High school football games kicked off throughout the state of New Jersey Sep. 12-14 and there was plenty of great action taking place. The No. 1 team in the Garden State continues to be Bergen Catholic then followed by the DePaul Catholic followed by Hun and Millville.

The program’s fourth coach since 2018, Gilliam has started to turn things around. A 2010 graduate, he went 3-7 in his first season and has the Fighting Irish off to a 2-0 start this year with the return of eight starters on both sides of the ball among 15 letter winners.