Athletics
The Lenape Valley Regional High School Patriots participate 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). The school is categorized by the NJSIAA as North I, Group II.
The football team won the North I Group II state sectional championships in 1977, 1981, 1989-1991, 1993 and 1999. The Patriots made it to the 2004-05 NJSIAA Group II Section I state championship at Giants Stadium, falling in double overtime to Lakeland Regional High School Lancers by a score of 17-14.
The Patriots wrestling team in the 2005-06 season was 21-7, ranked #16 in New Jersey, and won district 2. In the 2005-06 wrestling season, DJ Russo was the state runner-up and national champion for the 215 weight class; he ended his season with only 1 loss. The Patriots wrestling team repeated with a district championship in the 2006-2007 season, and finished the year with a 16-11 record.
The Patriots wrestling team in the 2008-09 season finished 18-5, ranked #15 in New Jersey, and won the North II Group I state sectional title, the program's first since 1999, after defeating Elmwood Park Memorial High School 40-23. The team had won sectional titles in 1985 in North I Group II and in both 1998 and 1999 in North I Group III.
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