By Mike Gurnis
The NJSIAA Tournament was seeded on Tuesday morning, and several Morris/Sussex area teams will see their season continue with hopes of making it to the state championships at Prudential Center.
Here is a look at the first round pairings for each section, with Morris/Sussex area teams noted in bold. Seventeen teams from the boys side qualified, with five girls teams also qualifying for the girls bracket.
NORTH, PUBLIC CO-OP
1-KJS United vs. 16-Parsippany Regional
8-West Milford-Pequannock-Pompton Lakes vs. 9-West Essex-Caldwell
5-Pascack Regional vs. 12-Northern Valley-New Milford
4-Paramus-Lyndhurst-Mahwah vs. 13-Fair Lawn-Dumont-Bergenfield
3-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. Clifton-Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove
6-Park Regional vs. 11-Verona-Glen Ridge
10-Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. 7-River Dell-Westwood-Emerson
2-Wayne vs. 15-Tenafly-Cresskill-Leonia
NORTH, PUBLIC
1-Ridgewood vs. 16-Roxbury
8-Chatham vs. 9-Summit
5-Morristown vs. 12-Madison
4-Northern Highlands vs. 13-Glen Rock
3-Randolph vs. 14-Montville
6-Ramapo vs. 11-West Morris
7-Mendham vs. 10-Passaic Tech
2-Livingston vs. 15-West Orange
NON-PUBLIC
1-Delbarton vs. 16-Gill St. Bernard’s
8-Seton Hall Prep vs. 9-Princeton Day
5-Morristown-Beard vs. 12-Gloucester Catholic
4-St. Augustine vs. 13-St. Peter’s Prep
3-St. Joseph (Mont.) vs. 14-St. John Vianney
6-Christian Brothers vs. 11-St. Joseph (Met.)
7-Pope John vs. 10-Bergen Catholic
2-Don Bosco Prep vs. 15-Oratory
GIRLS
1-Morristown-Beard BYE, plays winner of 8-Summit/9-Madison
8-Summit vs. 9-Madison
5-Trinity Hall vs. 12-Pingry
4-Kent Place vs. 13-Morristown
3-Immaculate Heart vs. 14-Randolph
6-Westfield vs. 11-Hoboken
7-Chatham-Millburn-Livingston vs. 10-Oak Knoll
2-Princeton Day BYE, plays winner of 7-Chatham-Millburn-Livingston vs. 10-Oak Knoll
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