BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity volleyball, which won the Essex County Tournament title and Super Essex Conference-American Division title, hopes to add a state championship this season as the Bengals received the No. 3 seed in the state North Jersey Section 1 tournament.
The Bengals will host No. 14 seed Pope John in the first round on May 24. The winner will face the winner between No. 11 seed Dover and No. 6 seed Bergen Catholic in the quarterfinals on May 26. The semifinals are June 1. The final is June 3.
The top seed is Fair Lawn. Wayne Valley is the No. 2 seed.
The Bengals defeated North 13th Street Tech, 25-20, 25-17, May 17, to improve to a 23-3 record. Khalil Naouai had 14 kills and five digs; Jose Bruno-Maldonado had 19 assists; Zac Pekar had six digs; and Noel Shaji had three kills and three digs to lead the Bengals.
North Jersey Section 1 tournament
Prelminary round
(17) Lyndhurst at (16) Ramapo
(18) West Caldwell Tech at (15) Bergen Tech
First round
winner of Lyndhurst/Ramapo at (1) Fair Lawn
winner of West Caldwell Tech/(15) Bergen Tech at (2) Wayne Valley
(14) Pope John at (3) Bloomfield
(13) North Bergen at (4) Hackensack
(12) Cliffside Park at (5) Lakeland
(11) Dover at (6) Bergen Catholic
(10) Vernon at (7) Wayne Hills
(9) Jefferson at (8) Don Bosco Prep
Quarterfinals
winner of Lyndhurst/Ramapo-Fair Lawn vs. winner of Jefferson/Don Bosco Prep
winner of West Caldwell Tech/Bergen Tech-Wayne Valley vs. winner of Vernonr/Wayne Hills
winner of Pope John/Bloomfield vs. winner of Dover/BergenCatholic
winner of North Bergen/Hackensack vs. w/o Cliffside Park/Lakeland
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