North Hunterdon High School is a four-year regional

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serving students from six municipalities in northern

Hunterdon County Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States, as one of two high schools in the

North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District is a regional, four-year public high school district, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from twelve municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United St ...

. Students in the high school hail from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township; the school is located in the Annandale section of Clinton Township.About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District

. Accessed August 29, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, The Town of Clinton, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township" The school is accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.North Hunterdon High School

Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed January 22, 2022. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,257 students and 118.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 10.6:1. There were 13 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 1 (0.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for North Hunterdon High School

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. The school's team nickname is the Lions and its mascot's name is Reggie, in recognition of the early days, when the school was known as Regional.

History

All 11 of the original constituent districts voted to approve a February 1950 referendum for construction of a building that would cost $700,000 (equivalent to $ in ). North Hunterdon Regional High School opened in September 1951 with 517 students in a 27-room facility constructed on a site. Clifford G. Singley was the school's first principal and the football field was named in his honor.

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 2001-02 school year, North Hunterdon High School was awarded the

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Award of Excellence by the

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, the highest award an American school can receive. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''

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'' ranked the school 623rd in the nation among participating public high schools and 48th among schools in New Jersey. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''

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'', the school was ranked 23rd in New Jersey and 759th nationwide. The school was ranked 654th nationwide, the 19th-highest in New Jersey, in ''

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'' magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools. In ''

's'' May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, North Hunterdon High School was listed in 587th place, the 11th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was the 45th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 66th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 60th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 43rd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 37th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 36th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.0%) and language arts literacy (98.6%) components of the

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(HSPA). In 2016, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked North Hunterdon as the 39th best high school in New Jersey and 895th in the nation. In 2019, North Hunterdon High School announced that their yearbook, ''Regis'', won first place in the American Scholastic Press Association's annual yearbook competition and second place (Silver Award) from the Garden State Scholastic Press Association's annual yearbook contest.

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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counties in west

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, operating under the jurisdiction of the

(NJSIAA). With 1,188 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 4 of the

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, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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, Somerset,

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and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020. The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1975 and the North II Group IV title in 2017. Since 1976, North Hunterdon High School's

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team has competed in the annual Milk Can Game against rival

Voorhees High School Voorhees High School is a four-year public high school located in Lebanon Township, named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the 30th Governor of New Jersey. It is one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District ...

. After the conclusion of the game, a golden milk can is awarded to the winner, which earns bragging rights and ownership of the can until the next year's game. With a 14-7 win in 2018, North Hunterdon had won seven consecutive games in the series and holds an overall record of 30-12-1 in the 43 Milk Can games played between the two schools. NJ.com called the Milk Can "maybe the most famous trophy in New Jersey football" and listed the rivalry in the fifth spot on their 2007 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". The 1975 team finished the season 10-0 after winning the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship with a 27-18 win against Franklin High School in the tournament final. In 2017, the Lions football team won the North II, Group IV state sectional championship, the program's second state title, with a 21-20 win against top-seeded Phillipsburg High School in the final game of the tournament at MetLife Stadium; the Lions finished the season with a record of 11-1, their only loss being to Phillipsburg, during the regular season. The girls cross country team won the Group III state championship in 1980, 1981, 1983-1986 and 2000, won the Group IV title in 1982 and 2017-2019. The 10 state titles won by the program are ranked fourth in the state. The girls cross country team won the Meet of Champions in 1980, 1981, 1983-1986 and 2017-2019; the program's nine state team titles are tied for most in the state. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1993-1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003, won the North II Group IV title in 2009 and 2020, and won the North II Group V title in 2015; The program's 13 sectional titles were tied for tenth-most among all public schools. The team won the Group III state title in 1982, 1984, 1993 and 2002, and won the Group IV title in 2020. The boys cross country running team won the Group III state championship in 1981, 1983-1985 and 1992-1995. The team's nine state titles are tied for sixth-most in New Jersey.NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions

. Accessed October 20, 2020. In each of the three years from 1990 to 1992, Brendan Heffernan won the individual Group III cross-country running championship, making him the fourth runner in state history to earn three individual state titles. In 2012, the boys' cross country team won the Skyland Conference Cross Country Championship. The girls spring track team was the Group III state champion in 1982, 1985-1987, and won the Group IV title in 1983. The girls track team won the Group III title in 1982 and 1986. The boys team won the indoor track Group III state championship in 1984. The girls' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1985 (defeating Malcolm X Shabazz High School in the tournament final), 1986 (vs.

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) and 1987 (vs.

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), and won the Group IV title in 2010 (vs. Eastern Regional High School). The 1986 team won the program's second straight Group III title after defeating Hanover Park 80-78 in the championship game to run their season record to 27-0 and their unbeaten streak to 55 games. The 1987 team won their third consecutive state title and extended their winning streak to 81 straight games with an 82-40 "demolishment" of West Morris Mendham in the Group III championship game at Rutgers University. In 2010, the Lady Lions varsity basketball team went 27-3, winning the Group IV title, the program's fourth state championship, with a 53-36 win over Eastern Regional. The team lost in the Tournament of Champions to

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by a score of 53-47. The North Hunterdon Field Hockey team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship in 1986 and 1993. In 2021, the field hockey team won the Group III State Championship and went on to play in the Tournament of Champions. The softball team won the Group IV state championship in 2006 (defeating Steinert High School in the final of the tournament), 2014 (vs. Hillsborough High School) and 2018 (vs. Vineland High School). The 2006 team finished the season with a 27-3 record after defeating Steinert by a score of 2-0 to win the Group II championship game. The team won the 2007 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with an 8-0 win over

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. The 2008 team repeated as sectional champions with a 9-8 win in extra innings over

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. The boys fencing team was the sabre team winner in 2004, was foil team winner in 2009 and was épée team winner in 2010. North Hunterdon won the boys team foil state championship in 2002. The boys fencing team took home the épée state title in the 03-04 season. In the 08-09 season, the boys fencing team took home the foil state title. The girls fencing team has taken home foil district champions in 05-06, and 06-07 seasons in addition to a sabre district championship title during the 05-06 season. From 2012 to 2014, the girls' lacrosse team won the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament championship in each of the three years. They won their first tournament title in 2012 against their rivals, Hunterdon Central, 14-10, on their home field. Once again in 2013, the girls lacrosse team defended its HWS title, winning against previously undefeated Sparta High School by a score of 20-12, in the tournament final played on their home field. The team won their third consecutive title in 2014, with a 21-7 win against

in the final game of the tournament playoff. The girls volleyball team won the Group IV state championship in 2013 (against runner-up

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) and 2018 (vs.

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). The girls' tennis team won the 2017 Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament, knocking off Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which had won the tournament each of the five previous years. The school’s marching band, the Golden Lions, accompany the football team at home and away games. They also participate in events such as the Columbus Day Parade in New York, as well as attending NJMBDA exhibitions.

Notable alumni

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New Jersey Hills Media Group, February 27, 2002. Accessed October 10, 2017. "The North Hunterdon High School Theatre Organization will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''The Sound of Music'' at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, Friday, March 8, and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9.... Senior Jessica Vosk plays the role of Maria, with senior Scott Spjut playing the part of Captain Von Trapp."

References

External links

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North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District website
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Data for the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District

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