Jersey Blitz, S2, Ep16: Putting a bow on a remarkable 2025 football season

About this episode

The episode wraps up the 2025 New Jersey high school football season with insights from NJ.com reporters on key takeaways and standout players.

In the final episode of Season 2 of the Jersey Blitz, our NJ.com reporters Bill Evans, Donovan Hugel, Mike Kinney, Kevin Minnick, Ryan Patti and Joe Zedalis break down what they learned most during the 2025 New Jersey high school football season. They also touch on one player that impressed them the most this season, and we end the episode with each reporter saying what they are looking forward to most heading into next season. 0:00: The staff give their biggest takeaways from the 2025 season, beginning with the success South Jersey had. 2:00: Even with all the success of the public schools this season, there's still a massive gap between public schools and Non-Public schools. 5:42: The Shore Conference had some tough luck this season after having a ton of success in previous years. However, other programs like Holmdel, Wall, Toms River East, Neptune, Point Pleasant Boro, and Southern had successful seasons. 8:24: Meanwhile, even though Shabazz lost in the Group 2 final for the second straight season, Shabazz is here to stay. First-year head coach Nasir Gaines is finding his way as a high school coach, and Shabazz will only get better moving forward. 11:36: A dedicated rivalry…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill Evans, Donovan Hugel, Mike Kinney, Kevin Minnick, Ryan Patti, Joe Zedalis

Topics covered

• 2025 high school football season
• New Jersey football
• player highlights
• public vs Non-Public schools
• regional success
• coaching developments
• future of high school football

Keywords

• New Jersey high school football
• 2025 season recap
• football highlights
• South Jersey success
• public schools
• Non-Public schools
• coaching
• rivalries

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Jersey, South Jersey, Shore Conference, Holmdel, Wall, Toms River East, Neptune, Point Pleasant Boro, Southern

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