Absegami Football Team Battles For Playoff Spot This Weekend

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ — With one game left before the cutoff date, the Absegami High School football team is in position to make a playoff appearance. The Braves (3-4, 66 points) are in fifth place in NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4, according to the power points standings released on Monday.

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. Matchups will be announced next week.

There are a number of possibilities for the final playoff spots, and a total of eight points separate Absegami from ninth-place Pennsauken. Absegami visits Mainland (1-6, 39 points) on Friday night, 6 p.m. Here are this week's NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 power points rankings, as posted on nj.com:

1. Moorestown (7-1) 117;
2. Central Regional (6-2) 115;
3. Burlington Township (6-2) 111;
4. Shawnee (4-3) 80;
5. Absegami (3-4) 66;
6. Hammonton (3-5) 63;
7. Highland (4-3) 62;
8. Bridgeton (3-5) 58;
9. Pennsauken (3-4) 58;
10. Toms River South (2-5) 53;
11. Toms River East (2-6) 50;
12. Winslow (3-4) 46;
13. Mainland (1-6) 39;
14. Clearview (1-6) 33;
15. Cherry Hill West (0-7) 22.

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