Athletics
Phillipsburg High School, current member of NJSIAA Skyland Conference, is a former member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's defunct East Penn Conference.
The Stateliners have an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School, which celebrated its 100th annual football game on Thanksgiving 2006, making it one of the oldest rivalries in the nation. The 100th meeting between the two schools, which Easton won 21-7, was broadcast nationally on ESPN2 on Thanksgiving Day 2006. The game, which typically draws some 15,000 - 20,000 fans before Thanksgiving dinner is served, was broadcast nationally on ESPN in 1988, with games played on Lafayette College's Fisher Field in Easton.
In 2009, the 1993 teams from the Easton P-Burg Game met again for the Gatorade REPLAY Game to resolve the game, which ended in a 7-7 tie, with more than 13,000 fans watching as Phillipsburg won by a score of 27-12.
As of 2008, the Stateliners have 610 wins which is first in New Jersey and 124th in the nation. In 2008, the Stateliners completed a 10-2 season beating Rahway High School 20-6 in the North II Group III state sectional final to win the program's fourth sectional title. 2008 postseason rankings put the Stateliners at 13th in the state, 1st in West Jersey, and 5th in Group III.
The wrestling team won the 2007 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 34-25 win against Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
In 2005, the boys' cross country team won the Group IV meet at Holmdel and placed third at the Meet of Champions.
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