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Following is NJ..com's mega-coverage guide for Week 2. Keep track of schedules, predictions, previews, features and breaking news from around the state all the way up until kickoff.

ESSENTIALS

• Week 2 schedule/scoreboard
• Standings
• Statistical leaders through Sept. 10
• Power points

THE REPLACEMENTS: 25 players with huge shoes to fill

RANKINGS

• Top 20
• Group
• Statewide conference

PICKS

• NJ.com predicts every winner in the state
• Predicted scores for every Top 20 game
• Predicted scores by conference

2,168 days of losing: Can Hail Mary save N.J.'s most tortured team?

MUST-READ CONTENT

• The replacements: 25 players with big shoes to fill
• 22 bold predictions
• 19 can't miss games for Week 2
• 5-star recruit sitting first four games after transfer to Rahway
• Week 1 standouts
• Sayreville football coach suspended, questions ref accountability
• Meet the starters: Pope John
• Despite opening loss, Highland shows promise for season
• NJSIAA names new executive director
• HS football brawl caught on video, leads to student suspensions
• Voorhees shows balance in first shutout since 2013
• Hamilton West's Cooper finds success as kicker
• N.J. alums who made an impact during Week 2 of college football season
• Week 1 hot takes: Key results and performances from around N.J.

COLLEGE/RECRUITING

• N.J.'s top uncommtted recruit has Ohio State ahead of Penn State
• Rutgers recap: Which future Knight made biggest on-field impact?
• Rutgers and Pitt off to fast start with 2020 Michael Alaimo
• Which N.J. players return when Morgan State plays at Rutgers?
• Mom knows best: College football star learned ropes from leading lady

GAMES OF THE WEEK

• NJ.com/Star-Ledger:Ridge at Westfield
• South Jersey Times: Woodbury at Pennsville
• Times of Trenton: Deerfield Academy (Mass.) at Lawrenceville

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Authorities say they are investigating the shooting.

NEWARK -- Authorities in Newark are investigating a shooting early Friday involving an Essex County Corrections officer, officials said.

The county prosecutor's office is investigating the shooting, which did not result in any injuries, local authorities said. A spokeswoman from the prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to questions about the incident Friday.

According to a CBS News report, the off-duty officer found a person trying to break into a car, which was parked near Lindsley Avenue and Crown Street in Newark. During a tussle with the person, the officer fired his gun, though it is unclear if the firing was intentional, the report said.

ABC News reported the corrections officer was still at the scene at around 7:30 a.m., talking to investigators.

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EAST ORANGE -- This photo of the Howard Johnson's on Central Avenue in East Orange was taken in the 1950s. MORE: Vintage photos around New Jersey Howard Deering Johnson opened his first restaurant in 1925 and, according to hojoland.com, the chain had more than 1,000 restaurants by the 1970s. If you would like to share a photo that provides a...

EAST ORANGE -- This photo of the Howard Johnson's on Central Avenue in East Orange was taken in the 1950s.

MORE: Vintage photos around New Jersey

Howard Deering Johnson opened his first restaurant in 1925 and, according to hojoland.com, the chain had more than 1,000 restaurants by the 1970s.

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Breaking down some of the top teams and players around N.J. from the past week.

A look at some of the most intriguing results in the first week of the girls soccer season.

The Revs. Michael Walters, Robert Gibney and William Giblin have been accused of sexually abusing children decades earlier.

NEWARK -- The Archdiocese of Newark received a protective order on Friday shielding the personnel files of three priests accused of sexual abuse from being disclosed to the public. 

Five men and one woman have alleged The Rev. Michael Walters sexually abused them between 1982 and 1995, and a former member of Sacred Heart Parish who attended Seton Hall Preparatory School claims he was abused by two priests at those institutions, the Revs. Robert Gibney and William Giblin, respectively, in the 1960s.

Gibney and Giblin died earlier this decade, but Walters is still alive. 

Avram Eule, the attorney for the Archdiocese, said these cases involved "alleged abuse" requiring extensive discovery on their part, and, as in other cases, they've sought a protective order "to protect the sensitivity of the alleged priest as well as the reputation of the Archdiocese (of Newark)."

Eule also argued these documents should be kept under a protective order, which only permits parties to the lawsuit to view and discuss their contents, due to confidential information within them, and the separation of church and state.

Greg Gianforcaro, local counsel for the alleged abuse victims, criticized the Archdiocese's position, saying it previously claimed it would be "open and transparent" with regard to sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy.

"(The Archdiocese has) indicated a willingness, to be, quote, use their words not mine, 'open and transparent,' and I'm just curious and I don't understand how a protective order advances those goals of being 'open and transparent," Gianforcaro said. 

When Cardinal Joseph Tobin took the reins of the Archdiocese of Newark last year, he told the New York Times he hoped to lead with joy and transparency.

Gianforcaro also said there was a "societal interest" in not permitting the protective order.

"What we're talking about is alleged pedophilia," Gianforcaro said. "Sexual abuse of minors. That is what we're talking about. There is, in situations like this, a public policy that the courts are really not supposed to enter into protective orders because the public has a right to know about this type of information." 

Essex County Superior Court Presiding Judge Dennis F. Carey III ruled in favor of the protective order saying other people mentioned in the personnel files might have privacy interests in having their information disclosed, but said Gianforcaro could later seek to have it vacated.

Carey also said in his questioning of Gianforcaro that protective orders should be subject to a case-by-case basis. 

Eule said after the hearing he believed the judge's ruling was fair. 

The main attorney for the alleged victims, Mitchell Garabedian, of Boston, told NJ Advance Media the sexual abuse of five of his clients took place while Walters was assigned to St. Cassian Church in Montclair, while Walters' other alleged victim was abused while the priest was at St. John Nepomucene in Guttenberg.

All of the victims were abused while they were between the ages of 11 and 14, said Garabedian, who was portrayed by Stanley Tucci in the 2015 film "Spotlight." 

Garabedian, who wasn't present for Friday's hearing, said the church had returned "to its old ways" and was attempting to re-victimize abuse victims through the litigation process.

"(Cardinal Joseph) Tobin is sending a loud and clear message the Archdiocese of Newark has abandoned its pastoral approach in trying to resolve clergy sexual abuse claims," Garabedian said.

Garabedian said the question remains "where were the supervisors" when the abuse occurred. "During this approximatedly 13-year time period, the supervisors (of Walters) either didn't do their jobs properly or turned their backs on innoncent children," he said. 

Messages placed to the Archdiocese of Newark Friday afternoon haven't yet been returned.

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Authorities say they locked down the Newark school and arrested the student.

NEWARK -- Authorities have arrested a 16-year-old high school student after they say he took a gun to school and posted a picture of himself with the weapon on Facebook.

At 2:42 p.m. Friday, the Newark Police SWAT team put University High School on lockdown and arrested the teenager, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement. Authorities were also able to recover the gun, authorities said.

A spokeswoman for the district did not immediately answer a request for comment. A call to the school Friday afternoon was not answered.

No additional information was immediately available.

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Authorities say they are investigating both unrelated shootings.

NEWARK -- Twice in the span of two hours early Friday morning, off-duty corrections officers fired their guns while grappling with alleged criminals in the city of Newark.

In the first incident, at about 3:30 a.m., an off-duty corrections officer fired during an altercation near Elmwood Avenue and Broadway, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced in a release Friday afternoon. No one was injured in the shooting, authorities said.

At about 5:30 a.m., Laurino said a second corrections officer, who was off-duty but dressed in uniform and on his way to work, allegedly saw a man inside his parked car. The officer fired his gun, but did not hit anyone, authorities said.

The man in the car, Taquan Holland, 20, of Newark, was arrested on burglary, criminal mischief, and other related charges, officials said.

No other information about the incidents was immediately available. Though both corrections officers work in the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, the incidents were not related, officials said.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating both incidents, as is required by the Attorney General whenever officers discharge their weapons, officials said. Anyone with information is asked to call 862-520-3700.

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KEY LINKS
• Week 2 mega-coverage guide
• Top 20 for Sept. 10
• Statewide picks and schedule
• Full Week 1 schedule/scoreboard 
• 19 can't-miss match-ups in Week 2
• 22 bold predictions for Week 2

FRIDAY FEATURED GAMES

No. 20 Westfield at No. 19 Ridge, 7
• Ridge hosts Westfield in NJ.com/Star-Ledger Game of the Week
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St. Francis (Md.) at No. 7 Don Bosco Prep, 7
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Ramsey at Pequannock, 7
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Cherokee at No. 6 Timber Creek, 7
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Morris Hills at Morris Knolls, 7
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Shawnee at Allentown, 7
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Woodbury at Pennsville, 7
• SJT Game of the Week: Pennsville meets Woodbury in Group 1 clash
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Warren Hills at North Hunterdon, 7
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Clayton at Florence, 7
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Steinert at Lawrence, 7
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Hightstown at Princeton, 7
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Woodrow Wilson at Northern Burlington, 7 
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Kingsway at No. 9 Millville, 6
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Williamstown at St. Augustine, 6
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Willingboro at West Deptford, 7
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Cedar Creek at Delsea, 7
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Hunterdon Central at Phillipsburg, 7
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TOP 20 SCOREBOARD
Friday
• No. 5 Paramus Catholic vs. Seton Hall Prep, 7
• No. 6 Timber Creek vs. Cherokee, 7
• No. 7 Don Bosco Prep vs. St. Frances (Md.), 7
• No. 9 Millville vs. Kingsway, 6
• No. 10 Irvington at West Orange, 7
• No. 11 Lenape vs. Egg Harbor, 7
• No. 13 Rancocas Valley vs. Hammonton, 7
• No. 14 Manalapan at Southern, 7
• No. 15 Montclair at Livingston, 7
• No. 16 Bridgewater-Raritan vs. Hillsborough, 7
• No. 17 Red Bank Catholic vs. Middletown North, 7
• No. 18 River Dell vs. Wayne Valley, 7
• No. 20 Westfield at No. 19 Ridge, 7
Saturday
• No. 1 St. Joseph (Mont.) at Delbarton, 1
• No. 3 Bergen Catholic at Mater Dei (Ca.), 10:30
• No. 8 Pope John vs. Malvern Prep
• No. 12 Vineland at Cherry Hill East, 11 a.m. (Pa.)

SATURDAY FEATURED GAMES

LIVE COVERAGE
• Mountain Lakes at Lincoln, 12
• Point Pleasant Boro at Lacey, 1
• Perth Amboy at St. Joseph (Met.), 1
• No. 3 Bergen Catholic at Mater Dei (Ca.), 10:30
• Holy Cross at Haddonfield, 1
• New Egypt at Gloucester Catholic, 11

Mountain Lakes at Lincoln, 12
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Point Pleasant Boro at Lacey, 1
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Perth Amboy at St. Joseph (Met.), 1
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No. 3 Bergen Catholic at Mater Dei (Ca.), 10:30
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Holy Cross at Haddonfield, 1
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New Egypt at Gloucester Catholic, 11
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Hopewell Valley at Nottingham, 12
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Clifton at Bayonne, 1
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Hamilton West at Steinert, 11
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Robbinsville at Audubon, 11
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Ewing at Pemberton, 1
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Deerfield (Ma.) at Lawrence, 2:30
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Haddon Heights at Penns Grove, 12
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COMPLETE STATEWIDE SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD

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As sad as they were, last year's kill figures were down from 2015

The Livingston woman was convicted of money laundering and other charges in March.

Stephanie Hand.
 

NEWARK -- A Newark-based attorney is seeing the other side of law and order. After being convicted earlier this year of trying to steal nearly $900,000 in a mortgage scheme, 52-year-old Stephanie Hand, of Livingston, will be spending eight years behind bars, Attorney General Christopher Porrino announced in a release.

Hand, who was convicted in March of conspiracy, money laundering, and theft by deception, was sentenced Friday by Superior Court Judge John Gizzo in Newark, officials said.

Hand served as the attorney in two bogus real estate sales in 2009, in which authorities said she and her two accomplices sold property one of them owned to fake buyers. Using identities stolen from residents of Puerto Rico, the group was able to apply for $873,520 in faulty loans, Porrino said.

Hand then filed false settlement statements claiming that the loans had been disbursed and the required payments had been made. In truth, the three paid only a few months of loan payments, and split the rest of the proceeds, authorities said.

"When lawyers like Hand or other licensed professionals betray the trust placed in them and use their licenses to steal, the cost can be extremely high, as this case demonstrates," Porrino said in the release.

"With this sentence, we send a message that a thief in a business suit belongs in prison just like any other thief. This was a challenging case that was handled with great skill by our trial team."

Lawyer admits cheating gov't out of taxes

Hands two co-defendants, Thomas D'Anna, 41, of Saddle Brook, and Julio Concepcion, 52, of Passaic, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and are awaiting sentencing.

In 2015, Hand pleaded guilty to skipping out on two years of tax returns, a move that authorities say cost the government more than $50,000.

Key highlights - from upset wins to monster individual games and fantastic finishes - from around the state.

Newark's AeroFarms, the largest indoor vertical farm in the world, is spending $2 million on its research project.

Officers found 25 bags of heroin labeled 'Showtime,' as well as a pair of handguns

Dwayne SpannECCF 

IRVINGTON - It was "Showtime" for Irvington police and Essex County sheriff's officers raiding a Bloods gang member's apartment Thursday, when they allegedly found a pair of handguns and 25 exuberantly labeled packets of heroin.

Officers of the two departments, working together on a law enforcement task force, found the door wide open at 23-year-old Dwayne Spann's 18th Street apartment in Irvington on Thursday night, Sheriff Armando Fontoura's office said. Spann is an alleged member of the Bloods street gang.

When the officers entered the apartment, Spann ran into the kitchen, where he stashed a bag behind the freezer, later found to contain 25 packets of heroin labeled "Showtime" in purple ink, Fontoura's office said. The heroin had an estimated street value of $3,000, the office said. 

"An orderly search of the rest of the apartment yielded a fully loaded, .38 caliber, Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun, a fully loaded and defaced EKOL Major 9mm semi-automatic handgun and an additional ammunition magazine which were hidden under Spann's bedroom mattress," Fontoura said in a statement.

Spann was charged with various drug and weapons charges and is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility, the sheriff's office said.

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One of the two guns seized had been reported stolen in Georgia

Richard MooreNPD 

NEWARK -- A 29-year-old Newark man was arrested Friday for possession of what police said was a dangerous combination of two handguns, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.

In response to citizen complaints of drug dealing, Newark police detectives that were part of a county narcotics task force raided a home on the 100 block of Sherman Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said Saturday.

What they found were a .22 caliber handgun and a .45 caliber handgun, the latter of which had been reported stolen out of Georgia, police said.

They also found 2.4 grams of heroin, 2.4 grams of cocaine, 4.4 grams of marijuana, and $507 in cash, believed to be the proceeds of drug transactions, police said

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Manel Smith was driving 92 miles per hour on I-78 West in Pennsylvania when he was pulled over, authorities said

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Newark man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for having more than 15,000 bags of heroin packaged for distribution in the trunk of his car.

Manel Smith, 40, was driving from New Jersey through Pennsylvania on June 20, 2016, when a State Police trooper pulled him over for speeding, federal prosecutors said in a news release. 

Manel SmithLebanon County Correctional Facility 

The troopers found 15,350 bags filled with more than 300 grams of heroin, estimated to be worth $75,000, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said. They said Smith received a harsher sentence because of previous drug traffic convictions. 

He had been driving 92 miles per hour in a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu on Interstate 78 West in Bethel Township, authorities said after his arrest.

Prosecutors said the case was part of a district-wide initiative to combat the nation's heroin epidemic by finding and prosecuting people who commit heroin-related offenses. 

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The vote by the state Board of Education to end its takeover of N.J.'s largest school district brings to a close the long and often contentious period of control

The Newark schools have challenges that are deep-rooted and a consequence of systematic discrimination and inequality. The city will need the support of the state.

By Domingo Morel 

On Wednesday, the New Jersey State Board of Education approved a measure to return local control of the Newark Public Schools to the city of Newark.

This is an important moment for several reasons. Most importantly, it allows the city to join most localities in the U.S. in running their own school district. For Newarkers, it marks the first time in over two decades that they will have decision-making authority in the schools.

Yet, while the return to local control is an important step, it is not enough. The decision to return local control suggests that the causes of the takeover have been addressed. However, there is little evidence that state officials, and the state's residents, have adequately grappled with the causes of the Newark takeover.

To justify the takeover of the Newark schools in 1995, the state produced a Comprehensive Compliance Investigation report, which detailed the shortcomings of the district. The report laid blame on local authorities, including the school board, district administrators, and city officials. Although the report was careful in casting the students and their families as the victims of administrative neglect, it was implied that the community was also responsible since it is the community after all that put these officials in positions of authority. The state takeover of the Newark school district in 1995 was, according to state officials, a needed intervention to address the neglect.

However, a focus on the administrative and political shortcomings in Newark as the source of the 1995 takeover is historically inaccurate. The Newark schools were not taken over because the community failed. In 1967, Newark had a rebellion and the governor at the time commissioned a report to study the causes of the "riot." The report cited the poor conditions of the Newark schools and the fact that the Black community, who represented the majority of the population by the mid-1960s, did not have political power in the city and had no voice in the decisions that affected the education of their children, as a major cause of the unrest.

By the mid-1970s, the Black community finally began to gain political power in the city. Moreover, to gain the power, they relied on a strategy that most marginalized communities in the US have relied on, participating in school politics. They gained seats on the school board. Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, Newarkers joined Jersey City, and other urban communities in the state to demand more resources for the impoverished school districts. These communities were successful. New Jersey became the first state to seriously address funding inequities in the schools. The Robinson v Cahill and then the Abbott v Burke court decisions put New Jersey at the forefront of a movement to address school funding in the U.S.

With these gains, came a backlash. By the mid-1980s, only a decade after the Black community began to have power in Newark, the state, led by a Republican governor and non-urban state legislators unleashed a response that included the increase monitoring of school districts. By 1987, the state became the first in the nation to pass a state takeover law. Although New Jersey was the first, the state was not alone. In fact, most state takeover laws in the country were passed in states where communities won court decisions to gain more resources for the schools. The state takeover, in New Jersey and throughout the U.S., emerged as a response to these community demands.

The Newark schools have challenges that are deep-rooted and a consequence of systematic discrimination and inequality. The source of these challenges is not the community. Newarkers care about their children's education - they have always cared. If the Newark schools are to be successful, it requires an acknowledgment from the people of New Jersey and their representatives, that Newark schoolchildren are our children, and that the local community is capable, like every other community, of governing their schools.

As the city prepares for local control of the schools, the city will need the support, not the condemnation of the state.

Domingo Morel is an assistant professor of political science Rutgers University - Newark. He is the author of the forthcoming book, "Takeover: Race, Education, and American Democracy."

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The Livingston Animal Shelter benefits from the event.

LIVINGSTON -- Chip was a four-legged chick magnet and his paws carried him to first place for best costume at the Livingston Dog Pawrade.

Dog lover Christina Slater, who is also regional vice president for Regal Bank, created the parade nine years ago with proceeds going to animal shelters in the community.

"All money raised goes to the Livingston Animal Shelter," said Slater.

Dog owners pay an entrance fee to march in the parade and have their costumes judged.

Elsa won best small dog costume dressed as Pretty Woman in a pink polka dot outfit. Elsa is a therapy dog and visits seniors along with owner Chris Muench.

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Dogs and cats from around New Jersey looking for permanent homes.

Some pet information from Joybird Furniture that just doesn't fit anywhere else:

* Females are 21% more likely than males to allow their pets on the furniture.

* Men are 1.5 times more likely to spend more than $100 on their pet each month.

* Many women prefer to have their pet sleep in bed with them while most men have their pet sleep outside.

Here's a gallery of pets throughout the Garden State that await adoption at shelters and rescues.