Wrestling: Sneak peek at one realignment proposal?

With the next step toward potental region realignment set for a vote on Wednesday, here is one of the proposals submitted to the NJSIAA wrestling committee a few months ago. This is not confirmed to be one of the two set to be reviewed and voted on, and is based solely on northing numbers and longitude.

The proposal below was crafted by Britt Malinsky, a contributor to Intermat wrestling web site, and submitted to the NJSIAA. The committee is also said to be considering another proposal that would be less of a dramatic shift statewide and would factor in the average of a school's power point totals for the past five seasons in addition to northing numbers.

Watchung Hills coach and New Jersey Coaches Association president Dan Smith said when reached on Saturday that even if one of the new proposals passes, it would still have to make its way through several other committees before becoming official.

The proposal below is odd in that it does not take into a account some of the perceived inequities with the current region alignment -- namely Bergen Catholic and Don Bosco Prep still being housed in Region 2 and what would clearly be a competitive in-balance in the new Region 3, which would feature state powers Hanover Park, Bound Brook, Phillipsburg, Delbarton and South Plainfield, along with all of the Hunterdon County schools minus Hunterdon Central. The Red Devils would remain in Region 5 under this one.

Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex teams in bold below:

Region 1

D1 -- High Point, Jefferson, Kittatinny, Newton, North Warren, Pope John, Sparta, Vernon, Wallkill Valley, West Milford

D2 -- Butler, DePaul, Indian Hills, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Manchester Regional, Pequannock, Pompton Lakes, Ramapo, Wayne Hills 

D3 -- Boonton, Cedar Grove, JFK-Paterson, Montville, Mountain Lakes, Parsippany, Passaic Tech, Passaic Valley, Wayne Valley, West Essex 

D4 -- Dover, Hopatcong, Lenape Valley, Morris Catholic, Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Parsippany Hills, Roxbury

Region 2

D5 -- Don Bosco Prep, Glen Rock, Hawthorne, Mahwah, Northern Highlands, Paramus Catholic, Ramsey, Ridgewood, St. Joseph- Montvale, Waldwick/Midland Park 

D6 -- Bergen Catholic, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, New Milford, Old Tappan, Pascack Hills, Pascack Valley, Westwood 

D7 -- Clifton, Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi, Paramus, Passaic, Saddle Brook 

D8 -- Bergenfield, Bogota, Dwight Morrow, Fort Lee, Leonia, Ridgefield Park, River Dell, Teaneck, Tenafly

Region 3

D9 -- Belvidere, Bernards, Delbarton, Hackettstown, Mendham, Phillipsburg, Randolph, Ridge, Warren Hills, West Morris 

D10 -- Chatham, Hanover Park, Livingston, Madison, Millburn, Morristown, New Providence, Newark Academy, Summit, Whippany Park 

D11 -- Bound Brook, Bridgewater-Raritan, Delaware Valley, North Hunterdon, North Plainfield, Pingry, Plainfield, Somerville, Voorhees, Watchung Hills 

D12 -- Bishop Ahr, Colonia, Cranford, Governor Livingston, Johnson, J.P. Stevens, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, South Plainfield, Westfield

Region 4

D13 -- Belleville, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Glen Ridge, Kearny, Montclair, Nutley, Seton Hall Prep, Verona, West Orange 

D14 -- Becton/Wallington, Cliffside Park, Lyndhurst, North Bergen, Queen of Peace, Rutherford, Secaucus, St. Mary's, Union City, Wood-Ridge 

D15 -- Brearley/Dayton, Carteret, Columbia, Irvington, JFK-Iselin, Linden, Orange, Rahway, Roselle Park, Union 

D16 -- Barringer, Bayonne, Christ the King, East Orange, East Side, Elizabeth, Shabazz, St. Peter's Prep, Weequahic

Region 5

D17 -- Franklin, Hillsborough, Hopewell Valley, Hunterdon Central, Manville, Montgomery, Princeton, Rutgers Prep, South Brunswick, West Windsor North 

D18 -- East Brunswick, Edison, Highland Park, Metuchen, Middlesex, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Piscataway, South River, Spotswood 

D19 -- Burlington City, Burlington Township, Ewing, Hamilton West, Holy Cross, Lawrence, Notre Dame, Nottingham, Riverside, Trenton Central 

D20 -- Allentown, Bordentown, Hightstown, Monroe, New Egypt, Northern Burlington, Robbinsville, Steinert, West Windsor South

Region 6

D21 -- Academy of Urban Leadership, Holmdel, Keyport/Henry Hudson, Marlboro, Matawan, Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, St. John Vianney, Woodbridge 

D22 -- Christian Brothers, Keansburg, Long Branch, Middletown North, Middletown South, Monmouth Regional, Raritan, Red Bank Catholic, Red Bank Regional, Rumson-Fair Haven 

D23 -- Brick Memorial, Brick Township, Colts Neck, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Jackson Liberty, Jackson Memorial, Lakewood, Manalapan 

D24 -- Asbury Park, Manasquan, Neptune, Ocean Township, Point Pleasant Beach, Point Pleasant Borough, Shore Regional, St. Rose, Wall Township

Region 7

D25 -- Audubon, Bishop Eustace, Camden, Collingswood, Gloucester Catholic, Gloucester City, Paul VI-Haddonfield, Paulsboro, Triton, West Deptford 

D26 -- Camden Catholic, Cherry Hill West, Cinnaminson, Haddon Heights, Haddon Township, Haddonfield, Maple Shade, Palmyra, Pennsauken, Sterling 

D27 -- Clearview, Cumberland, Gateway/Woodbury, Kingsway, Penns Grove, Pennsville, Pitman, Salem, Schalick, Woodstown 

D28 -- Clayton, Delsea, Deptford, Highland, Lindenwold, Millville, Timber Creek, Washington Township, Williamstown

Region 8

D29 -- Cherokee, Cherry Hill East, Delran, Eastern, Lenape, Moorestown, Rancocas Valley, Shawnee, Westampton Tech, Willingboro 

D30 -- Barnegat, Central Regional, Donovan Catholic, Lacey, Manchester Township, Pemberton, Seneca, Toms River East, Toms River North, Toms River South 

D31 -- Buena, Hammonton, Lower Cape May, Middle Township, Oakcrest, Overbrook, St. Joseph's-Hammonton, St. Augustine, Vineland, Winslow Township

D32 -- Absegami, Atlantic City, Cedar Creek, Egg Harbor, Holy Spirit, Mainland, Ocean City, Pinelands, Southern