Newark Academy - Athletics

Athletics

The Newark Academy Minutemen now compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to the realignment in 2010, the school had been part of the Colonial Hills Conference which included 18 public and private high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west Central Jersey.

Along with strong match ups with these schools Newark Academy competes with powerhouse rivals Montclair Kimberly Academy and Pingry School. Though realignment but a break into the series, Pingry School and Newark Academy played their 114th football game against each other in 2008, as part of a series that dated back to 1894.

Newark offers a total of 15 sports programs over the course of the school year.

• Fall sports: men's and women's soccer, field hockey, women's tennis, football, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country.
• Winter sports: men's and women's fencing, men's and women's swimming, wrestling, men's and women's basketball
• Spring sports: men's tennis, golf, baseball, softball, men's and women's lacrosse, and track.

Middle School students are required to participate in at least one sport each season, although interscholastic competition is not compulsory. Newark Academy's Men's and Women's Tennis programs, coached by William "Arky" Crook, The Star-Ledger Coach of the Decade for the 1990s, have enjoyed success at the state level for years, and are considered the finest in the state. The men's tennis team's 2007 NJSIAA Non-Public, North B state sectional championship marked the program's 23rd consecutive state title.

The 2006 boys tennis team won the 2006 Group B State Championship with a 5-0 win over Sacred Heart High School.

The 2007 boys tennis team and Baseball team won the NJSIAA Non-Public, North B state sectional championship with wins in the finals against Montclair Kimberley Academy in both tournaments.

The 2007 boys soccer team won the North B state sectional championship with a 2-1 win over Gill St. Bernard's School in the tournament final. The team moved on to win the Group B State Championship with a 1-0 win over Holy Cross High School.