The dust has finally settled at softball diamonds across the Garden State and the regular season has come to a close. We’ve seen milestones reached, records broken, streaks perpetuated, and now it’s time for champions to be crowned. 

This state tournament season will feature a whopping 20 brackets containing 294 teams vying for the top prizes in New Jersey High School Softball.

June 1st will mark the beginning of the Public Sectional Finals with the higher seeds hosting, followed by a June 4th date for the State Semifinals, culminating in a quadruple-header State Finals on June 7th hosted at Ivy Hill Park at Seton Hall University. On the Non-Public side, they will begin their Sectional Finals on June 3rd hosted by the higher seeds, wrapping up with the State Finals on June 6th at Kean University. 

Below are all of the seeds for each section:

North, Section 1 Group 1

  1. Cedar Grove (Defending Group 1 State Champions)
  2. Wallington
  3. Park Ridge
  4. Hawthorne
  5. Waldwick
  6. North Warren
  7. Emerson Boro
  8. Butler
  9. New Milford
  10. Paterson Charter
  11. Hasbrouck Heights
  12. Saddle Brook
  13. Midland Park
  14. Walkill Valley
  15. Mountain Lakes
  16. Bergen Charter

North, Section 1 Group 2

  1. Ramsey
  2. Jefferson (2023 Group 2 State Runners-Up)
  3. Indian Hills
  4. Glen Rock
  5. High Point
  6. River Dell
  7. West Milford
  8. Dumont
  9. Pompton Lakes
  10. Lenape Valley
  11. Pascack Valley
  12. Vernon
  13. Demarest
  14. Newton
  15. Pequannock
  16. Westwood

North, Section 1 Group 3

  1. Ramapo
  2. Morris Knolls (2023 Group 3 State Runners-Up)
  3. Wayne Valley
  4. Old Tappan
  5. Morris Hills
  6. Roxbury
  7. Lakeland
  8. Bergenfield
  9. Sparta
  10. Parsippany Hills
  11. Leonia
  12. Northern Highlands
  13. Montville
  14. West Essex
  15. Mount Olive
  16. Paramus

North, Section 1 Group 4

  1. Livingston
  2. Passaic County Tech
  3. Columbia (2023 North, Section 1 Group 4 Champions)
  4. Montclair
  5. Fair Lawn
  6. Ridgewood
  7. Bloomfield
  8. Bergen Tech
  9. West Orange
  10. Memorial (West New York)
  11. Union City
  12. Morristown
  13. Hackensack
  14. Kearny
  15. Paterson Kennedy
  16. Clifton

North, Section 2 Group 1

  1. Weehawken (2023 North, Section 2 Group 1 Champions)
  2. Glen Ridge
  3. Brearley
  4. Whippany Park
  5. Verona
  6. Roselle Park
  7. Wood-Ridge
  8. Hoboken
  9. North Arlington
  10. Newark Arts
  11. Ridgefield
  12. Secaucus
  13. Bard (Newark)
  14. Belvidere
  15. Palisades Park

North, Section 2 Group 2

  1. Jonathan Dayton
  2. Passaic Valley
  3. Ridgefield Park
  4. Caldwell
  5. Hanover Park
  6. Bernards (2023 North, Section 2 Group 2 Champions)
  7. Madison
  8. McNair
  9. Rutherford
  10. New Providence
  11. Hackettstown
  12. Becton
  13. Science Park
  14. Lodi
  15. Voorhees
  16. Harrison

North, Section 2 Group 3

  1. South Plainfield
  2. North Hunterdon
  3. West Morris Central
  4. Randolph
  5. Cranford (2023 North, Section 2 Group 3 Champions)
  6. Colonia
  7. Warren Hills
  8. Nutley
  9. Summit
  10. Belleville
  11. Ferris (Jersey City)
  12. Rahway
  13. Millburn
  14. Cliffside Park
  15. Mendham
  16. Payne Tech (Newark)

North, Section 2 Group 4

  1. Bayonne
  2. Watchung Hills
  3. Scotch Plains-Fanwood
  4. Hunterdon Central
  5. Elizabeth
  6. Westfield
  7. Franklin
  8. Bridgewater-Raritan
  9. Ridge
  10. Perth Amboy
  11. Woodbridge
  12. Phillipsburg
  13. Edison
  14. Union
  15. Linden
  16. J.P. Stevens

North, Non-Public A

  1. Mount Saint Dominic (2023 Non-Public A State Runners-Up)
  2. Immaculate Heart
  3. Pope John
  4. Pingry
  5. Paramus Catholic
  6. Montclair Kimberly Academy
  7. Oak Knoll
  8. Holy Angels
  9. Morristown-Beard
  10. Kent Place School
  11. Newark Academy

North, Non-Public B

  1. Morris Catholic (2023 Non-Public B State Runners-Up)
  2. DePaul
  3. St. Mary (Rutherford)
  4. Mother Seton
  5. Gill St. Bernard’s
  6. Eastern Christian
  7. Academy of St. Elizabeth

Central, Group 1

  1. New Egypt (2023 Central Group 1 Champions)
  2. Middlesex
  3. Highland Park
  4. South Hunterdon
  5. Point Pleasent Beach
  6. Keyport
  7. Florence
  8. Woodbridge Magnet
  9. Shore Regional
  10. Dunellen
  11. South Amboy
  12. Riverside
  13. Burlington City
  14. Henry Hudson
  15. Manville
  16. Keansburg

Central, Group 2

  1. Spotswood
  2. Governor Livingston
  3. A.L. Johnson
  4. Bound Brook
  5. Delran (2023 Central, Group 2 Champions)
  6. Point Pleasent Boro
  7. Wall
  8. Bordentown
  9. Metuchen
  10. East Brunswick Magnet
  11. Manasquan
  12. Raritan
  13. Holmdel
  14. Delaware Valley
  15. Carteret
  16. Rumson-Fair Haven

Central, Group 3

  1. Robbinsville
  2. Middletown North
  3. Steinert (2023 Group 3 State Champions)
  4. Allentown
  5. Colts Neck
  6. Matawan
  7. Ewing
  8. Middletown South
  9. Freehold Borough
  10. Somerville
  11. Burlington Township
  12. Westampton Tech
  13. Iselin Kennedy
  14. Lawrence
  15. Ocean Township
  16. Brick Memorial

Central, Group 4

  1. Old Bridge
  2. Northern Burlington
  3. East Brunswick
  4. North Brunswick
  5. Marlboro (2023 Group 4 State Champions)
  6. Sayreville
  7. Freehold Township
  8. Hightstown
  9. Jackson Memorial
  10. Howell
  11. West Windsor-Plainsboro North
  12. Hamilton West
  13. South Brunswick
  14. Monroe
  15. Princeton
  16. Manalapan

South, Group 1

  1. Audubon
  2. Buena
  3. Haddon Township
  4. Pennsville
  5. Maple Shade
  6. Woodstown
  7. Pitman
  8. Palmyra
  9. Paulsboro
  10. Gateway
  11. Schalick
  12. Cape May Tech
  13. Glassboro
  14. Clayton (2023 Group 1 State Runners-Up)
  15. Salem
  16. Camden Academy Charter

South, Group 2

  1. Cinnaminson
  2. West Deptford
  3. Gloucester
  4. Middle Township
  5. Haddon Heights (2023 Group 2 State Champions)
  6. Medford Tech
  7. Barnegat
  8. Collingswood
  9. Cedar Creek
  10. Overbrook
  11. Oakcrest
  12. Sterling
  13. Pennsauken Tech
  14. Haddonfield
  15. Camden

South, Group 3

  1. Moorestown
  2. Ocean City
  3. Triton
  4. Delsea
  5. Absegami
  6. Pinelands
  7. Timber Creek
  8. Seneca
  9. Shawnee (2023 South, Group 3 Champions)
  10. Mainland
  11. Cherry Hill West
  12. Hammonton
  13. Cumberland
  14. Clearview
  15. Toms River South
  16. Deptford

South, Group 4

  1. Kingsway (2023 South, Group 4 Champions)
  2. Vineland
  3. Central Regional
  4. Egg Harbor
  5. Southern Regional
  6. Eastern Regional
  7. Toms River East
  8. Cherokee
  9. Lenape
  10. Rancocas Valley
  11. Gloucester Tech
  12. Pennsauken
  13. Atlantic Tech
  14. Millville
  15. Cherry Hill East
  16. Washington Township

South, Non-Public A

  1. Notre Dame
  2. Donovan Catholic
  3. St. John Vianney (2023 Non-Public A State Champions)
  4. Red Bank Catholic
  5. Immaculata
  6. Paul VI
  7. St. Thomas Aquinas
  8. Our Lady of Mercy
  9. Union Catholic
  10. Camden Catholic
  11. Mount Saint Mary

South, Non-Public B

  1. St. Joseph (Hammonton) (2023 Non-Public B State Champions)
  2. Holy Cross Prep
  3. Holy Spirit
  4. Wardlaw-Hartridge
  5. Gloucester Catholic
  6. St. Rose
  7. Rutgers Prep
  8. Wildwood Catholic
  9. Timothy Christian
  10. Calvary (Old Bridge)
  11. Bishop Eustace

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