Jonathan Dayton High School - Extracurricular Activities - Athletics

Athletics

Jonathan Dayton High School competes in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference. Sports offered at Jonathan Dayton High School include:

• Fall Sports: Football (Varsity, JV & Frosh), Soccer (Boys', Varsity & JV), Soccer (Girls', Varsity & JV), Cross Country (Boys & Girls, Varsity), Volleyball (Varsity & JV), Gymnastics (Varsity), Cheerleading (Varsity) and Tennis (Girls' Varsity & JV).
• Winter Sports: Bowling (Co-ed JV, Varsity) Basketball (Boys' Varsity, JV & Frosh), Basketball (Girls' Varsity & JV), Indoor Track (Boys’ & Girls’ Varsity), Swimming (Co-ed, Varsity), Ice Hockey (Co-ed Varsity & JV), Cheerleading (Varsity & JV) and Wrestling (co-op with David Brearley High School).
• Spring Sports: - Baseball (Varsity & JV), Softball (Varsity & JV), Spring Track (Boys' & Girls, Varsity & JV), Tennis (Boys' Varsity & JV) and Golf (Co-ed Varsity)

The boys tennis team won the 2007 North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 4-1 win against Ridgefield Memorial High School. The team moved on to win the 2007 NJSIAA Group I State Championship, defeating Pennsville Memorial High School 4-1 in the final matches.

The wrestling team, operated in combination with David Brearley High School, won the 2006 and 2007 Central Jersey Group I state sectional title defeating Roselle Park High School 39-20 in 2006 and 46-10 in 2007. In 2008 the wrestling team won the North 2 Group 2 Sectional Title defeating South Plainfield High School by a score of 34-23 at South Plainfield High School. The team was a finalist in the Group I state championship before losing to Paulsboro High School at the Ritacco Center in Toms River in 2007 and a Group II state finalist in 2008, losing to Long Branch High School by a score of 30-27.

The 2007 boys varsity golf team won the MVC by 45 strokes and came in third in the Union County Tournament.

The 2007-2008 boys varsity basketball team posted a 16-9 record going into the second round of states. They won the Pepe/Levee Holiday tournament and received the Sportsmanship award for the season.

The 2007-2008 spring track and field team placed third in the Valley Division at the Mountain Valley Conference and first at the Mountain Valley Conference Relays in the Valley Division and the girls placed fourth.

The 2008 boys tennis team won the North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 3-2 win in the tournament final over Ridgefield Memorial High School.

The boys tennis team has won the North II Group I state sectional championship in four consecutive years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and the Mountain Valley Conference in 2008 and 2009. The boys tennis team has won the Group I State Championship in three consecutive years 2007, 2008, 2009 and four times overall including a state championship in 2000.

The 2007, 2008, and 2009 boys tennis teams had four players who started all three of the championship seasons: Jonathan Friedman, Jordan Gelband, Colin Greten, and Daniel Karlin.

They have also had the only female football player in NJ for the year 2007-2008, Cynthia Ibe.