VOTE for the North Jersey HS Sports Team of the Week for Jan. 20-26
Read about the teams that stood out last week and let us know which one should be the North Jersey Team of the Week in the poll at the bottom of this page.
Voting closes at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The Crusaders won the Bergen County championship and the Big North United crown last week.
The Knights won the Bergen County championship last week, their fifth county title in six years.
The Ghosts went 4-0 last week, including a win over 15-win Paterson Charter. They moved up six spots to No. 14 in the latest North Jersey Top 25 rankings.
The Blue Eagles beat DePaul last week to take hold of first place in the Big North United division. They've now won eight of their last nine games.
The Braves became the first public-school team to win two relays at the Bergen County Meet of Champions.
The Bulldogs won their third straight Passaic County championship with a 3-2 win over Wayne in last week's county title game.
The Scarlets went 3-0 last week and have now won their last six games. They are 11-4 on the season.
The Green Knights went 3-0 last week, including a win over then-No. 2 Don Bosco to clinch a Bergen Jamboree bid. St. Joseph moved up to No. 2 in the latest North Jersey Top 25 rankings
The Green Knights won their first Bergen County championship in program history with a 2-0 win over Don Bosco in last week's county final.
The Indians won their first Passaic County team championship since 2012 over the weekend. Noah Zindaki (138 pounds) and Adam Suzay (150) won individual titles.
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