NJ SOFTBALL SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT SEEDING

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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