Athletics
The Weequahic High School Indians now compete in the Big North 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 Hills Division of the Iron Hills Conference. The school's athletic teams are called the Indians and its colors are orange and brown.
The boys basketball team won its first State Group IV Championship in 1962 and repeated as state champions in 1966, 1967, 1973 and 2001. The 1967 team was the number one ranked team in the country. The 2002 Boys Basketball won the North II, Group III state sectional championship, edging West Side High School in the tournament final.
The football team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 2006. The sectional title was the first ever for Weequahic and the first for a Newark high school since 1975. Coach Altariq White was named state Coach of the Year and Amara Kamara was selected as the state Defensive Player of the Year.
Lester Fine was the coach of the basketball team in the 1960s coaching many winning teams. His most successful season was 1966-67 when his team was 26-0 and captured the New Jersey State Championship in its Group. Some of his players went on to play in the National Basketball Association such as Al Attles.
2009 marked the return of the Thanksgiving Day game called the "Soul Bowl" between Weequahic and Malcolm X Shabazz High School, which had last been played in 1988. The 2011 game was the 29th between the two teams, ending in a 27-20 win for Weequahic, which won its fifth consecutive defeat of Shabazz. The football team also had a successful season in during 2011 but fell in the sectional state championship game to Cedar Grove.
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