The Watchung Conference was a high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports. State championsh ...

(NJSIAA). The conference consisted of eleven

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s covering Essex County,

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and Union County in northern

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. In 2009, the conference was disbanded. The Essex County schools joined the

Super Essex Conference The Super Essex Conference (SEC) is a high school athletic conference located in Essex County, New Jersey. The conference was formed in 2009 by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and was a result of a larger realignment that s ...

, the Union County schools joined the

Union County Interscholastic Athletic Association The Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (UCIAC) is a New Jersey high school sports association operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The league consists of 26 public and ...

, and the Hudson County schools joined the temporary

North Jersey Tri-County Conference The North Jersey Tri-County Conference was a high school athletic conference in New Jersey, created by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) as a holding conference. The NJTCC consisted of 45 public and non-public schoo ...

, before joining their Hudson County schools in reviving the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2010.

Sports

*Fall Sports: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Girls' Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball *Winter Sports: Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Track & Field, Wrestling *Spring Sports: Baseball, Boys' Tennis, Golf, Lacrosse, Softball, Track & Field, Volleyball

Member schools

External links

Watchung Conference website
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