It’s finally here! Riding the momentum of the County and Conference Tournaments, the seedings for the State Sectional brackets are live! With 10 sections of 156 total teams battling it out for the coveted sectional, group, and Kirst Cup titles, it’s sure to be a wild ride this May into June. 

The Public School Sectional Finals will be hosted by the higher seed on June 5th, followed by the Group Finals at either Hunterdon Central or Ridge High School on June 8th. 

The Non-Public will have their State Semifinals hosted by the higher seed on June 3rd, followed by the State Finals at Kean University on June 6th.

The Second Annual Kirst Cup will begin with the quarterfinals on June 11th, followed by the semifinals on the 13th, and the finals on the 15th. All Kirst Cup games will be played at Kean University. 

Below are all of the seeds for each section:

North Group 1

  1. Caldwell
  2. Mountain Lakes (Defending North Group 1 Champions)
  3. Glen Rock
  4. Jefferson
  5. Ramsey
  6. Kinnelon
  7. Mahwah
  8. Pequannock
  9. Newton
  10. Lakeland
  11. Westwood
  12. Kittatinny
  13. Pascack Hills
  14. Lenape Valley
  15. Boonton
  16. Cedar Grove

North Group 2

  1. Summit (Defending Group 2 Champions, Kirst Cup Finalists)
  2. Sparta
  3. West Morris Central
  4. Pascack Valley
  5. West Essex
  6. Voorhees
  7. Warren Hills
  8. Mendham
  9. Montville
  10. Roxbury
  11. River Dell
  12. Vernon
  13. Paramus
  14. West Milford
  15. Morris Hills
  16. Governor Livingston

North Group 3 

  1. Chatham (Defending North Group 3 Champions)
  2. Ridge
  3. Morris Knolls
  4. Randolph
  5. Tenafly
  6. Ramapo
  7. Scotch Plains-Fanwood
  8. Northern Highlands
  9. Princeton
  10. Red Bank Regional
  11. Mount Olive
  12. Wayne Valley
  13. Millburn
  14. North Hunterdon
  15. Middletown South
  16. Fair Lawn

North Group 4

  1. Ridgewood (Defending Group 4 and Kirst Cup Champions)
  2. Westfield
  3. Bridgewater-Raritan
  4. Montclair
  5. Livingston
  6. Morristown
  7. Watchung Hills
  8. Columbia
  9. Parsippany Hills
  10. Hillsborough
  11. Hunterdon Central
  12. East Brunswick
  13. Phillipsburg
  14. Passaic County Tech
  15. Bergen Tech 
  16. West Orange

South Group 1

  1. Bernards
  2. Rumson-Fair Haven (Defending Group 1 Champions, Kirst Cup Semifinalists)
  3. Shore Regional
  4. Haddonfield
  5. New Providence
  6. Glen Ridge
  7. Madison
  8. A.L. Johnson
  9. Lower Cape May
  10. Woodstown
  11. Verona
  12. Point Pleasent Borough
  13. Delaware Valley
  14. Jonathan Dayton
  15. Cinnaminson
  16. Sterling

South Group 2

  1. Manasquan
  2. Hopewell Valley
  3. Holmdel
  4. Somerville
  5. Wall (Defending South Group 2 Champions)
  6. Robbinsville
  7. Seneca
  8. Allentown
  9. Cranford
  10. Lawrence
  11. Barnegat
  12. Jackson Liberty
  13. Ocean Township
  14. Cedar Creek
  15. Highland
  16. Absegami

South Group 3

  1. Moorestown
  2. Shawnee (Defending Group 3 Champions)
  3. Ocean City
  4. Clearview
  5. Mainland
  6. Toms River East
  7. Northern Burlington
  8. Jackson Memorial
  9. West Windsor-Plainsboro North
  10. Brick Memorial
  11. Toms River South
  12. Colts Neck
  13. West Windsor-Plainsboro South
  14. Hightstown
  15. Lacey
  16. Cherry Hill West

South Group 4

  1. Eastern Regional
  2. Cherokee (Defending South Group 4 Champions)
  3. Southern Regional
  4. Kingsway
  5. Manalapan
  6. Lenape
  7. Old Bridge
  8. Washington Township
  9. Monroe
  10. Rancocas Valley
  11. Cherry Hill East
  12. Williamstown
  13. Egg Harbor
  14. South Brunswick
  15. Freehold Township
  16. Marlboro

Non-Public A

  1. Don Bosco Prep
  2. Seton Hall Prep
  3. Delbarton (Defending Non-Public A Champions, Kirst Cup Semifinalists)
  4. Pingry
  5. Christian Brothers
  6. Bergen Catholic
  7. St. Augustine
  8. Pope John
  9. St. Joseph (Metuchen)
  10. St. Peter’s Prep
  11. St. Joseph (Montvale)
  12. Notre Dame
  13. Donovan Catholic
  14. Paul VI
  15. Camden Catholic

Non-Public B

  1. Gill St. Bernard’s (Defending Non-Public B Champions, Kirst Cup Quarterfinalists)
  2. Rutgers Prep
  3. Holy Spirit
  4. Immaculata
  5. Montclair Kimberly Academy
  6. Bishop Eustace
  7. Red Bank Catholic
  8. Princeton Day
  9. Morristown-Beard
  10. St. Joseph (Hammonton)
  11. Dwight-Englewood
  12. DePaul
  13. Gloucester Catholic

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