Rutgers Preparatory School - Athletics

Athletics

Rutgers Preparatory School fields teams in boys' and girls' soccer, tennis, basketball, and lacrosse as well as baseball, softball, volleyball and co-ed teams in golf, cross country, swimming and wrestling. Rutgers Prep competes in the Patriot Conference, which also includes the Gill St. Bernard's School, the Ranney School, the Pingry School, the Purnell School, Stuart Country Day School, Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Timothy Christian School, Princeton Day School, The Pennington School, and Saddle River Day School. Rutgers Prep also regularly competes against other private and public schools including Blair Academy, Peddie School, the Hun School of Princeton, and Lawrenceville School.

Rutgers Prep also participates in an athletic tournament called the Headmaster's Cup, with Gill St. Bernard's School, which began in 2004. The contest, which alternates campuses every year, includes fall sports from both the middle and upper schools. Rutgers Prep won the inaugural event in 2004 and the two schools tied in 2005.

In the 2005-06 academic year, several Rutgers Prep teams won state championships, including girl's soccer, girl's basketball, and volleyball. In the fall of 2006, the top seeded girl's soccer team tied second seeded Ranney School in the title game, becoming co-champions. This match was a rematch of the 2005 title game, where Rutgers Prep upset the number 1 seed 1-0 in double overtime. This was the third consecutive year that the Argonauts have either shared the title or won it outright. The girls basketball team also repeated as State Prep "B" champions, as the top seeded Argonauts defeated the Knights of Gill St. Bernard's School by a score of 67-48.