Athletics
The Freehold High School Colonials compete in the B-North Division of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,097 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2011-12 school year as Central Jersey Group III, a category that included schools with enrollment of 802 to 1,104. The Athletic Facilities are named after the late Athletic Director Cal Dean Wilson.
The girls soccer team won the 2006 Central Jersey Group III sectional title, defeating Hopewell Valley Central High School 1-0 in the tournament final. Coach Moses, the girls soccer team coach, tied his last game for the state champions, becoming a rarity, co-state champions in the 2006 season, tying Ramapo High School 0-0 in the Group III championship game held on November 28, 2006, at The College of New Jersey. In 2007, the girls soccer team won the Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over Hightstown High School in the tournament final.
The girls soccer team won the 1999 Public Group Semifinals for Central Jersey, Group II, with a 2-0 win over Somerville High School. The team won the title again in 2001, topping Ridge High School 2-1.
In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over Warren Hills High School in the tournament final.
In 2007, the Girls Varsity Soccer team beat Ramapo High School 2-1 in double overtime, winning the official title, of New Jersey Group III Girls Soccer Champions.
The football team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 2008 and 2010. In 2008, the varsity football team took the sectional group III title, the first sectional title in football in school history, defeating Middletown High School South 21-14 in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. In 2010, Freehold's varsity football team beat Middletown High School South again, this time by a score of 14-12, to earn the school's second Central Jersey Group III title sectional title in three years.
The school has major rivalries with Freehold Township High School and Colts Neck High School.
In 2009, Freehold won back the Thanksgiving Day trophy from Colts Neck High School, the last thanksgiving game between these schools. In 2010, the traditional Thanksgiving Day game between Freehold and Freehold Township High School returned for the first time since 1999. Freehold won back the Thanksgiving Day trophy.
In 2010, the varsity field hockey team won the Group III state sectional championship with a 3-2 overtime win against Wall Township High School.
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