Moorestown High School Football Team Still In Top 8 After 2 Weeks

MOORESTOWN, NJ — At 2-0, the Moorestown High School football team is still in position to make the playoffs. The second set of power points standings have been released. Power points are what is used to determine which teams make the playoffs at the end of the season.

A team earns six points for a win, plus between one and five points, depending on what group the team it defeated is in, and a residual point for each win that team has. A team’s first eight games count toward its final point total, but the lowest point total among these games is dropped, so seven total games count toward the final tally. The top eight teams in each group qualify for the playoffs at the end of the season.

Moorestown defeated Group 3 Seneca this week. Seneca has one win, meaning the victory was worth 10 points for the Quakers. Added to last week's total and additional residual points, Moorestown now has 21 points. Below are the full standings for NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4, as posted on nj.com:

1. Central Regional (2-1) 25;
2. Hammonton (2-1) 25;
3. Burlington Township (2-0) 24;
4. Moorestown (2-0) 21;
5. Pennsauken (1-1) 13;
6. Shawnee (1-1) 13;
7. Bridgeton (1-2) 12;
8. Highland (1-1) 11;
9. Toms River South (1-1) 10;
10. Winslow (1-1) 9;
11. Absegami (1-1) 8;
12. Mainland (0-2) 2;
13. Clearview (0-2) 1;
14. Toms River East (0-2) 1;
15. Cherry Hill West (0-2) 0.

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