For public schools, the two North Jersey winners face off against one another, while the South and Central teams play each other in the statewide semi-finals.

[1] For boys, the tournament is offered in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, tennis, track-indoor, track-outdoor, and volleyball.

For girls, the sports are basketball, bowling, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball.

The sports that offer individual state championships are bowling, cross country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, tennis (singles and doubles), swimming, diving, indoor and outdoor track, and wrestling.

[2] Source[3] On August 11, 2008, the NJSIAA released an official proposal for a realignment of athletic conferences located in Central and North Jersey.

[4] The proposal affects over 200 NJSIAA high schools in 31 conference divisions, making it the single largest realignment in state history.

[4] Second, new enrollment totals and rates have vastly changed since the conferences were set up 27 years ago, and therefore have not adequately met the needs of all the schools.

[7] In 2018, the NJSIAA become the first state governing body to sanction the use of video replay during high school football's regular season.