Athletics
The Butler High School Bulldogs now compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Before the 2010 realignment, the school had competed in the Northern Hills Conference an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic counties. With 416 students in grades 10 to 12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2011-12 school year as North I Group I, a category that included schools with enrollment of 157 to 489 in those three grades.
The football team won the NJSIAA North II Group II state sectional championship in 1982 and 1983, and won the title in North II Group I in 1900 and from 1994-97.
The girls basketball team won the 2003 North II Group I championship, defeating runner-up Glen Ridge High School 65-39. The team moved on to the Group I state championship, defeating Wildwood High School by 43 - 37 in the final game.
The girls' soccer team won the 2002 North I Group I state championship over Glen Ridge High School by a score of 2-1. In 2004 they made it to the finals again, defeating Glen Rock High School 1-0 in the final game of the tournament. The team won the sectional state championship again in 2005, with a 3-0 win over Midland Park High School.
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