43rd Essex County Tournament HS Girls’ Varsity Basketball bracket

FIRST PRELIMINARY ROUND, on or by Feb. 4
29-Livingston at 16-Bloomfield Tech
28-Technology at 17-Irvington
24-Newark Central at 21-Glen Ridge
25-Golda Och Academy at 20-Montclair Immaculate Conception
30-North Star at 15-Verona
27-North 13th St. Tech at 18-Newark Academy
23-Caldwell at 22-Newark Collegiate Academy
26-Belleville at 19-Mount St.Dominic Academy

SECOND PRELIMINARY ROUND, on or by Feb. 9
Game 1: winner of Livingston/Bloomfield Tech vs. winner of Technology/Irvington
Game 2: winner of Newark Central-Glen Ridge at 12-Cedar Grove
Game 3: winner of Golda Och Academy/Montclair Immaculate Conception at 13-West Essex
Game 4: winner of North Star/Verona vs. winner of North 13th St. Tech/Newark Academy
Game 5: winner of Caldwell/Newark Collegiate Academy at 11-Montclair Kimberley Academy
Game 6: winner of Belleville/Mount St. Dominic Academy at 14-Newark Arts

FIRST ROUND, Saturday, Feb. 11
Game 7: Game 1 winner at 1-Newark Tech
Game 8: 9-Columbia at 8-Orange
Game 9: Game 2 winner at 5-Bloomfield
Game 10: Game 3 winner at 4-East Orange Campus
Game 11: Game 4 winner at 2-University
Game 12: 10-Nutley at 7-Millburn
Game 13: Game 5 winner at 6-Montclair
Game 14: Game 6 winner at 3-West Orange

QUARTERFINALS, Feb. 18, at higher-seeded sites
Game 15: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Game 16: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 17: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner
Game 18: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner

SEMIFINALS, Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Newark Weequahic

FINAL, Saturday, Feb. 25, at Essex County College, Newark, 1 p.m.