Wednesday, May 20, 2026

2026 - NJSIAA Tournament Pairings

 Steven Falk Asbury Park Press

The NJSIAA seeded its state baseball tournament Tuesday for each of its 16 public school sections and the four non-public sections.

The top 16 in the power points in each of the public school sections through the games of May 16 qualified for the tournament. Any school who opted in in each of the four non-public school sections was seeded into the tournament.

The pairings become official at noon Wednesday.

The non-public portion of the tournament begins May 26 and concludes with the two state championship games June 10 at Rutgers University. The Non-Public A final will be at 4 p.m. and the Non-Public B final will be at 7 p.m.

The public school portion of the tournament begins May 27 and concludes June 14 with the four state championship games at Rutgers. The Group 3 final will be at 10 a.m.; Group 4 at 1 p.m.; Group 1 at 4 p.m. and Group 2 at 7 p.m.

Defending state champions are: Middlesex (Group 1); Govenor Livingston (Group 2); Northern Burlington (Group 3); Cherokee (Group 4); Don Bosco Prep (Non-Public A) and Gloucester Catholic (Non-Public B).

Here are the pairings for the tournament.

North 2 Group 3

16. Orange at 1. Chatham

9. Middletown North at 8. Colonia

12. Matawan at 5. North Plainfield

13. JFK-Iselin at 4. South Plainfield

14. Rahway at 3. Cranford

11. Summit at 6. Carteret

10. Somerville at 7. Millburn

15. Payne Tech at 2. North Hunterdon

NJ Baseball: NJSIAA Tournament Pairings

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