{
  "id": 12441523,
  "title": "2026 Passaic County girls volleyball tournament bracket, results",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/2026-passaic-county-girls-volleyball-tournament-bracket-results",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:29:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2026-passaic-county-girls-volleyball-182946895.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 Passaic County girls volleyball tournament kicked off on Wednesday, October 7th with preliminary matches. Among the participants were Pioneer Academy, Paterson Charter, Hawthorne, College Achieve Paterson (CAPS), West Milford, Kennedy, and Manchester.\n\nIn the first round, the 16/17 winner faced off against the 17/18 winner, while the 15/18 winner challenged the 14/19 winner. Other matches saw the 14/19 winner taking on the 13/20 winner, and the 12/21 winner going up against the 11/16 winner.\n\nThe second round took place on Wednesday, October 14th, with the 12/13/20/21 winner facing the Passaic Valley team. The 11/14/19 winner battled the Passaic Charter squad, while Passaic took on the 9/16/17 winner. The 8/9/16/17 winner was set to challenge Hawthorne Christian in the quarterfinals on Saturday, October 17th.\n\nThe semifinals were to be held on Wednesday, October 22nd, with the highest remaining seeds competing. The final match of the tournament was scheduled for Saturday, October 24th at Clifton, with the teams yet to be determined.",
  "summary": "Reigning champion Passaic Tech earned the No. 1 seed for the 2026 Passaic County girls volleyball tournament.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}