Washington Township High School (New Jersey) - Athletics

Athletics

The Washington Township High School Minutemen/Minutemaids compete in the Olympic Conference, which consists of nineteen public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County, and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

  • The boys cross country team captured the program's first ever South Jersey Group IV Sectional crown in the fall of 2005.
  • The boys baseball team won the 2007 NJSIAA Group IV state championship, defeating Steinert High School 9-3 in the semifinals and Randolph High School 15-7 in the group final.
  • In 2007, the boys soccer team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Lenape High School in the tournament final.
  • The ice hockey team was back-to-back champions of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.
  • 07-08 boys track team had the nation's top time in the 4x800 with a time of 8:06.95.
  • The 08-09 boy's indoor track team won the New Jersey State Relay Championship.
  • The 08-09 boy's outdoor track team won the large high school division in the 4x800 at the Penn Relays.
  • The 08-09 girls varsity lacrosse team won the South Jersey Group IV championship, beating division rivals Cherokee High School 10-9 in the section final to take the program's first state sectional.
  • The 10-11 girls varsity lacrosse team went undefeated (8-0) as the Olympic Conference Champions and won the South Jersey Group IV Championships, beating division rival Lenape High School by a score of 14-7 in the sectional final.
  • The football team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championships in 1987, 1992 and 1995.

The WTHS Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1992 to honors outstanding WTHS athletes as well as citizens of the town who have achieved success in athletics.

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