The Road to the Rock is set to begin next Monday after the NJSIAA State Tournament was seeded on Tuesday.
Below is a list of all of the match-ups involving Morris/Sussex area teams. In total, 13 area teams qualified for the boys state tournament, while all four area girls teams are in the girls state tournament. The first round is set for Monday, Feb. 24 (Public) and Tuesday, Feb. 25 (Non-Public and Girls).
It all leads up to the NJSIAA State Championships, which are set for Monday, March 10 at Prudential Center in Newark.
Please e-mail dates and start times of games to Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com
NORTH, PUBLIC (teams from Morris/Sussex are in bold)
First round
16-Montville at 1-Northern Highlands, Monday at 4:10 p.m. (Sport-O-Rama, Monsey, NY)
9-Mendham at 8-Summit, Monday, 6:35 p.m. (Warinanco Skating Center)
12-Roxbury at 5-Ramapo, Monday at 4 p.m. (Ice Vault)
13-Montclair at 4-Ridgewood
14-Glen Rock at 3-Randolph, Friday at 5:45pm (SportsCare Arena)
11-West Morris at 6-Passaic Tech, Monday at 5:30 p.m. (Ice Vault)
10-Morristown at 7-Chatham, Monday at 4:30pm (Mennen Arena)
15-West Orange at 2-Livingston
NORTH, PUBLIC CO-OP (teams from Morris/Sussex are in bold)
First round
16-River Dell-Westwood-Emerson at 1-Pascack Valley-Hills-Park Ridge
9-Hoboken-Weehawken-Secaucus at 8-KJS United, Monday at 7:20 pm (Skylands Ice World)
12-Park Regional at 5-Wayne, Monday at 8 p.m. (Ice Vault)
13-Tenafly-Cresskill-Leonia at 4-West Essex-Caldwell
14-Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield at 3-Fair Lawn-Dumont-Bergenfield
11-West Milford-Pequannock-Pompton Lakes at 6-Verona-Glen Ridge
10-Morris Knolls-Hills at 7-Clifton-Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove, Monday at 6pm (Ice Vault)
15-Lakeland-Hawthorne-Waldwick at 2-Ramsey-Indian Hills
NON-PUBLIC (teams from Morris/Sussex are in bold)
First round
16-Notre Dame at 1-Delbarton, Tuesday at 4:40 pm (SportsCare Arena)
9-Pope John at 8-Seton Hall Prep, Tuesday at 6pm (Codey Arena)
12-St. Peter’s Prep at 5-Princeton Day
13-Pingry at 4-St. Augustine
14-Montclair Kimberley at 3-Don Bosco Prep
11-St. Joseph (Met.) at 6-St. Joseph (Mont.)
10-Bergen Catholic at 7-Morristown-Beard, Tuesday at 4:30pm (Twin Oaks Ice Rink)
15-St. John Vianney at 2-Christian Brothers
GIRLS (teams from Morris/Sussex in bold)
First round
1-Princeton Day BYE
9-Madison at 8-Summit, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. (Warinanco Skating Center)
12-Randolph at 5-Kent Place, Monday at 4 p.m. (Barnabas Health Hockey House)
4-Morristown-Beard BYE
3-Trinity Hall BYE
11-Westfield at 6-Chatham-Millburn, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (Mennen Arena)
10-Oak Knoll at 7-Pingry
2-Immaculate Heart BYE
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