How beneficial is it to enter the State football playoffs with prior postseason experience?
In the first and fourth quarters, especially, playoff experience is significant, I would argue, as we head into playoff weekend.
Here are the local matchups in which one team has played at least one postseason game in the previous two years and the other team has not:
(Teams with playoff experience are in CAPS).
North 1, Group 1: No. 5 BUTLER at No. 4 Hawthorne
North 1, Group 2: No. 8 Mahwah at No. 1 RIVER DELL
North 1, Group 2: No. 6 Wallkill Valley at No. 3 LAKELAND
North 1, Group 3: No. 7 Mount Olive at No. 2 OLD TAPPAN
North 1, Group 3: No. 5 PASCACK VALLEY at No. 4 High Point
Non-Public Group 1-2: No. 5 Montclair Kimberley at No. 4 ST. MARY
Non-Public Group 4: No. 8 Paramus Catholic at No. 1 DON BOSCO