The state championship and the right to be regarded as the finest boys’ swim team in all of New Jersey await Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
And all that Bridgewater-Raritan has to do is beat a team that it already dominated this winter.
Bridgewater-Raritan, ranked No. 1 in New Jersey, is one victory away from winning the program’s fifth state championship when it swims against its Somerset County rival, Hillsborough High School, ranked 15th in the state, in the Group A state championship meet on Wednesday, February 25, at the Neptune Aquatic Center at 8:30 a.m.
Due to the major snowstorm that covered the state over the weekend, the NJSIAA postponed the eight state championship meets to Wednesday, February 25, at the Neptune Aquatic Center.
That new schedule will now have the Bridgewater-Raritan girls' team swimming for the Group A state title in a double dual meet with the Bridgewater-Raritan boys at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, in Neptune. The Bridgewater-Raritan girls will meet Cherry Hill High School East for the state title.
Bridgewater-Raritan, which is 11-0, will enter the Group A boys' state final confident, since the Panthers stormed past Hillsborough, 105-65, in their January 13 meeting. That result is the lone loss suffered by Hillsborough (10-1) this winter.
Bridgewater-Raritan, coached by Evan Seavey, advanced to the state final after it cruised past 15th-ranked Ridgewood High School, 130-40, in the semifinals on Wednesday, February 18, at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne.
Hillsborough earned a crack at Bridgewater-Raritan after it eliminated sixth-ranked Cherry Hill High School East, 91.5-78.5, in the Group A semifinals that were also held on Wednesday, February 18, in Wayne.
Bridgewater-Raritan last won the Group A boys’ state title in 2018.