ðɪ ʌnˈiːvən nˈʌmbɚ ɹɪzˈʌltᵻd fɹʌm pæsˈeɪɪk kˈaʊnti tˈɛknɪkəl ˈɪnstɪtˌuːts dʒˈɔɪnɪŋ ðə kˈɑːnfɹəns; ðə skˈuːl, lˈɔŋ ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə bˈɜːdʒənpæsˈeɪɪk skəlˈæstɪk lˈiːɡ, lˈɛft ðæt kˈɑːnfɹəns tə dʒˈɔɪn ðə nˈɔːɹðɚn hˈɪlz ˈæftɚ jˈɪɹz ʌv bˌiːɪŋ ðɪ ˈoʊnli ɡɹˈuːp ɹˌoʊmən fˈoːɹ skˈuːl ɪn ɐ kˈɑːnfɹəns mˌeɪd ˌʌp lˈɑːɹdʒli ʌv ɡɹˈuːp aɪ ænd ɡɹˈuːp ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː skˈuːlz.
The uneven number resulted from Passaic County Technical Institute's joining the conference; the school, long a member of the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League, left that conference to join the Northern Hills after years of being the only Group IV school in a conference made up largely of Group I and Group II schools.