Shawnee High School (New Jersey) - Athletics

Athletics

The Shawnee High School Renegades participate in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). In addition to nationally-ranked men's soccer and women's lacrosse programs, the football, basketball, and men's lacrosse teams are consistently ranked among the top teams in South Jersey. As a part of the Lenape Regional High School District, Shawnee High School participates in many sports.

• Shawnee High School has a separate club ice hockey team that competes in Varsity Tier I as a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.
• Shawnee baseball won its first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association title in the spring of 2003, led by future Oakland Athletics' 2007 1st round draft pick Sean Doolittle and his 23 strikeouts in the group final victory over Kearny High School. After winning the state title, Seneca High School split up the Shawnee population. They played one more year in the Olympic American conference, then moved down to the Olympic Patriot conference. As of 2006, Shawnee won its conference three years in a row. They won the South Jersey Group III State title in 2009 under Brian Anderson, the head coach, also coaches the girls basketball team and used to be the coordinator for the powerful Shawnee football defense, defeating Clearview Regional High School 9-2 in the sectional final. The 2009 team made it to the Group II final, falling to John F. Kennedy Memorial High School by 5–2.
• The boys soccer team won the 2003 NJSIAA Group IV state title, defeating Bridgewater-Raritan High School 2-0. The 2006 team finished the season ranked tenth in the nation in the NSCAA/adidas National Rankings. The 2006 team took the South, Group III state sectional title with a 3–0 win against Ocean City High School in the tournament final. The 2006 team won the Group III State Championship with a 1–0 win over Princeton High School in the semifinals and a 3–2 win against Ramapo High School in the finals.
• The Shawnee High Football team won its third South Jersey state sectional championship in 2007, the first in Group III, rebounding from a disappointing 2006 season in which they had a losing record for the first time in nine years. The Renegades repeated as South Jersey Group III Champs in 2008 with a 28–7 win against Hammonton High School. Their two other state titles were won in 2002 and 2004 in Group IV where they returned in 2009. The 2002 team won the program's first title with a 14–10 win over Washington Township High School, despite being shut out 10–0 in the first half of the final. The '04 team went a perfect 12-0 in one of the toughest conferences in South Jersey to win the title with a 26–13 win over Washington Township. When Seneca High School was built, Shawnee waited two years to drop down from Group IV competition to Group III. Area growth has brought Shawnee back to Group IV while Seneca remains in Group III. Coached by Tim Gushue, the Renegades are perennial powerhouses in South Jersey. As of December 9, 2008, Shawnee was ranked 88th on the Rivals.com list of the top 100 high school football teams in the nation. The only other teams from New Jersey currently on the list were Wayne Hills High School (81st) and Don Bosco Prep (17th).
• The 2006 girls soccer team won the South, Group III state sectional title with a 3–0 win against West Deptford High School in the tournament final, their first championship since winning three consecutive titles from 1994–1996.
• The boys' basketball team has won five state titles: 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2002. in Group IV and 2007 in Group III. The boys basketball team won the South, Group III state sectional championship in 2007 with a 68–62 win against Camden High School, and went on to win the 2007 Group III NJSIAA State Championship, defeating Monmouth Regional High School 73-47 in the semifinals and Passaic Valley Regional High School 58-39 in the finals. In 1992 they finished with a record of 32–1 and became the first South Jersey team to win the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions with a 46–42 win over Marist High School, a team that had been ranked third in the nation by USA Today. They have been ranked by USA Today in the top 25 National Poll numerous times and were named No. 1 in Hoop Scoops magazine's final 1994–95 poll.
• The girl's basketball team won consecutive South Jersey Group IV titles in 1998 and 1999, winning their second title with a 60–42 win over Eastern High School.
• In 2007, the field hockey team won the South Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 4–0 win over Kingsway Regional High School in the tournament final. The team moved on to win the Group III State Championship with a 4–2 win over Moorestown High School in the semis and a 6–0 win against Freehold High School in the finals.
• The boys swim team won the New Jersey Group IV South in 1995 and 1996. They were back-to-back-to back Group IV State Champions in 1997, 1998, and 1999. The team won the South Jersey Public A championships in 2008 and 2009.
• The boys tennis team won the 2012 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship, beating Atlantic City High School 3-2. At 2-2 the first doubles team rallied back from 2-5 to win the deciding set 7-5, earning the team the school's first South Jersey Group IV title since 1996. They went on to lose to Westfield High School in the Group IV state semifinals 4-1.