It is crunch time for the basketball teams of Pinelands Regional High School. The cutoff for making the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Playoffs is this Saturday, Feb. 7. Teams must have at least a .500 record at the end of that day to get invited to the big dance.

As of Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Pinelands girls team had an 8-6 record with three games to go before the cutoff. The boys were 7-7 and also had three contests scheduled.