Belleville HS boys’ volleyball team is No. 4 seed in ECT

BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School varsity boys’ volleyball team received the No. 4 seed in the Essex County Tournament.

The Bucs will visit 13th-seeded East Orange Campus in the first round on or by April 23. The winner will face the winner between No. 5 seed Millburn and No. 12 seed Immaculate Conception in the quarterfinals on April 27.

The semifinals are April 30 at the higher-seeded sites. The final is May 6 at Bloomfield High School at 7 p.m.

Livingston is the top seed. North 13th Street is the second seed and Bloomfield is the third seed.

The Bucs lost to Livingston, 25-8, 25-12, April 18, to move to a 3-5 record. Fidel Barraza had four digs; Marcus Kodare had three digs and Michael Feneque had nine assists for BHS.

Essex County Tournament

First round

(1) Livingston, bye

(9) Barringer at (8) Bloomfield Tech

(12) Immaculate Conception at (5) Millburn

(13) East Orange Campus at (4) Belleville

(2) North 13th Street Tech, bye

(10) West Essex at (7) Montclair

(11) Newark East Side at (6) Science Park

(3) Bloomfield, bye