NJSIAA Realigns NNJIL for 2006

The Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League will have a new look next year.

The NJSIAA has approved a realignment that makes one division for the parochial schools and two divisions for the publics. The public divisions will be aligned according to power points accumulated over three years, not on the basis of enrollment.

The realignment, which will be re-evaluated in two years is meant to help the publics out, since the 13 public schools have only won nine of 116 games since 2001.

The stronger public division will be comprised of Ridgewood, Hackensack, Montclair, Teaneck, Paterson Eastside, Clifton and Nutley while the second division will have Bergen Tech, Paramus, Bloomfield, Paterson Kennedy, Passaic, Barringer and Belleville. The non-public division is comprised of Don Bosco Prep of Ramsey, St. Joseph of Montvale, Bergen Catholic of Oradell and Paramus Catholic.

Under the NJSIAA realignment, the public schools in the NNJIL will play the other six schools in their division and one parochial school. Meanwhile, based on their current power-point tally, Don Bosco Prep and St. Joseph will play each other twice and Bergen Catholic and Paramus Catholic once each. Don Bosco and St. Joseph will also play three public schools while Bergen Catholic and Paramus Catholic play four public and three parochial teams.

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