Athletics
The Cedar Grove High School Panthers compete in the Super Essex Conference which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had competed in the Colonial Hills Conference, which included schools in Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in central North Jersey. With 324 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as North I, Group I, which includes schools with enrollment of 157 to 489.
In 2003, the baseball team took the North II, Group I state title with a 10-7 win over New Providence High School in the tournament's final game.
The football team won the NJSIAA North II Group I state sectional championship in 1978, 1983, 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2009. The football team won the 2004 North II Group I state sectional championship with head coach Ed Sadloch by defeating Hoboken High School 6-0 in the tournament final. In 2007, the team defeated Belvidere High School 17-0 to win the North II, Group I state sectional championship in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the team's fifth sectional title, all of which have come without giving up a point, including shutouts in 1983, 2000 and 2004, and the team was declared champion in 1978 as the only team eligible for the playoffs in its section. In 2009, the football team beat Secaucus High School by a score of 30 to 14 at Giants Stadium to win the North II Group I state sectional title for the fourth time in the decade.
The softball team defeated Midland Park High School 2-0, to win the 2004 Softball - North I, Group I championship. The 2006 Softball team returned as sectional champion, edging Wallington High School 5-4 in the tournament final.
The boys basketball team won the 2008 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 43-34 win over Verona High School. The victory was the team's first sectional title in over three decades.
In 2007, Cedar Grove sophomore Matthew Giacobbe won a state sectional championship in the 3200m run in the North I Group I Sectional Championships.
In 2009, Cedar Grove senior Nick Miller won the Group I State Championship in Golf and placed top 5 in the Tournament of Champions.
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