SoftballNJ SOFTBALL SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT SEEDING By Zack Smolen May 21, 2024 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 Cedar Grove (Defending Group 1 State Champions) Wallington Park Ridge Hawthorne Waldwick North Warren Emerson Boro Butler New Milford Paterson Charter Hasbrouck Heights Saddle Brook Midland Park Walkill Valley Mountain Lakes Bergen Charter North, Section 1 Group 2 Ramsey Jefferson (2023 Group 2 State Runners-Up) Indian Hills Glen Rock High Point River Dell West Milford Dumont Pompton Lakes Lenape Valley Pascack Valley Vernon Demarest Newton Pequannock Westwood North, Section 1 Group 3 Ramapo Morris Knolls (2023 Group 3 State Runners-Up) Wayne Valley Old Tappan Morris Hills Roxbury Lakeland Bergenfield Sparta Parsippany Hills Leonia Northern Highlands Montville West Essex Mount Olive Paramus North, Section 1 Group 4 Livingston Passaic County Tech Columbia (2023 North, Section 1 Group 4 Champions) Montclair Fair Lawn Ridgewood Bloomfield Bergen Tech West Orange Memorial (West New York) Union City Morristown Hackensack Kearny Paterson Kennedy Clifton North, Section 2 Group 1 Weehawken (2023 North, Section 2 Group 1 Champions) Glen Ridge Brearley Whippany Park Verona Roselle Park Wood-Ridge Hoboken North Arlington Newark Arts Ridgefield Secaucus Bard (Newark) Belvidere Palisades Park North, Section 2 Group 2 Jonathan Dayton Passaic Valley Ridgefield Park Caldwell Hanover Park Bernards (2023 North, Section 2 Group 2 Champions) Madison McNair Rutherford New Providence Hackettstown Becton Science Park Lodi Voorhees Harrison North, Section 2 Group 3 South Plainfield North Hunterdon West Morris Central Randolph Cranford (2023 North, Section 2 Group 3 Champions) Colonia Warren Hills Nutley Summit Belleville Ferris (Jersey City) Rahway Millburn Cliffside Park Mendham Payne Tech (Newark) North, Section 2 Group 4 Bayonne Watchung Hills Scotch Plains-Fanwood Hunterdon Central Elizabeth Westfield Franklin Bridgewater-Raritan Ridge Perth Amboy Woodbridge Phillipsburg Edison Union Linden J.P. Stevens North, Non-Public A Mount Saint Dominic (2023 Non-Public A State Runners-Up) Immaculate Heart Pope John Pingry Paramus Catholic Montclair Kimberly Academy Oak Knoll Holy Angels Morristown-Beard Kent Place School Newark Academy North, Non-Public B Morris Catholic (2023 Non-Public B State Runners-Up) DePaul St. Mary (Rutherford) Mother Seton Gill St. Bernard’s Eastern Christian Academy of St. Elizabeth Central, Group 1 New Egypt (2023 Central Group 1 Champions) Middlesex Highland Park South Hunterdon Point Pleasent Beach Keyport Florence Woodbridge Magnet Shore Regional Dunellen South Amboy Riverside Burlington City Henry Hudson Manville Keansburg Central, Group 2 Spotswood Governor Livingston A.L. Johnson Bound Brook Delran (2023 Central, Group 2 Champions) Point Pleasent Boro Wall Bordentown Metuchen East Brunswick Magnet Manasquan Raritan Holmdel Delaware Valley Carteret Rumson-Fair Haven Central, Group 3 Robbinsville Middletown North Steinert (2023 Group 3 State Champions) Allentown Colts Neck Matawan Ewing Middletown South Freehold Borough Somerville Burlington Township Westampton Tech Iselin Kennedy Lawrence Ocean Township Brick Memorial Central, Group 4 Old Bridge Northern Burlington East Brunswick North Brunswick Marlboro (2023 Group 4 State Champions) Sayreville Freehold Township Hightstown Jackson Memorial Howell West Windsor-Plainsboro North Hamilton West South Brunswick Monroe Princeton Manalapan South, Group 1 Audubon Buena Haddon Township Pennsville Maple Shade Woodstown Pitman Palmyra Paulsboro Gateway Schalick Cape May Tech Glassboro Clayton (2023 Group 1 State Runners-Up) Salem Camden Academy Charter South, Group 2 Cinnaminson West Deptford Gloucester Middle Township Haddon Heights (2023 Group 2 State Champions) Medford Tech Barnegat Collingswood Cedar Creek Overbrook Oakcrest Sterling Pennsauken Tech Haddonfield Camden South, Group 3 Moorestown Ocean City Triton Delsea Absegami Pinelands Timber Creek Seneca Shawnee (2023 South, Group 3 Champions) Mainland Cherry Hill West Hammonton Cumberland Clearview Toms River South Deptford South, Group 4 Kingsway (2023 South, Group 4 Champions) Vineland Central Regional Egg Harbor Southern Regional Eastern Regional Toms River East Cherokee Lenape Rancocas Valley Gloucester Tech Pennsauken Atlantic Tech Millville Cherry Hill East Washington Township South, Non-Public A Notre Dame Donovan Catholic St. John Vianney (2023 Non-Public A State Champions) Red Bank Catholic Immaculata Paul VI St. Thomas Aquinas Our Lady of Mercy Union Catholic Camden Catholic Mount Saint Mary South, Non-Public B St. Joseph (Hammonton) (2023 Non-Public B State Champions) Holy Cross Prep Holy Spirit Wardlaw-Hartridge Gloucester Catholic St. Rose Rutgers Prep Wildwood Catholic Timothy Christian Calvary (Old Bridge) Bishop Eustace Stay tuned and subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@BigStateSports and on Instagram @BigStateSports to stay up to date on all the action!