Athletics
The Glen Rock Panthers compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Glen Rock was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).
Glen Rock's athletic teams have been successful in recent years. The football team won five consecutive state championships, from 1998-2002, one short of the state record. The football team has also won the North I Group I state sectional championships in 1980 and 1996, in addition to winning in North I Group II in 1988.
The girls soccer team has also been a state power for a decade. In 2012, the girls soccer team won the North I, Group II state sectional final with a 1-0 win against Ramsey High School. They went on to win the Group II State title with a 4-0 win against Bordentown Regional High School.
The football team won the 2001 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 22-14 win against Cresskill High School. The team won its fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 41-0 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School in 2002.
The girls tennis team took the North I, Group I sectional title in 1999 with a 4-1 win vs. Henry P. Becton Regional High School in the tournament finals.
Glen Rock is one of the smallest high schools in New Jersey to support ice hockey and lacrosse programs. Because the NJIC does not offer competition in these sports, Glen Rock is a member of the Big North Conference for hockey and competes in lacrosse-specific leagues for both boys' and girls' lacrosse.
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