Some North Jersey high schools struggle to sustain football programs
Sunday, November 10, 2013 Last updated: Sunday November 10, 2013, 12:51 AM
BY ANDY VASQUEZ
STAFF WRITER
The Record
It was a game that embodied the drama and intensity that make high school football so popular in North Jersey — a triple-overtime thriller between two of the region’s biggest rivals.
Don Bosco’s marathon victory Nov. 2 over Bergen Catholic was just the final act of a weekend that also saw St. Joseph flex its muscle as the area’s top team and public school powers like Ridgewood and Mahwah push toward the state playoffs.
Yes, life is good at the top for North Jersey football teams. But for many public schools, especially the smaller ones, it has become a big-time challenge simply to build a sustainable football roster.
Cliffside Park, a school with flourishing boys soccer and cross-country programs, has struggled to generate the same kind of participation rate for its football team. But on one late September afternoon, Cliffside Park’s challenge became a crisis that threatened its season and put the program in jeopardy.
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Interest in a sport is not the same at all schools. Lets face it, there are some schools that we look forward to playing because we know that it will be an easy win.
If there is no interest in a sport it really does not matter. We pay for education with our tax money. You can’t go to hs expecting a great sports experience. It is school first.
I also think that if a school has sports that the resources should be distributed fairly acros the programs.