Official entries, names for 222-team ‘Last Dance’ World Series, 2020

'Last Dance' World Series, 2020: Official entries, team names, affiliations

Second baseman Frankie Savino (4) of Emerson Boro makes a diving attempt for a ball in foul territory on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Savino couldn't make this catch but Emerson Boro beat Lyndhurst with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance MediaAndrew Mills | NJ Advance Media

All that remains is for an umpire to bark the words New Jersey high school baseball fans have been missing since last June -- Play ball!

After hours of preparation and legwork, hundreds of telephone calls, Zoom meetings and cooperation from municipalities and high school coaches, the 222-team ‘Last Dance’ World Series, 2020 appears ready to go. The tournament, which features entries from all 21 New Jersey counties, is scheduled to kick off with pool play July 14-15-16. It culminates with the championship game on July 31 at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton.

Listed below are the official tournament entries.

The names on the left are the municipalities or high schools that will be represented in the tournament. On the right are the team names that will be officially used by each entry in the Last Dance. Except for use in the listings below, New Jersey high schools and members of the NJSIAA have no connection and oversight of the teams in the tournament. The independent tournament is sanctioned by the United States Speciality Sports Association. Teams raised their own entry fees and will provide their own uniforms and transportation. Any high school coaches involved in the tournament may not coach their own players until July 13. Until that date, teams will be run by parents and volunteers.

The purpose of the ‘Last Dance’ World Series is to provide high school seniors, who had their spring seasons snuffed out by COVID-19, a final opportunity to play with their teammates.

NAME OF PROGRAM | TEAM NAMES

  • Allendale/Hohokus/Upper Saddle River | Highlander Hawks
  • Allentown | Allentown
  • Atlantic Tech | Atlantic County RedHawks
  • Audubon | Baseball Audubon
  • Barnegat | B baseball
  • Bayonne | Bees Baseball
  • Becton Wildcats (Carlstadt-East Rutherford) | Wildcats
  • Bergen Catholic | BC Crusaders
  • Bergen Tech | Bergen Knights
  • Bernards | Bernards
  • Bishop Eustace | Sader Baseball Club
  • Bloomfield | Bengals
  • Bogota/Ridgefield Park | Scarlet Bucks
  • Boonton | DiMaggio Baseball Bombers
  • Bordentown | Bordentown
  • Brearley | Brearley Baseball
  • Brick Memorial | Mustang Baseball Club
  • Brick Township | Dragons Baseball Club
  • Bridgewater-Raritan | B-R Panthers
  • Buena | Buena Township Chiefs
  • Butler | Butler Baseball
  • Caldwell | Caldwell Chiefs
  • Carteret | Carteret Ramblers
  • Cedar Creek | EHC Pirates
  • Cedar Grove | Cedar Grove Panthers
  • Central Regional | Central Baseball
  • Christian Brothers | Colts Baseball
  • Cherokee | Marlton Chiefs
  • Cherry Hill East | Cherry Hill
  • Clearview | Harrison Heat
  • Cliffside Park | Cliffside Park
  • Colts Neck | Cougar Baseball
  • Columbia | SOM Cougars
  • Cranford | Cranford Cougars
  • Dayton | Dawgs Baseball
  • Delbarton | Tidal Wave
  • DePaul | Gladiators
  • Deptford | SJ Spartans
  • Dickinson | JC Rams
  • Doane Academy | Doane Academy
  • Don Bosco Prep | DiamondBacks
  • Donovan Catholic | Donovan Catholic
  • Dwight Englewood | Bulldogs
  • Dwight Morrow | Dwight Morrow
  • East Brunswick | EB Bears
  • Eastern | Team SISU
  • Edison | Edison Eagles
  • Egg Harbor Township | Triple Crown Baseball
  • Elizabeth | Minutemen Baseball
  • Elmwood Park | East Paterson Crusaders
  • Fair Lawn | Fair Lawn
  • Ferris | Jersey City Bulldogs
  • Florence | Roebling
  • Franklin | Somerset Warriors
  • Freehold Borough | Monmouth Dogfish
  • Freehold Township | Columbia Blue
  • Gloucester Catholic | Brooklawn
  • Gloucester Tech | Mid-Atlantic Cheetahs
  • Gill St. Bernard's | GSB Knights
  • Glassboro | Bulldogs
  • Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge
  • Glen Rock | Glen Rock
  • Gloucester | Lions Baseball
  • Gov. Livingston | BH/Mountainside White Sox
  • Hackensack |Hackensack
  • Hackettstown | H-town Baseball
  • Haddon Heights | Garnets
  • Hamilton West | Dirty Boyz Liedtka Trucking
  • Hanover Park | Park East Baseball
  • Hasbrouck Heights | Hasbrouck Heights Aviators
  • High Point/Wallkill Valley | Sussex County Red
  • Highland | GT Highlanders
  • Hightstown | East Windsor Rams
  • Hillsborough | Hillsborough
  • Holmdel | Holmdel Hornets
  • Holy Cross | Cross Baseball
  • Holy Spirit | BPC Spartans
  • Howell | Blue & Grey
  • Hudson Catholic | HC Hawks
  • Hun | The Program
  • Hunterdon Central | Hunterdon Devils
  • Immaculata | Spartans
  • JP Stevens | Hawk Nation
  • Jackson Liberty | Liberty Lions
  • Jackson Memorial | Jackson Jags
  • Jefferson | Jefferson
  • Kennedy Iselin | JFK Mustangs
  • Kingsway | Dragons Baseball
  • Kinnelon | North Jersey Colts
  • Kushner Academy | Kushner Academy
  • Lakeland | Lakeland Hedgehogs
  • Lawrence | Cardinals Baseball
  • Lawrenceville | Big Red Machine
  • Linden | Linden Baseball
  • Livingston | Team Jake
  • Lodi | Rams Baseball
  • Long Branch | Long Branch Green Wave
  • Lyndhurst | Lyndhurst
  • Mainland | Mainland
  • Manalapan | Monmouth Monarchs
  • Manasquan | Manasquan Baseball
  • Maple Shade | Maple Shade Wildcats
  • Marlboro | Mustangs Blue and Gold
  • Matawan | Matawan Baseball
  • Mater Dei | Prep Baseball
  • Mendham High | Minutemen Baseball
  • Middlesex | Middlesex Blue Jays
  • Middlesex Vo-Tech | MVCTS Vo-Tech
  • Middletown North | MN Baseball
  • Middletown South | MS BASEBALL
  • Midland Park | Midland Park Rangers
  • Millburn | Millburn Millers
  • Millville | Millville Lightning
  • Monmouth | Monmouth Falcons
  • Monroe | Monroe Falcons Baseball
  • Montclair | Errico Baseball Club
  • Montclair Kimberley | Montclair Kimberly
  • Montville | Montville Mustangs
  • Moorestown | Mo Town
  • Morris Catholic | Morris County Queensmen
  • Morris Hills | Rockaway Knights
  • Morris Knolls | DenRock
  • Mountain Lakes | Mountain Lakes
  • Mt. Olive Marauders | MO MOBSA 18U
  • Neptune | Neptune Baseball
  • New Providence | New Providence PAL
  • Newark Academy | Newark Academy
  • Newark Central | Newark Central
  • Newark East Side | Newark Marauders
  • Newton | Sussex White
  • North Arlington | North Arlington
  • North Brunswick | North Brunswick
  • Northern Burlington | NB Warriors
  • North Hunterdon | Lions Baseball
  • Notre Dame | Notre Dame
  • Nottingham | Mercer Stars
  • Nutley | Nutley
  • Ocean City | Ocean City Raiders
  • Ocean Township | OT Baseball
  • Old Bridge | Knights
  • Old Tappan | Old Tappan
  • OP Rams | OP Rams
  • Overbrook | Overbrook Rams
  • Paramus | Paramus Spartans
  • Parsippany | Parsippany RedHawks
  • Parsippany Hills | Parsippany Hills Vikings
  • Pascack Valley | Pascack Valley
  • Passaic Valley | Passaic Valley Hornets
  • Paul VI | Paul VI Eagles
  • Pennington | Red Raiders
  • Pennsville | Pennsville
  • Pequannock | Pequannock Panthers
  • Phillipsburg | Phillipsburg
  • Pinelands | Tuckerton/Little Egg Harbor Baseball
  • Pingry | River Dogs
  • Piscataway | Piscataway
  • Pitman | Pitman
  • Point Pleasant Boro | Point Boro
  • Point Pleasant Beach | Point Beach Gulls
  • Pompton Lakes | Pompton Lakes LL
  • Princeton | PC Tigers
  • Ramapo | The Flow
  • Ramsey | Rams
  • Randolph | Randolph Rams
  • Raritan | Hazlet Renegades
  • Red Bank Regional | Bucs Baseball
  • Red Bank Catholic | RBC
  • Ridge | Ridge
  • Ridgewood | Ridgewood
  • River Dell | River Dell Hawks
  • Robbinsville | Rville Ravens
  • Roselle Park | Roselle Park
  • Roxbury | Roxbury
  • Rumson-Fair Haven | RFH Bulldogs
  • Rutgers Prep | RP Argonaut Baseball
  • Rutherford | Rutherford Bulldogs
  • St. Joseph (Met.) | SJ Falcons
  • St. Peter’s Prep | Maroon & Silver
  • Salem | Salem Rams
  • Sayreville | Sayreville
  • Scotch Plains-Fanwood | Raiders baseball
  • Seton Hall Prep | Hall Ball
  • Shawnee | Medford Renegades
  • Shore | Jersey Shore Monsters
  • Somerville | Branchburg Bulldogs
  • South Brunswick | Vikings
  • South Plainfield | South Plainfield
  • South River | South River
  • Southern | Southern
  • Spotswood | Spotswood
  • St. John Vianney | RBI Baseball
  • St. Mary (Ruth.) | The Gaels
  • St. Rose | St. Rose
  • St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr | STA Trojans
  • Steinert | Hamilton Spartans
  • Sterling | Knights
  • Summit | Summit Sugar Bears
  • Sussex Tech | Sussex Blue
  • Timber Creek | Chargers
  • Toms River East | TR East Raiders
  • Trenton Catholic Academy | TCA
  • Triton | Glendora Thunder
  • Union | Union
  • Union Catholic | Union County Vikings
  • Union City Recreation | Union City Recreation
  • Vernon | Vernon Vikings
  • Vineland | Vineland Gamecocks
  • Voorhees | Voorhees
  • Waldwick | Warrior Baseball
  • Wardlaw-Hartridge | Wardlaw
  • Washington Township | Minutemen
  • Watchung Hills | Diamond Warriors
  • Wayne Valley | Wayne Valley PAL
  • Wayne Hills | Wayne Hills PAL
  • West Deptford | Eagle Nation
  • West Essex | West Essex
  • West Morris Central | Long Valley Highlanders
  • West New York Rec | West New York Tigers
  • West Orange | West Orange
  • Westfield | Blue Devils
  • Westwood | Westwood Baseball
  • Williamstown | Monroe Baseball
  • Wood-Ridge | Wood-Ridge Devils

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