West Morris Football Earns Bye

The North 2, Group III playoff picture includes two Patch area schools as both West Morris Central and Parsippany Hills have a shot at earning a group title.

For West Morris, an 7-2 regular season has led the Wolfpack to the No. 1 seed and a first round bye, while Par Hills (6-3) seeded fourth will host fifth seeded Nutley on Saturday at 1 p.m.

West Morris will face the winner of Par Hills vs. Nutley in the second round.

Par Hills, who head into this first round playoff matchup riding a 27-7 win over Jefferson (4-5) in Week 9, will continue to attack defenses with a passing attack led by quarterback Tyler Simms and a running game paced by senior C.J. Joyce.

Defensively, the Vikings held opposing offenses to an 18 point per game average throughout the regular season. The defense will need to be on top of its game as they face a Bernards team that scored 27 points or more in each of their eight regular season games.