Check out all you need to know about Thursday’s Group 2 sectional semifinals. NJ Advance Media highlights the top playmakers and storylines, and picks a winner.

Projected winners are selected in bold and italics .

North, Group 2

4-Pascack Valley (14-4) at 1-Hopewell Valley (19-2) , 3

Pascack Valley’s well-balanced offense of Donnie Duffus, Dylan Borges, Joe Massaro, Kai Smith and Joe Dargan was able to outshoot a West Essex team led by Duke-bound scoring whiz Anthony Drago, 19-12, in the quarterfinals. The Panthers will probably need to gear up to do the same here against a high-powered Hopewell Valley team averaging 13.7 goals a game.

Washington & Lee commit Luke Caldwell is the state’s third leading point producer of all time with 449 points on 290 goals and 154 assists, and

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