There will be 16 of 21 possible high school girls’ basketball teams from The Trentonian’s coverage area in the mix for a state title when the 2025 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletics

We're in the final leg of the high school girls basketball 2024-25 season. Here a state tournament preview and a list of all the past SCT finals.

Why they’re dangerous: Montclair has an impact player in senior Savannah Seawell, who is a double-double machine. She can score and rebound at will, averaging 20 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. Seawell can win a game by herself, and gives Montclair a shot against seventh-seeded Paterson Kennedy.

Park Ridge, Glen Rock and Demarest are the North Jersey teams to receive No. 1 seeds in their sections for this year’s NJSIAA girls basketball tournament, which tips off Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Franklin Township girls basketball is seeded 5th in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group tournament. They face Old Bridge in the opening round!

The picks are in for next month’s boys and girls Sweet 16s. The voters in this season’s Kentucky High School Basketball Media Polls — one from each of the state’s 16 regions — have made their selections to reach the state tournaments.