The cutoff date for the 2024-25 New Jersey girls basketball state tournament is rapidly approaching. The cutoff is Saturday, Feb. 15, and the state seeding meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to determine the NJSIAA playoff brackets.

It’s time to vote for The State’s girls basketball Player of the Week from Midlands-area high schools and games played from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1 Voting ends Friday at noon. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter page on Friday afternoon.

Catholic-Virginia Beach and Highland Springs are the biggest winner in this week’s Virginia high school girls basketball Top 25. Highland Springs debuts at No. 21 after topping then-No. 8 Hampton. Catholic,