NJSIAA Softball Tournament pairings

The 2026 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament brackets were released Tuesday, setting up the road to this year’s high school softball state championships. Here are the first-round pairings. Bracket subject to change before becoming official Wednesday at noon.

Tournament begins play Tuesday, May 26 with first-round games in the public brackets, with the non-public sections getting started the following day. Public quarterfinals are slated for May 28, semifinals for June 2 and public sectional finals on June 4, all the higher-seeded school. State group semifinals are June 8 at the team with more power points, and the state public finals Friday, June 12 at Ivy Hill Park on the campus of Seton Hall University.

Non-public quarterfinals will be played May 29, semis June 3 and finals June 5. Non-public finals are scheduled for Wednesday, June 10 at Ivy Hill. More: NJSIAA Baseball Tournament pairings North 1 Group 4 16-Hackensack at 1-Morris Knolls 9-West Orange at 8-Bloomfield 12-Clifton at 5-Mount Olive 13-Montclair at 4-Ridgewood 14-Union City at 3-Morristown 11-Livingston at 6-Fair Lawn 10-Memorial at 7-Bergen Tech 15-Belleville at 2-Passaic Tech North 2 Group 3 16-Cliffside Park at 1-Ramapo 9-Bergenfield at 8-Morris Hills 12-Paramus at 5-Montville 13-Wayne Hills at 4-West Essex 14-Sparta at 3-Old Tappan 11-Teaneck at 6-Randolph 10-Leonia-Bogota at 7-River Dell 15-Lakeland/Kinnelon at 2-Roxbury North 2 Group 2 16-Parsippany at 1-Ramsey 9-Vernon at 8-Glen Rock 12-Parsippany Hills at 5-Jefferson 13-Lodi at 4-Passaic Valley 14-Dumont at 3-High Point 11-West Milford at 6-Demarest 10-Pascack Hills at 7-Westwood 15-Mahwah at 2-Pascack Valley North 2 Group 1 16-Pequannock at 1-Waldwick 9-Park Ridge at 8-Butler 13-Saddle Brook at 4-Indian Hills 14-Paterson Charter at 3-Pompton Lakes 11-North Warren at 6-Emerson Boro 10-Hasbrouck Heights at 7-New Milford 15-Wallkill Valley at 2-Midland Park North 2 Group 4 16-Linden at 1-Watchung Hills 9-Ridge at 8-Bayonne 12-Barringer at 5-Phillipsburg 13-Union at 4-Woodbridge 14-Piscataway at 3-Kearny 11-Elizabeth at 6-Bridgewater-Raritan 10-JP Stevens at 7-Scotch Plains-Fanwood 15-Ferris at 2-Columbia North 2 Group 3 9-Millburn at 8-J.

F. Kennedy-Iselin 12-Warren Hills at 5-North Plainfield 13-Payne Tech at 4-South Plainfield 14-Mendham at 3-Nutley 11-Rahway at 6-Cranford 10-Colonia at 7-Somerville 15-Chatham at 2-North Hunterdon North 2 Group 2 9-Lyndhurst at 8-West Morris, winner at 1-Caldwell 12-Hackettstown at 5-Bernards 13-Voorhees at 4-Governor Livingston 11-Hoboken at 6-Rutherford, winner at 3-McNair Academy 10-Snyder at 7-Madison, winner at 2-Hanover Park North 2 Group 1 16-Ridgefield at 1-Wood-Ridge 9-Verona at 8-New Providence 12-Secaucus at 5-Glen Ridge 13-Belvidere at 4-Dayton 14-Bard at 3-Whippany Park 11-Weehawken at 6-Cedar Grove 10-North Arlington at 7-West Caldwell Tech 15-University at 2-Brearley Central Group 4 16-Monroe at 1-Hillsborough 9-Hamilton West at 8-Franklin 12-Freehold Township at 5-East Brunswick 13-Perth Amboy at 4-Edison 14-North Brunswick at 3-Marlboro 11-Jackson Township at 6-Hunterdon Central 10-Manalapan at 7-Montgomery 15-Old Bridge at 2-Sayreville Central Group 3 16-Pemberton at 1-Steinert 9-Hopewell Valley at 8-Lawrence 12-Ewing at 5-Freehold Boro 13-Westampton Tech at 4-Colts Neck 14-Moorestown at 3-Middletown South 11-Brick Township at 6-Middletown North 10-Brick Memorial at 7-Matawan 15-Burlington Township at 2-Northern Burlington. Central Group 2 9-Metuchen at 8-South River, winner at 1-Allentown 12-Ocean Township at 5-Raritan 13-Point Pleasant Boro at 4-Delaware Valley 14-Manasquan at 3-Delran 11-Bordentown at 6-Holmdel 10-Spotswood at 7-Robbinsville 15-Wall at 2-A.