A record-setting (if not, close to it) blizzard that socked New Jersey Sunday into Monday and will have people cleaning up for a while has forced the NJSIAA to postpone Tuesday’s opening day of the state high school basketball tournament.
Public school sections in Groups 2 and 4 would have begun play Tuesday, with the second round originally set for Thursday, the sectional semis next Tuesday and finals next Friday.
But Mother Nature had other ideas, and there appeared to be enough padding in the schedule to make the change.
Now, as reported by NJ.com, the first round for Groups 1 and 3 will be this Thursday, which likely moves the second round to Saturday, allowing for at least one day in between, and still two days between Saturdays quarterfinals and the originally-scheduled Tuesday sectional semifinals next week.
The rest of the schedule has not been changed, but there’s a possibility it could, depending on what areas of the state got hit the hardest, including restoration of power. Media reports seem to indicate the Jersey Shore got the worst of the storm, along with coastal flooding. As of 9 am Monday, the National Weather Service reported 20 inches of snow in Perth Amboy in Middlesex County as well as Chatham in Morris County, but 24 inches in Freehold.
Below is a full list of Tuesday games now set for Thursday in both the boys’ and girls’ tournaments, for sections that include CJSR-area teams. As of now, they should be the same game times, just on different days, but as Central Jersey Sports Radio learns of any changes, they will be updated here:
BOYS’ STATE TOURNAMENT – THURSDAY SCHEDULE
Central Jersey Group 4
- (16) Old Bridge at (1) Hillsborough, 6:30 pm
- (9) Franklin at (8) Freehold Twp, 6 pm
- (12) Hightstown at (5) Jackson Twp., 6:30 pm
- (13) Edison at (4) East Brunswick, 5 pm
- (14) Manalapan at (3) Montgomery, 5:30 pm
- (11) Hunterdon Central at (6) Trenton, 5:30 pm
- (10) South Brunswick at (7) Sayreville, 7 pm
- (15) Princeton at (2) Marlboro, 6 pm
North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4
- (16) JP Stevens at (1) Piscataway, 7 pm
- (9) Columbia at (8) Dickinson, TBA
- (12) Scotch Plains-Fanwood at (5) Bayonne, 4:30 pm
- (13) Bridgewater-Raritan at (4) Plainfield, 7 pm
- (14) Ferris at (3) Union, 6 pm
- (11) North Star Academy at (6) Perth Amboy, 6 pm
- (10) Ridge at (7) Elizabeth, 7 pm
- (15) Westfield at (2) Linden, 7 pm
Central Jersey Group 2
- (16) Bordentown at (1) Wall, 5:30 pm
- (9) Robbinsville at (8) Holmdel, 5:30 pm
- (12) Roselle at (5) Manasquan, 7 pm
- (13) Spotswood at (4) Delaware Valley, 7 pm
- (14) Governor Livingston at (3) Ocean Twp., 5:15 pm
- (11) Monmouth at (6) Johnson, 7 pm
- (10) Point Pleasant Boro at (7) Rumson-Fair Haven, 6:30 pm
- (15) Delran at (2) Metuchen, 6 pm
North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2
- (16) Newark West Side at (1) Newark Collegiate, TBA
- (9) Bernards at (8) Weequahic, 7 pm
- (12) Hanover Park at (5) Hackettstown, 7 pm
- (13) Rutherford at (4) Madison, 6 pm
- (14) Snyder at (3) Ridgefield Park, 7 pm
- (11) Becton at (6) Caldwell, 7 pm
- (10) Hillside at (7) Voorhees, 7 pm
- (15) McNair at (2) Lyndhurst, 6 pm
GIRLS’ STATE TOURNAMENT – THURSDAY SCHEDULE
Central Jersey Group 4
- (15) Manalapan at (1) Franklin, 5:30 pm
- (9) Sayreville at (8) Freehold Twp., 4 pm
- (12) Monroe at (5) Jackson Twp., 4:30 pm
- (13) Trenton at (4) Hunterdon Central, 5 pm
- (14) West Windsor-Plainsboro South at (3) Hillsborough, 4:30 pm
- (11) Old Bridge at (6) Princeton, 4p
- (10) Montgomery at (7) Marlboro, 4 pm
- (15) Hightstown at (2) East Brunswick, 7 pm
North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4
- (16) Scotch Plains-Fanwood at (1) Bayonne, 7 pm
- (9) Woodbridge at (8) North Star Academy, 5:30 pm
- (12) Linden at (5) Columbia, 4:30 pm
- (13) Ridge at (4) Plainfield, 5 pm
- (14) Perth Amboy at (3) Piscataway, 5 pm
- (11) Union at (6) Elizabeth, 5 pm
- (10) Watchung Hills at (7) Bridgewater-Raritan, 5 pm
- (15) JP Stevens at (2) Westfield, 5 pm
Central Jersey Group 2
- (16) Ocean Twp. at (1) Manasquan, 5 pm
- (9) Spotswood at (8) Delaware Valley, 5:30 pm
- (12) Robbinsville at (5) Bordentown, 5 pm
- (13) Metuchen at (4) South River, 4:30 pm
- (14) Holmdel at (3) Johnson, 5 pm
- (11) Governor Livingston at (6) Piscataway Magnet, 4 pm
- (10 Delran at (7) Point Pleasant Boro, 5 pm
- (15) Wall at (1) Rumson-Fair Haven, 5 pm
North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2
- (16) Harrison at (1) Caldwell, 5 pm
- (9) Ridgefield Park at (8) Snyder, 5 pm
- (12) West Morris at (5) Rutherford, 4 pm
- (13) Weequahic at (4) Voorhees, 5 pm
- (14) Newark West Side at (3) Madison, 4 pm
- (11) Hoboken at (6) Hackettstown, 5:30 pm
- (10) Newark Collegiate at (7) Hanover Park, 4 pm
- (15) Lyndhurst at (2) Bernards, 7 pm
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