Belleville HS softball team is No. 6 seed in state sectional tournament

BELLEVILLE – Belleville High School varsity softball team received the No. 6 seed in the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament and will host No. 11 seed Morristown in the first round on May 23. The winner will face the winner between No. 3 seed North Bergen and No. 14 seed Randolph in the quarterfinals on May 25. The semifinals are May 31 and the final is June 3.

The Bucs were no-hit by Nutley’s Emily Holden in an 8-0 loss on May 17 at Nutley’s Yanticaw Park to move to a 14-7 record.

North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament

First round

(16) Clifton at (1) Ridgewood

(9) Hackensack at (8) Mount Olive

(12) Union City at (5) Morris Knolls

(13) Bergen Tech at (4) Fair Lawn

(14) Randolph at (3) North Bergen

(11) Morristown at (6) Belleville

(10) Passaic Tech at (7) Livingston

(15) Bloomfield at (2) Kearny

Quarterfinals

Winner of Clifton/Ridgewood vs. winner of Hackensack/Mount Olive

Winner of Union City/Morris Knolls vs. winner of Bergen Tech/Fair Lawn

Winner of Randolph/North Bergen vs. winner of Morristown/Belleville

Winner of Passaic Tech/Livingston vs. winner of Bloomfield/Kearny