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Caldwell's Marco Sozio (12), Cedar Grove's Xavier Andujar (1), Seton Hall Prep's JJ Drennan and Verna's Frank Orrei (13) are among the top pitchers to watch in NJSIAA state tournament which gets underway early in the next week with the public schools' first-round action on Tuesday, May 27th, and start of non-public action on Wednesday (May 28th). (Photos by Jeff Stiefbold - jstiefbold.smugmug.com and PJ Candido/SHP)

What SHP has that not too many teams boast is a pitching staff led by two legitimate No. 1 starters in senior major league draft prospect Marcelo Harsch (5-0) and junior Boston College commit JJ Drennan who are both as good as it gets at the high school level.

The terrain for the Pirates in Non-Public, North A is always as rigorous as any state section in the state and this spring will be no different as No. 2 seeded SHP could face a sectional quarterfinal vs. No. 7 seeded St. Joe’s of Montvale and a sectional semifinal with 3-DePaul. However, the Pirates would only have to face either 4-Delbarton or 1-Don Bosco Prep along the way should they be able to advance to a Non-Public, North A final on June 6.

2025 NJSIAA State Tournament Dates:

Public Schools:

First Round: Tuesday, May 27; quarterfinals: Thursday, May 29; semifinals: Tuesday, June 3; sectional final: Thursday, June 5; group semis: Monday, June 9; state final: Saturday, June 14, at Veterans Park, Hamilton

Non-Public Schools:

First round: Wednesday, May 28; quarterfinals: Friday, May 30; sectional semis: Wednesday, June 6; sectional final: Friday, June 6; state final: Wednesday, June 11, at Veterans Park, Hamilton

North 1, Group 1

1-Pequannock (15-7)
2-Midland Park (15-6-1)
3-Hasbrouck Heights (17-8)
4-Wallkill Valley (14-6)
5-New Milford (15-10)
6-Indian Hills (10-10)
7-Emerson Boro (11-13-1)
8-Cresskill (13-10-1)
9-Pompton Lakes (13-8)
10-Mountain Lakes (10-14)
11-Waldwick (11-14)
12-Boonton (13-10)
13-Lenape Valley (11-11)
14-Kittatinny (9-12)
15-Butler (10-11)
16-Park Ridge (6-16)

North 1, Group 2

1-Pascack Valley (18-5)
2-Vernon (14-5)
3-Ramsey (17-7)
4-Westwood (14-9)
5-Mahwah (15-9)
6-Glen Rock (17-5)
7-West Milford (15-9)
8-Pascack Hills (13-11)
9-Jefferson (15-9)
10-High Point (12-8)
11-Sparta (10-11)
12-Demarest (12-11)
13-Dumont (13-14)
14-Newton (12-10)
15-Ridgefield (13-11)
16-River Dell (6-17)

North 1, Group 3

1-Ramapo (20-4)
2-Old Tappan (16-6)
3-Roxbury (15-8)
4-Wayne Hills (14-10)
5-Fort Lee (16-8)
6-Morris Knolls (10-11)
7-Northern Highlands (13-12)
8-Montville (11-12)
9-Wayne Valley (11-10)
10-Nutley (13-12)
11-Ridgefield Park (13-12)
12-Paramus (9-14)
13-Randolph (8-14)
14-Bergenfield (10-13)
15-Teaneck (11-14)
16-Warren Hills (8-13)

North 1, Group 4

1-Livingston (17-7)
2-Passaic Tech (19-6)
3-Mount Olive (19-7)
4-Union City (17-8)
5-Ridgewood (17-6)
6-Morristown (15-10)
7-West Orange (13-12)
8-Montclair (9-15)
9-Memorial (12-11)
10-Hackensack (9-15)
11-North Bergen (11-13)
12-Passaic (10-10)
13-Belleville (11-12)
14-Fair Lawn (10-13)
15-Paterson Eastside (9-10)
16-Bergen Tech (11-13)

North 2, Group 1

1-Cedar Grove (17-6)
2-Verona (16-5)
3-Hanover Park (12-11-1)
4-Brearley (11-9)
5-Newark Tech (14-6)
6-Wood-Ridge (16-11)
7-Hoboken (17-8)
8-Whippany Park (13-12)
9-Dayton (10-13)
10-New Providence (6-14)
11-North Arlington (12-13)
12-Wallington (10-11)
13-Technology (11-5)
14-Weehawken (11-13)
15-McNair (14-7)
16-Glen Ridge (5-18)

North 2, Group 2

1-West Essex (14-7)
2-Madison (17-3)
3-Passaic Valley (14-8)
4-West Morris (14-9)
5-Rutherford (17-7)
6-Hackettstown (15-6)
7-Caldwell (13-9)
8-Lyndhurst (16-9)
9-Parsippany (11-8)
10-Bernards (11-10)
11-Mendham (8-13)
12-Becton (13-12)
13-Voorhees (10-10)
14-Shabazz (9-7)
15-Parsippany Hills (6-16)
16-Hillside (11-5)

North 2, Group 3

1-Colonia (19-4)
2-Millburn (12-13)
3-South Plainfield (14-9)
4-North Hunterdon (11-10)
5-North Plainfield (14-7)
6-Cranford (13-9)
7-Somerville (12-10)
8-Middletown North (12-10)
9-Summit (10-11-1)
10-Payne Tech (13-7)
11-Chatham (9-12)
12-Carteret (9-12)
13-Iselin Kennedy (9-12)
14-Rahway (5-13)
15-Matawan (4-15)
16-Newark Central (6-11)

North 2, Group 4

1-Ridge (16-5)
2-Woodbridge (16-6)
3-Westfield (15-6)
4-Elizabeth (19-7)
5-Phillipsburg (11-10)
6-Watchung Hills (11-11)
7-Columbia (11-11-1)
8-Scotch Plains-Fanwood (9-13)
9-Bridgewater-Raritan (6-17)
10-Bayonne (11-14)
11-Ferris (9-13)
12-Newark East Side (12-8)
13-J.P. Stevens (8-16)
14-Barringer (5-14)
15-Piscataway (6-12)
16-Plainfield (9-8)

Central, Group 2

1-Gov. Livingston (22-0)
2-Robbinsville (14-5-1)
3-Delran (12-6)
4-Ocean Township (16-7-1)
5-Raritan (16-7)
6-Johnson (13-7)
7-Manasquan (13-7)
8-East Brunswick Magnet (20-4)
9-South River (15-6)
10-Rumson-Fair Haven (15-8-1)
11-Allentown (12-10)
12-Spotswood (15-10)
13-Cinnaminson (13-10)
14-Bordentown (13-10)
15-Holmdel (14-8)
16-Point Pleasant Boro (12-10)

Non-Public A, North

1-Don Bosco Prep (20-2)
2-Seton Hall Prep (20-1)
3-DePaul (15-6)
4-Delbarton (20-4)
5-Bergen Catholic (17-7)
6-St. Peter’s Prep (18-6-1)
7-St. Joseph (Mont.) (16-9)
8-Oratory (16-7)
9-Paramus Catholic (12-12)
10-Dwight-Englewood (11-13)
11-St. Benedict’s (5-15)
12-Hudson Catholic (2-16)

Non-Public A, South

1-Christian Brothers (18-4)
2-Red Bank Catholic (17-5)
3-St. Augustine (15-6)
4-St. Joseph (Met.) (14-6)
5-Immaculata (15-7)
6-Union Catholic (16-8)
7-Notre Dame (13-6)
8-Paul VI (11-11)
9-St. John Vianney (10-9)
10-Donovan Catholic (5-12)
11-Pingry (5-17)
12-Camden Catholic (3-19)

Non-Public B, North

1-Montclair Kimberley (16-5)
2-Morristown-Beard (14-6)
3-St. Mary (Ruth.) (17-8)
4-St. Thomas Aquinas (15-7)
5-Rutgers Prep (12-9)
6-Pope John (10-11)
7-Gill St. Bernard’s (11-11)
8-Newark Academy (9-11)
9-Morris Catholic (8-14)
10-Hawthorne Christian (8-11)
11-Timothy Christian (0-15)
12-Golda Och (3-7)

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West Essex knows it can rely on veteran infielder Max Garcia while Livingston has a host of players it can look to while seeking to repeat in N1G4. (SC photo & by Ayden Acebo)