Meet finalists for the final 6 High School Game Changers Sports Awards categories

The NJ.com high school sports staff has selected finalists for the final six categories of the High School Game Changers Sports Awards. These categories, for overall Athlete of the Year, Team of the Year and Breakthrough Athlete of the Year - for both male and female athletes - are the only categories where finalists and winners will be selected by the NJ.com high school sports staff.by the NJ.com staff and readers voted to select the winners in each of those categories.

Dylan Harper of Don Bosco Prep heads off the court at halftime during the 2024 NJSIAA Non-Public A boys basketball final between Don Bosco Prep and Paul VI at Jersey Mike’s Arena at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ on 3/8/24.: Cook has been a do-it-all three-sport star for Mainland this season. With his athleticism on full display, Cook ran for 753 yards and 13 TDs during football season in the fall, earning First Team All-Group 4 honors.

: The Stanford-bound Ford proved to be as good as advertised, earning Football Player of the Year honors for the second straight season. He ran for 1,700 yards, threw for another 869 and amassed 29 total touchdowns to lead Toms River North to a Group 5 state championship. Ford wasn’t done there. He averaged 13.5 points per game on the basketball court in the winter and won an Ocean County title with a 23-1 long jump in the spring.

Layla Giordano of Old Tappan won the high school girls discus throw championship at the Penn Relays, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Philadelphia.: Halpern, a junior, had her third-straight season of 40 or more goals and she piloted Rutgers Prep to a state title this fall, while earning Player of the Year honors. She has 136 career goals through her first three seasons.

Taylor Cox of Union Catholic wins the girls 100 meter hurdles during the Union County Championships Day 2 at the Hub Stine Sports Complex in Plainfield, NJ, Wednesday May 22, 2024.: Bergen Catholic left no doubt about the hierarchy in New Jersey football, after winning a third straight Non-Public A title in a 24-14 triumph over Delbarton. That win capped an unforgettable season for Bergen Catholic, which won its final nine games. All but one of those wins came by two scores or more.

St. Joseph Group 2 Champion. Boys and Girls NJSIAA bowling group championships at Bowlero, in North Brunswick, NJ on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024St. Rose finished as the top-ranked basketball team in the state after capping a stellar season in dominant fashion, taking down Montclair Immaculate, 73-29, in the Non-Public B title game. Led by brothers Matthew and Jayden Hodge, St. Rose’s only losses came against The Patrick School on Opening Night and Montverde , two nationally-ranked programs.

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