan
(all games at Rutgers’ SHI Stadium)

Friday, September 2
4:00pm – Westwood (Township of Washington, NJ) vs. Shore Regional (West Long Branch, NJ)
7:00pm – Irvington (Irvington, NJ) vs. Millville (Millville, NJ)

Saturday, September 3
1:00pm – Pope John XXIII (Sparta, NJ) vs. Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, NJ)
4:00pm – Rumson Fair-Haven (Rumson, NJ) vs. Toms River North (Toms River, NJ)
7:00pm – St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, NJ) vs. St Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, PA)

Sunday, September 4
1:00pm – Lenape (Medford, NJ) vs. Wayne Valley (Wayne, NJ)
4:00pm – Salem (Salem, NJ) vs. Camden (Camden, NJ)
7:00pm – Winslow (Atco, NJ) vs. Northern Highlands (Allendale, NJ)

Week 2
Friday, September 9
7:00pm – St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ) at Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ)

Saturday, September 10
1:00pm – Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ) at Pope John XXIII (Sparta, NJ)

Week 3 – Battle for the Bridge
(all games at Rutgers’ SHI Stadium)

Friday, September 16
5:00pm – Holy Trinity (Hicksville, NY) vs. Immaculata (Somerville, NJ)
8:00pm – Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, NY) vs. Rock Creek Christian Academy (Upper Marlboro, MD)

Saturday, September 17
11:00am – Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island, NY) vs. Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, NJ)
2:00pm – Curtis (Staten Island, NY) vs. St. Mary’s Ryken (Leonardtown, MD)
5:00pm – Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, NY) vs. DePaul Catholic (Wanye, NJ)
8:00pm – St. Anthony’s (Melville, NY) vs. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ)

Sunday, September 18
11:00am – Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, NY) vs. Pope John XXIII (Sparta, NJ)
2:00pm – Canarsie (Brooklyn, NY) vs. Life Christian Academy (Chester, VA)
5:00pm – Lincoln (Brooklyn, NY) vs. Bishop McNamara (Forestville, MD)
(Game schedule subject to change)

About MSG Networks
MSG Networks, a pioneer in sports media, owns and operates two award-winning regional sports and entertainment networks and a companion streaming service that serve the nation’s number one media market, the New York DMA, as well as other portions of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The networks feature a wide range of compelling sports content, including exclusive live local games and other programming of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, as well as significant coverage of the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills. This content, in addition to a diverse array of other sporting events and critically acclaimed original programming, has established MSG Networks as the gold standard in regional sports.  MSG Networks is a subsidiary of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

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