You would expect scores to tighten up as teams advance in tournaments in any sport. After all, lower-seeded squads tend to fall out of competition as a tourney advances, leaving higher-seeded and, frankly, better teams to advance into later rounds. So it made sense that there were some close matches on Sunday at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Group Team Championships at Toms River’s Pine Belt Arena. But so many close matches?

Four of the five public group titles were decided by three points or less, including two by just one point.