NJ State Tournament Recap Through Sectional Championship Games/Picks for Tomorrow's Games

Hope everyone is having a good Memorial Day. I'm posting the recap and predictions now because I'll be busy watching tennis tomorrow morning with Roger Federer going up against Robin Soderling who knocked out Rafael Nadal of the French Open last year which helped Federer finally complete the career Grand Slam. It should be a great match and as long as Federer gets by him, I don't think there's anyway that we see a matchup besides Federer-Nadal for the championship, unless Djokovic knocks out Nadal which I could see but it's a long shot. Anyway, there's 12 baseball games tomorrow in the state tournament, which are scattered throughout several college locations for the public school games as well as the higher seed's high school's for the non-public schools, which is a new rule this year. Every winner advances to play in Toms River for their respective group titles. Here is my records through Friday.

33-24 in Group I games
37-22 in Group II games
34-26 in Group III games
36-24 in Group IV games
17-6 in Non-Public A games
12-5 in Non-Public B games
169-107 Overall

• The Iron Hills Conference has done a very good job in this tournament with 3 teams still alive in Randolph, Seton Hall and West Essex. You have to think that at this point, Randolph and West Essex are the favorite in their group to bring home the titles and you can never count out Seton Hall Prep.
• Washington Township once again proves how they are a South Jersey power you can never count out with an improbable run in their section to capture the South, Group IV title as a 13 seed. The other 2 seeds to win as a double digit seed were Spotswood and Lakeland, who were both 11 seeds.
• Seton Hall Prep upset what was considered by many to be the #1 team in New Jersey with a 7-5 win over Don Bosco. They have another extremely tough opponent when they travel to Flemington tomorrow to take on Immaculata with a sectional championship on the line.
• It's only fitting that St. Joe's Metuchen and Bishop Eustace do battle tomorrow for a sectional championship. Both have been very impressive so far with Joe's outscoring their competition 29-8 and Eustace outscoring their competition 27-3. It should be a great game tomorrow and I think the winner has a decent chance to beat Immaculata or Seton Hall Prep.

And now onto my picks for tomorrow.

Group I
#1 Whippany Park over #4 Emerson Boro
#1 Robbinsville over #3 Pitman

Group II
#2 West Essex over #7 Ramsey
#11 Spotswood over #3 Audubon

Group III
#3 Cranford over #11 Lakeland
#3 Ocean City over #4 Hopewell Valley

Group IV
#1 Randolph over #2 Bridgewater-Raritan
#5 Jackson Memorial over#13 Washington Township

Non-Public A
#6 Seton Hall Prep over #1 Immaculata
#1 St. Joe's Metuchen over #2 Bishop Eustace

Non-Public B
#2 St. Mary's Rutherford over #1 Morristown-Beard
#4 St. Rose over #3 Gloucester Catholic

So those are my picks for tomorrow. Many of the games should be great games and pit some of the best teams in the state against each other. I'm looking forward to it as well as the championship games on Saturday. I'll be back on Friday to do more of an extensive preview on each team and see how they stack up with each other in the state group finals. Good luck to every team playing tomorrow.