Question: What game this weekend has the best playoff implications?

Answer: How about Winslow Township (3-4) at Eastern (5-2) tomorrow. Eastern is holding the eighth and final South Jersey Group 4 spot with a power rating of 93, and the two teams immediately behind, Millville and Pennsauken, have already played eight games. (A team's first eight games are only considered.)

An Eastern win should keep the Vikings ahead of two other 4-3 teams, Absegami and Mainland, who play each other this week. And an Eastern victory should also be enough to hold off another 4-3 team, Southern Regional. Southern, which lost to Mainland in the sectional final last year, is 4-3 with a power rating of 77. This week, Southern plays Howell, a Group 4 team with a 6-1 record. Southern would receive 28 points for a win. Eastern would receive 18 for beating Winslow Township. There are all sorts of residual points to consider, but Eastern still remains in the driver's seat.

As for Winslow Township, the Eagles must win to remain alive since teams have to have a .500 or better record to qualify.

Winslow Township will also need help. The Eagles have a power rating of 62. Beating Eastern would give Winslow Township 25 points. Pemberton (4-3) is tied for the No. 7 with Highland. Both have 87 points, but Highland has already played eight games. Highland has to hope that everybody directly below the Tartans lose this week.

No matter how one looks at it, Winslow Township has its work cut out just beating Eastern. But if that happens, the Eagles will surely be scoreboard watching. One thing is for sure, with a quarterback as dangerous as Winslow Township's Bill Belton, there are plenty of Group 3 teams probably hoping that the Eagles don't qualify.

Question: Can the Camden Catholic Irish (4-3) get in the Non-Public Group 3 playoffs with a win over Bishop Eustace?

Answer: It appears so. Currently the Irish are ninth with 81 points, 15 behind No. 8 Bishop Ahr and 20 behind Eustace, which is fifth with 101 points.

Beating Eustace (6-1) would earn the Irish 27 points, so it would come down to residuals as to whether Camden Catholic leaps ahead of Eustace. It's also possible that Eustace could be in even with a loss. Holy Spirit (6-1, 99 power rating), Delbarton (5-3, 98) and Bishop Ahr (6-1, 96) are directly behind Eustace and ahead of Camden Catholic.

Holy Spirit meets 7-0 St. Augustine and would earn a playoff spot with a win. A win over the Hermits would earn the Spartans 31 points. Delbarton has already played its eight games and can only earn residuals. Bishop Ahr plays Group 2 Matawan (6-1) and would earn 26 points with a win.

Question: What's up with South Jersey Group 2?

Answer: This is cutoff weekend. In South Jersey Group 2, all eight teams with four or more wins have already qualified because everybody else in the field has more than four losses.

The qualifiers are Delsea, West Deptford, Haddonfield, Cinnaminson, Bridgeton, Willingboro, Buena and Woodrow Wilson.

Question: Is there any suspense in South Jersey Group 1?

Answer: Actually, the suspense will be in who wins Group 1 more than who qualified. With Penns Grove beating two-time defending champ Glassboro, this group looks wide open. Those two will contend and so will Woodbury and Paulsboro. Woodbury has already beaten Paulsboro and looks like a team ready to make a serious run.

As for the qualifiers, Glassboro, Woodbury, Paulsboro, Penns Grove, and Haddon Heights are already in.

Four teams are vying for the other three spots. They are Pennsville (6-1, 72), Schalick (5-2, 70), Palmyra (5-2, 67) and Haddon Township (4-4, 67).

Haddon Township is in the worst position since the Hawks have played eight games. Pennsville would earn 13 points for a win over Pitman (2-5). Schalick would also earn 13 points for a win over Clayton (2-2), and Palmyra would earn 19 points for a victory over Florence (4-3). Haddon Township's most realistic chance is to have Palmyra lose to Florence and then to be able to overtake the Panthers on residual points. Still, Haddon Township remains a long shot to qualify.