By NJP March 27, 2023 The Spring NJ Boys High School volleyball season is about to start and we thought we would rev up the season by showing off last years yearbook. It is filled with stories, stats, and data that will

February 20, 2023 The NJP coverage of NJ high school volleyball continues to wind down. In 2022, our coverage and features were much less than 2021 and this trend will continue in 2023. Here is our anticipated coverage level for 2023... This

November 4, 2022 Here is the latest NJ State Playoff Bracket update for all groups of high school girls volleyball for the Fall 2022 season. Our ratings are noted in each grid as NJP again pits its algorithm against the seeding

October 29, 2022 BLOG IN PROGRESS... Check back as we updated our blog tonight for new content... State playoffs are underway and we will check in on team progress thus far as well as those who are now done for the 2022

October 23, 2022 We have seen and interacted with so many coaches over the years in both hockey and volleyball. Many are former players who bring a wealth of knowledge about the technical side of the game and instill this content

October 21, 2022 New Jersey is filled with many passionate coaches who help guide junior, youth, and high school level athletes and students to learn and excel at the sport of volleyball. Today, we celebrate the life and contributions to the

October 20, 2022 BLOG IN PROGRESS TONS of tourney action and late season regular season games on the schedule today as schools prepare for state playoffs. The state cutoff is Saturday and final seeds will be set by Tuesday. The season end

October 15, 2022 Blog in progress... updates will continue until 1AM... More tournament analysis below as we start to prepare for our big data launch tomorrow with fresh rankings, ratings, analytical standings, player rater, and much more... some of today's matches certainly

October 10, 2022 We will be updating this blog throughout the day and evening so stay tuned for new content... Here is the link to the updated NJP Ratings and Rankings as of 10-9... https://njpowerranking.com/2022/10/10/player-rater-update-10-10-22/ Here is the link to the NJP Player

October 7, 2022 Friday night in week 4 means a packed schedule, preparation for County tournaments and the start of tourney games, lots of senior nights, and of course many "Dig Pink" events supporting breast cancer fundraising and awareness. This time

October 3, 2022 We will updating this blog as the night progresses so stay tuned for new content and additions... Week 4 of the season is underway today. We continue to build awareness and collect information that gives insights into state playoff

September 30, 2022 Trying to catch up on the last few days... We will be updating this blog through the night on Friday so stay tuned for additional content... We debut the NJP Predictor tonight. We have just under 60 games that we

September 28, 2022 Apologies to all of our fans. We expect be down a few days and hopefully back up by the weekend. The crew is dealing with a family health issue that is under control and getting better, but family

September 26, 2022 Here we go on week three of the NJ girls high school volleyball season. Lot's of learnings thus far on teams and players. And the algorithms will close in on a higher level of accuracy as more data

September 22, 2022 Top 25's in all overall stat categories at https://njpowerranking.com/2022/09/22/stat-leader-update-top-25s We will be updating our blog throughout the night so stay tuned to new content as it is added... Check out our new "NJP Faces of 2022" as we surprise a

September 21, 2022 Do you know every (well, almost every) mascot for every school team in NJ? We compiled a list to use as a table in our database and thought we would share it with the NJ volleyball community. We

September 20, 2022 Here are some analytics stats for you number crunching geeks that you might find informative and interesting... NJ Girls HS volleyball has played 766 total games through Monday night... Here is an analysis of games played per day on average... 439

September 19, 2022 We are well into our second week of girl's high school volleyball in New Jersey. We are starting to get a clearer picture of the standout teams who continue to build their case for higher rankings. We issued

September 18, 2022 Here is an easy to read game table that shows score details as well league or non-league clarification. We will be presenting this information in a variety of ways this season but here is a dump. All comments

September 18, 2022 Here are the "Standings" as calculated on September 18, 2022...

September 18, 2022 Here is what our algorithm has revealed for the first ranking of the season. Many teams have only played a few games so this will be the most volatile ranking based on not a large sample size. But

9/11/2022 It's so hard to believe it is 21 years later. For all of our current high school volleyball players, the attacks on 9/11 were before your time. But for many of us who were so close to the days events,

September 10, 2022 We have now gotten through the first Saturday of the season which means we had some regular season games on the schedule as well as the first round of tournaments for the year. We will address both in

September 9, 2022 At NJP, we believe high school sports are a privilege and every student who participates should get the opportunity to be recognized for their contribution to their teams success. In past years, the idea of paying to access

September 8, 2022NJP Game Day Video-GIRLS Surprisingly, most of the girls we have interviewed talk about their pre-game routine and using 80’s metal to warm-up to… who knew? So we chose a classic to combine with some video and pics of

September 8, 2022 Here is a look at a feature match-up for Opening Night of the Fall 2022 NJ Girls High School Volleyball schedule: OPENING DAY - THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH #11 Kent Place at #24 Union Catholic: The Dragons have dominated this series

September 6, 2022 Take the survey below and make your selections on who will win each division in the HCIAL. We will hold these and see who came closest at the end of the year... Good luck to all!!

September 5, 2022 As usual, every season provides a shakeout of division foes with some school teams moving up or down based on the conferences criteria to provide competitive matches. This season, we see some teams changing conferences which is less

September 1, 2022 Take the survey below and make your selections on who will win each division in the Big North. We will hold these and see who came closest at the end of the year... Good luck to all!!

September 2022 NJP is relaunching it's "Faces" series for 2022. This is the page that we portray our NJ members of the volleyball community as the heroes that they are... The archive of the last few years "Faces" are still available

August 30, 2022 In an effort to facilitate access to view NJ high school games during the 2022 Fall season, we continue to assemble a live stream link list for NJP fans. We also know that links are always subject to

Player quote: “I am looking forward to this upcoming season, as I plan to take my experiences from last year to contribute to the team in a manner that will lead us to a successful season.” - Alex Grinis https://youtu.be/bDT06a2Z_rk

August 29, 2022 - By NJP We continue on our mission to have accurate reporting of statistical information on the NJ high school volleyball landscape. So let's kick off the season on the right note and make sure all

August 28, 2022 Player quote: "My teammates and I are ready to work as hard as we can, push through adversity and fight until the end of this upcoming season. We know that teams are going to be coming for us

August 26, 2022 Player quote: “I can’t wait for the season to start. We are working so hard as team with many new younger players. We will face the challenges together. Ramapo pride forever!” - Carli Silverman https://youtu.be/gMzhp7GXwGM

August 23, 2022 Player quote: "I am beyond excited for my final volleyball season at Old Bridge. I cannot wait to see where all our hard work and dedication for the past three years leads us as a team. The bond

August 23, 2022 Player quote: “Super excited to come back this upcoming season as High School East ended off very well last year taking the division champion title. Our team is looking great defensively as well as offensively this year and

August 22, 2022 We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has taken the time to complete our NJP website survey. After doing this for so many years, we know the key to providing the best information is based on

August 20, 2022 Player quote: "I am super excited about the upcoming season. I know we have big shoes to fill after last year’s success but, we have been preparing in the offseason to bring our A game." - Alex Foley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzATMNQPFwo

August 20, 2022 Player quote: “This upcoming season is going to feel very different than my others because I am now going into my senior year and my final volleyball season. Bogota volleyball has been apart of my life for the

August 18, 2022 We so appreciate feedback from our fans on what is working well on the NJP website and what is not. Your opinions and suggestions are really important to us. Can you all take 5 minutes and share some

August 18, 2022 Player quote: "This season will be one for the books for me and Piscataway Volleyball as a whole. As my high school volleyball career comes to an end, I am excited to make this season worth wild. Thank

August 16, 2022 Player quote: “I am so excited for this upcoming season, and to play with my team again. We have some unfinished business from last season that we will be sure to handle this season. We have some amazing

August 15, 2022 Player quote: “This year we have some huge voids to fill but if we play hard, stay motivated, and come together as a team, I have no doubt that we will have a successful season once again” -

August 13, 2022 Player Quote: "I would like to say that I am very excited for this season and looking forward to all the new talent and playing with and rematching against players from the previous season!" - Margeaux Morial

August 13, 2022 Player quote: I'm looking forward to start the upcoming High School season. We had a great finish last year it was a lot of fun. I'm excited to get back on the court with my sisters and teammates."

August 10, 2022 Player Quote: "I am so excited for my upcoming senior season. We have a lot of strong returning players and new additions to the varsity team. It is bittersweet to be starting my final year playing for Montgomery,

August 7, 2022 Player Quote: “I’m excited to start my junior year of volleyball at IHA. We have a solid group of returning players that have been working hard in the offseason to improve. Personally, I’m excited for the challenging schedule

August 7, 2022 Player Quote: "I can't wait for our 2022 preseason to start, especially with it being my last season. I’m excited to go against the other high schools one last time for some competitive volleyball. Good luck to the

July 28, 2022 Rutgers-Newark finished the 2021 season ranked #5 in the country. Former George Mason standout player and Head Coach Jack Wilson had helped mold the Scarlet Raiders to one of the best teams in the nation, just missing a

July 29, 2022 Player Quote: "I would describe my feelings on this upcoming season as “ecstatic” since this is my senior year and the last time I will be playing with some of my teammates and coaches. I just can’t wait

July 29, 2022 Player Quote: "I am really excited about this season because it is my senior season and I think our team is going to be a big threat this year. We have a returning assistant coach, Eddie, who we

July 28, 2022 Player Quote: "I am very much so looking forward to this upcoming season, even as it's my last as a high schooler. This fact motivates me to be and play at my best for my teammates and to

July 27, 2022 Player quote: I’m very excited for our upcoming season. We have a lot of talent and dedicated players. I am a libero and my goal is to give good passes to our setter for our strong hitters in

July 26, 2022 Player quote: I am very excited for this upcoming season with Cherokee and I hope we can bond well as a team and translate that onto the court! We have been working hard in open gyms already and

July 25, 2022 Player quote: "My final season at Montgomery will be one to remember, I promise you that. The last three years have really prepared me for the future. I will be pursuing college volleyball at Rowan University in the

July 25, 2022 Player quote: I am very excited for this upcoming season because it is my last one and I want to make it the best yet. We lost a few players this past year but it’s going to be

July 24, 2022 Player Quote: I am excited for the challenge of senior year. It’s going to be a different team this year as we graduated 10 seniors but I am excited to work with a whole set of new players

July 13, 2022 Harrison always does a great job with their summer high school league program. This summer, 9 boys teams and 6 girls teams are participating. Here are the details for the league as well as the results from week

June 30, 2022 Award Certificates from the 2022 Boys High School Volleyball Yearbook are now ready for download. There is a certificate for every award issued in the Yearbook as well as All-Section teams which were not included in the published

June 8, 2022 What a classic match-up for the NJ High School Volleyball State Championship final. The undefeated Southern Rams facing off against the current three time Champs Old Bridge Knights to decide the undisputed number 1 team in NJ. It's

May 22, 2022 State Playoffs are here! Monday kicks off Round 1 with Round 2 on Tuesday and Quarter-finals on Thursday. So we will be down to the Final 4 in each sectional by the end of the week. BAM-BAM... things

May 21, 2022 With the NJ Boys High School Volleyball state playoffs here in a minute, we asked some of the top players in NJ to weigh in and share their thoughts about the upcoming tourney. The best part of our

Here is the latest NJ Boys high school volleyball overall ranking as of Monday morning 5-9-22...

April 19, 2022 (Original feature photo from Mary Freese Photography) It's Spring break week and there are a lot of early morning NJ boys high school volleyball games on the schedule today including some featured match-ups. Let's see what the

April 18th, 2022 The NJ boys high school volleyball season is in full swing, and moving fast, as some teams are already through almost half of their regular season schedule. We continue to gather more and more data that will give

April 18, 2022 Here is an updated boys NJ high school volleyball ratings and ranking along with some notes as of this Sunday...

April 13, 2022 Greetings NJ high school volleyball fans. The boys high school season continues to progress into week three and Tuesday night's scoreboard gave us many more indications of the power teams that will emerge come state playoff time. Tonight,

April 8, 2022 We have one full week of the new boys high school volleyball season in the books in New Jersey and we are already starting to make some key observations for the season ahead. Let's jump right in... The NJP

April 3, 2022 by NJP The new boys high school volleyball season is up and running and its time for some opening weekend observations. Like every season, we will see many of last years standouts move on to their college careers

January 1, 2022 Happy New Year to the entire New Jersey volleyball community. We set out three years ago to revitalize the NJP website, and this time, in favor of NJ high school volleyball. It has been a wonderful and educational

November 24, 2021 - By NJP There is nothing that most New Jerseyans love more than a Cinderella or underdog story. We had quite a few this season but none better than the Hoboken Redwings. Head Coach Felipe Fernades and Assistant

November 24, 2021 - By NJP For the NJCU Gothic Knights, you can sum up their 2021 season in just two words... Salem, Virginia. Hmmm. What does that even mean? Well, Salem, Virginia was the site of last seasons NCAA D3

November 21, 2021 - By NJP Voting has now closed. We have tabulated up all of the votes and are pleased to announce our new winner!!!! In Group A.... Our Winner... with 25.2% of the votes in the Defense &

November 17, 2021 - By NJP Who might be the best to know which team may be the Tournament of Champions winner? Players of course! We have reached out to a wide variety of some of NJ's best to get

November 13, 2021 - By NJP A message for today's players... We have seen some thrilling and emotional state playoff games this past week, and the schedule for tomorrow is like having six Super Bowl's in one day. The

November 12, 2021 - By NJP The polls for voting in both Groups A and Groups B are now open. There will be a winner in each group so make sure to vote in both groups. You can vote

November 8, 2021 - By NJP Here are the Group 4 matchups... RIDGEWOOD VS. CLIFTON Ridgewood takes on Clifton in the North 1 Group 4 sectional championship... Ridgewood is 23-2. They lost opening day to #1 IHA, and then basically ran the

November 8, 2021 - By NJP Morgan In the pre-COVID 2019-2020 NJ high school volleyball season, the Hoboken Redwings completed their season with a record of 1-16. This past Spring season, The Redwings went 0-4. But this year, there was

November 6, 2021 - By NJP WAYNE VALLEY VS ROXBURY Roxbury and Wayne square off in the North 1 Group 3 championship. One of the premier matchups in the state tournament thus far. Roxbury has been one of the

November 6, 2021 - By NJP RIVER DELL VS OLD TAPPAN River Dell and Old Tappan matchup in the North 1 Group 2 final. River Dell has been lurking in the NJP top 10 all season, waiting for the top teams

November 6, 2021 - By NJP We are evaluating the games associated with Group 1 in this post. It includes all sections, gives analysis for the teams involved and projects what a next t round will look like as teams work

November 2, 2021 - By NJP Having two older brothers, and being the youngest of three, is often a challenge and a gift at the same time. For Keyport freshman Talia Snedeker, she has been pushed both academically and

November 4, 2021 - By NJP Here is the latest Region 2 Rankings for High school Girl's Volleyball from USA Today. This region is represented by New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and DC. USA Today also puts out

November 3, 2021 - By NJP What a stellar season the St. John Vianney Lancers are having at the shore. After an opening day, 3-set loss to Donovan Catholic, the Lancers have run the table with just one exception,

We will be populating all of the submissions for the NJP Clip of the Year in this post and will announce the finalists on Monday, November 8th. What's your favorite? You will be able to vote next Monday for your choice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv0XM-ltIi8 #1

October 30, 2021 - By NJP Greetings NJ volleyball community... Two county tournament came to conclusion today in a grand manner as the Bergen County tournament and the Morris County tournament had their championship games. The first game on tap was

October 25, 2021 - By NJP It's been a breakout season for Tenafly junior Sofia Bell. She is a hitting machine that is equally effective from the middle or from the pins. She hits with power and can do

October 27, 2021 - By NJP Like many basketball to volleyball converts, Sidney de Voogd is putting in her efforts and making her transition for the JFK Mustangs. The 6'4" middle is still learning but has made a major

October 25, 2021 - By NJP Greetings NJ Volleyball fans... We are going to start with the Shore Conference tournament... complete update at TOURNEY UPDATE. Not to be a spoiler but... Lady Lancers WIN!!! Montclair Kimberly got back on a winning track today

October 25, 2021 - By NJP It was a great night for the Shore Conference as they showcased some of their top team at Georgian Court University for the semi-finals and finals of the Shore Tournament. In preliminary play,

October 18, 2021 - By NJP What an amazing start for Notre Dame freshman Cassady Smith. In her first year for the Irish, she has consistently been near the top in her class year 2025 and brings a youth

October 23, 2021 - By NJP UPDATED Greeting NJ Volleyball Community... We have to start today with a huge milestone set from the Bogota Buccaneers. Saturday, The Bucs avenged an early season loss on opening day to unbeaten

October 21, 2021 - By NJP The Shore Conference released their All-Divisional team awards today. Congrats to all of these great players who made the list...

October 21, 2021 - By NJP Pineland's is having a stellar season and several seniors have stepped up to make a huge impact for the Wildcats. But none have contributed more than middle Jayne Wilkinson. Jayne has been

October 2, 2021 - By NJP Greeting NJ Volleyball community... We have amazing news... The Dover Tigers took down the NJP Lock of the Night pick after 218 straight wins. Dover upset Hanover Park in crazy three set match that

October 20, 2021 - By NJP A team has defeated the NJP Lock of the Night. After 218 straight winning picks. The Dover Tigers have defeated the NJP Predictor!!! In honor of Dover's huge win, we wrote this song about

October 19, 2021 - By NJP Greeting all NJ volleyball fans! It's cutoff day for state playoffs... Here are some important dates from the NJSIAA website: Our internet came back on around 3AM last night but it was too late to get

October 5, 2021 - By NJP Bergen Tech is in the midst of their best year ever this Fall, accumulating a record of 12-3 thus far and being recognized as one of the leading teams in the Big North-Liberty.

October 14, 2021 - By NJP Here are the game predictions for the Girl's NJ high school varsity volleyball games on Friday, 10/15... UPDATE ORIGINAL