Baseball: State playoff pairings, seeds announced

The pairings and seeds for the NJSIAA sectional baseball tournaments were released on Thursday.

In all, 16 of the 19 schools in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex area qualified for the postseason. First-round action in public sections begins on Monday at 4 p.m. Non-Public brackets will open play on Friday, May 25.

Second-round public contests will be played on Friday, May 25. The semifinals are slated for Tuesday, May 29 and championship games will be contested on Friday, June 1.

Second-round Non-Public games will be played on Tuesday, May 29. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, June 1 and the championship games on Tuesday, June 5.

The public state semifinals are set for Tuesday, June 5 and the state finals on Saturday, June 9 at Toms River.

Here are the matchups involving the local teams:

North 1, Group 3

9-High Point at 8-Old Tappan

12-Sparta at 5-Paramus

North 1, Group 2

16-Pascack Hills at 1-North Warren

13-Wallkill Valley at 4-River Dell

14-Kittatinny at 3-Mahwah

10-Hopatcong at 7-Dumont

15-Lenape Valley at 2-Hawthorne

North 1, Group 1

9-Sussex Tech at 8-Verona

North 2, Group 4

9-Edison at 8-Phillipsburg

12-Elizabeth at 5-Hunterdon Central

10-North Hunterdon at 7-Bridgewater-Raritan

North 2, Group 3

13-Warren Hills at 4-South Plainfield

North 2, Group 1

16-Belvidere at 1-Dunellen

Central Jersey, Group 2

9-Johnson at 8-Voorhees
13-Delaware Valley at 4-Raritan
Central Jersey, Group 1
15-South Hunterdon at 2-Metuchen

Non-Public A North Jersey

10-DePaul at 7-Pope John