CHATHAM, NJ. - Chatham High varsity football will play in the American Division of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, starting next fall, in a realignment that was adopted by the conference on Nov. 21.
New to Chatham's schedule next year will be High Point, Sparta, Vernon and Pope John.
In all other sports, Chatham teams will compete in the five-team United Division, along with Delbarton, Mendham, Montville and Morristown.
Here are the new alignments:
AMERICAN
Pope John
Montville
Chatham
Morris Hills
Sparta
Vernon
Parsippany Hills
High Point
NATIONAL
Delbarton
Morristown
Morris Knolls
Randolph
Mount Olive
West Morris Mendham
Roxbury
West Morris Central
NORTHWEST JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
GENERAL DIVISIONAL ALIGNMENT
2014 – 2016
(ADOPTED 11-21-13)
AMERICAN NATIONAL UNITED
VERNON - 1 RANDOLPH – 1 MORRISTOWN - 1
MORRIS HILLS – 2 MORRIS KNOLLS – 2 MONTVILLE - 2
MOUNT OLIVE – 3 WEST MORRIS – 3 MENDHAM - 3
SPARTA - 4 ROXBURY – 4 CHATHAM - 4
POPE JOHN - 5 PARSIPPANY HILLS – 5 DELBARTON - 5
FREEDOM COLONIAL
JEFFERSON – 1 NEWTON - 1
HACKETTSTOWN – 2 WALLKILL VALLEY - 2
LENAPE VALLEY – 3 NORTH WARREN - 3
SUSSEX TECH – 4 HOPATCONG - 4
HIGH POINT – 5 KITTATINNY - 5
INDEPENDENCE LIBERTY
BUTLER – 1 VILLA WALSH - 1
MORRIS CATHOLIC – 2 HANOVER PARK - 2
BOONTON – 3 MOUNTAIN LAKES - 3
KINNELON – 4 DOVER - 4
WHIPPANY PARK – 5 PARSIPPANY - 5
PEQUANNOCK - 6 MADISON – 6
ST. ELIZABETH - 7 MORRISTOWN BEARD - 7