Pennsville Memorial High School - Athletics

Athletics

Pennsville Memorial High School is a member school in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12 and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The football team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional titles in both 1974 and 1981.

The baseball team was the first NJSIAA baseball team to have an undefeated season, with a 25-0 season in 1981. The same year they won the Group II State Championship. They would reclaim the Group II State Championship in 1984. In 1988, the team won the Diamond Classic, a 16-team tournament consisting of 7 South Jersey division/conference leaders and 9 at-large bids taken from the Courier-Post Top 20. The team won the 2002 Group I State Championship with a 3-2 win against Whippany Park High School. The team repeated in 2003 as Group I State Championship with a 9-2 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School. In 2004, the Eagles would again win the South Jersey Group I championship before falling to New Providence High School 3-2 in the State Group I Semi-Final. The Eagles won the 2005 Group I State Championship in similar fashion to their 2002 championship with a 3-2 win over Whippany Park High School. Also in 2005, the team defeated Gloucester Catholic High School 5-4 to win the Diamond Classic. They also received the Courier Cup, given to the top ranked team in the Courier-Post Top 20. The team won the 2006 Group I State Championship with a 9-3 win over Pascack Hills High School. The six-year South Jersey Group I champion streak ended in 2008 when the Eagles fell to the Pitman High School Panthers in the South Jersey Group I sectional semi-final 3-1.

In 2007, the girls tennis team won the South Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 3½-1½ win over Salem High School in the tournament final. The 2008 girls tennis team repeated as champion in the South, Group I section with a 5-0 win over Arthur P. Schalick High School. The team lost to New Providence High School 3-2 in the semifinals of the Group I state tournament.

In 2001, the girls soccer team won the South Group I state sectional championship with a 4-0 win over Bordentown Regional High School. The girls went on to defeat Spotswood High School by a score of 6-0 in the state semi-final but lost to Glen Ridge High School 3-1 in the Group I state final as the only South Jersey team to reach a title game that year.

In 2002, the girls soccer team repeated as South Group I state sectional champions by defeating Riverside High School 3-2. The team made it back to the state final by defeating Shore Regional High School 2-1 in the state semi-final played at Old Bridge. The girls tied for the Group I state title with a 1-1 draw against Glen Rock High School in the final played at The College of New Jersey, finishing the season with an 18-1-1 record.

In 2007, the girls soccer team won the South, Group I state sectional championship with a 4-3 win over Palmyra High School in the tournament final.

The softball team won the 2008 South, Group I sectional title by a score of 10-0 in the final game against Gloucester Township Technical High School. The team won the Group I championship, defeating Florence Township Memorial High School 9-1 in the first round, and taking the title — their first since 2002 — with an 8-2 win over High Tech High School.