The boys track team won the Group III indoor track championship in 1960 and in Group IV in 1985 (as co-champion).[3] The girls team won the Group IV title in 1984.[4]
The boys track team won the Group II spring / outdoor track state championship in 1965 and won the Group IV title in 1983-1985.[5]
The Edgewood Eagles varsity baseball team won the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) New Jersey state Group III title in 1978 (vs.
Parsippany High School) and 1979 (vs.
Pascack Hills High School), which at that time made Edgewood only the second public school to win back-to-back championships. The team also won the Group III state title in 1989 (vs.
Paramus High School) and won South Jersey Group III state sectional titles in 1963 and 1965.[6] The 1978 team finished the season with a record of 19-5 after winning the Group III title with a 2-0 win against Parsippany in the championship game at
Mercer County Park.[7] The 1979 team repeated as winner in Group III after defeating Pascack Hills by a score of 3-2 in the finals.[8] An 11-1 win in the playoff finals against Paramus gave the team the 1989 Group III state championship and a 17-5 season record.[9]
The 1980 girls basketball team finished the season with a 21-6 record after winning the Group III state championship game by a score of 52-51 against a
Pascack Valley High School team that came into the finals of the tournament undefeated and had been ahead by eight points with two minutes remaining in the game.[10][11]
In 1979, Edgewood varsity sports won five (5) South Jersey Group III titles in boys soccer, boys basketball, baseball, girls and boys track.
The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 1985 and 1986 (as co-champion)[12]
The Edgewood Eagles marching band won the
Tournament of Bands Chapter I, Group I Championships in 1990 and went on to place 3rd on the Atlantic Coast.
The Edgewood Eagles Varsity Golf Team won the Olympic Conference Championship in 1994. The team was coached by Harvey Miller and Tom Miller. It was the first and only golf championship that has ever been won by the Eagles. The varsity players were: Doug Parliaman, Kevin Ulrich, Scott Buttari, Norman “Lee” Tomasello, Jake Cuomo, and Glenn Garwood.
James Rolfe (born 1980, class of 1999), filmmaker and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd character.[citation needed]
References
^Staff.
Hammonton-Waterford AgreementArchived September 29, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine, The Hammonton Gazette, January 18, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Whereas, Waterford is presently a constituent district of Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1; and Whereas, as a result of the May 12, 1998 referendum held in the seven constituent districts of the Lower Camden County Regional high School District No. 1, the Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1 is to be dissolved at an effective date to be determined by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey... Waterford, as the sending district hereby designates Hammonton as the receiving district for all of Waterford's pupils in grades 7 through 12, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:38-11 et. seq. and the terms of this Agreement."
^"$1.3 Million in Pacts Given For Voorhees Twp. School", Courier-Post, July 29, 1964. Accessed March 23, 2022, via
Newspapers.com. "The regional district includes Gibbsboro, Berlin Borough and Voorhees Township. At present, high school pupils from Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township attend classes at Haddonfield and Collingswood High Schools while Berlin pupils attend Edgewood High School."
^"Edgewood, Bordentown win baseball titles", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1978. Accessed February 21, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Edgewood and Bordentown each won the first state championship for their schools in any team sport at yesterday's NJSIAA public school baseball finals at Mercer County Park. Bordentown took the Group One crown, 6-4 over North Jersey champ Chatham Boro, and Edgewood blanked Parsippany, 2-0, in Group Three.... Edgewood (19-5) will return five starters from its championship team, including starting pitcher Chris Hunger, who struck out eight Parsippany hitters before giving way to Steve Earl in the sixth with elbow trouble."
^Smith, Paul.
"S. J. has two state baseball champs", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 1979. Accessed March 13, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Two South Jersey schools, Haddon Township and Edgewood, had twice the usual incentive to win state baseball titles yesterday at Mercer County Park.... Edgewood, which had nipped Parsippany, 2-0, to win the 1978 championship, had an even loftier goal to be the second team to win back-to-back titles in the eight-year history of the tournament. And on another shining day for South Jersey, the Eagles succeeded, gutting out a 3-2 victory over Pascack Hills of Bergen County."
^Simone Jr., Thomas.
"Title dream ends; Paramus loses to Edgewood", The Record, June 12, 1989. Accessed March 2, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Paramus High School coach Joe Cervino would have preferred ending the season with a state championship Sunday, but knowing that most of his starters will return next season was his silver lining in defeat. The Spartans lost, 11-1, to Edgewood in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 3 baseball final. Edgewood right-hander Bruce Stowell's pitching and hitting led the Eagles (17-5) to their third state title and first since 1979."
^Bell, Jack.
"Pascack Valley falls apart", Herald News, March 23, 1980. Accessed February 22, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "That's just the situation Jasper's previously undefeated Indians found themselves facing in Saturday's Group 3 championship game at North Brunswick High School. Leading 51-43 with less than two minutes to play, three of Jaspers key players, Laura Dougherty, Joann Bonin and Rebecca Kucks, all fouled out. Then the roof fell in on Pascack Valley (27-1) as Edgewood (21-6) came on to score the final nine points of the game for an astounding 52-51 triumph."
The boys track team won the Group III indoor track championship in 1960 and in Group IV in 1985 (as co-champion).[3] The girls team won the Group IV title in 1984.[4]
The boys track team won the Group II spring / outdoor track state championship in 1965 and won the Group IV title in 1983-1985.[5]
The Edgewood Eagles varsity baseball team won the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) New Jersey state Group III title in 1978 (vs.
Parsippany High School) and 1979 (vs.
Pascack Hills High School), which at that time made Edgewood only the second public school to win back-to-back championships. The team also won the Group III state title in 1989 (vs.
Paramus High School) and won South Jersey Group III state sectional titles in 1963 and 1965.[6] The 1978 team finished the season with a record of 19-5 after winning the Group III title with a 2-0 win against Parsippany in the championship game at
Mercer County Park.[7] The 1979 team repeated as winner in Group III after defeating Pascack Hills by a score of 3-2 in the finals.[8] An 11-1 win in the playoff finals against Paramus gave the team the 1989 Group III state championship and a 17-5 season record.[9]
The 1980 girls basketball team finished the season with a 21-6 record after winning the Group III state championship game by a score of 52-51 against a
Pascack Valley High School team that came into the finals of the tournament undefeated and had been ahead by eight points with two minutes remaining in the game.[10][11]
In 1979, Edgewood varsity sports won five (5) South Jersey Group III titles in boys soccer, boys basketball, baseball, girls and boys track.
The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 1985 and 1986 (as co-champion)[12]
The Edgewood Eagles marching band won the
Tournament of Bands Chapter I, Group I Championships in 1990 and went on to place 3rd on the Atlantic Coast.
The Edgewood Eagles Varsity Golf Team won the Olympic Conference Championship in 1994. The team was coached by Harvey Miller and Tom Miller. It was the first and only golf championship that has ever been won by the Eagles. The varsity players were: Doug Parliaman, Kevin Ulrich, Scott Buttari, Norman “Lee” Tomasello, Jake Cuomo, and Glenn Garwood.
James Rolfe (born 1980, class of 1999), filmmaker and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd character.[citation needed]
References
^Staff.
Hammonton-Waterford AgreementArchived September 29, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine, The Hammonton Gazette, January 18, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Whereas, Waterford is presently a constituent district of Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1; and Whereas, as a result of the May 12, 1998 referendum held in the seven constituent districts of the Lower Camden County Regional high School District No. 1, the Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1 is to be dissolved at an effective date to be determined by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey... Waterford, as the sending district hereby designates Hammonton as the receiving district for all of Waterford's pupils in grades 7 through 12, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:38-11 et. seq. and the terms of this Agreement."
^"$1.3 Million in Pacts Given For Voorhees Twp. School", Courier-Post, July 29, 1964. Accessed March 23, 2022, via
Newspapers.com. "The regional district includes Gibbsboro, Berlin Borough and Voorhees Township. At present, high school pupils from Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township attend classes at Haddonfield and Collingswood High Schools while Berlin pupils attend Edgewood High School."
^"Edgewood, Bordentown win baseball titles", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1978. Accessed February 21, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Edgewood and Bordentown each won the first state championship for their schools in any team sport at yesterday's NJSIAA public school baseball finals at Mercer County Park. Bordentown took the Group One crown, 6-4 over North Jersey champ Chatham Boro, and Edgewood blanked Parsippany, 2-0, in Group Three.... Edgewood (19-5) will return five starters from its championship team, including starting pitcher Chris Hunger, who struck out eight Parsippany hitters before giving way to Steve Earl in the sixth with elbow trouble."
^Smith, Paul.
"S. J. has two state baseball champs", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 1979. Accessed March 13, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Two South Jersey schools, Haddon Township and Edgewood, had twice the usual incentive to win state baseball titles yesterday at Mercer County Park.... Edgewood, which had nipped Parsippany, 2-0, to win the 1978 championship, had an even loftier goal to be the second team to win back-to-back titles in the eight-year history of the tournament. And on another shining day for South Jersey, the Eagles succeeded, gutting out a 3-2 victory over Pascack Hills of Bergen County."
^Simone Jr., Thomas.
"Title dream ends; Paramus loses to Edgewood", The Record, June 12, 1989. Accessed March 2, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "Paramus High School coach Joe Cervino would have preferred ending the season with a state championship Sunday, but knowing that most of his starters will return next season was his silver lining in defeat. The Spartans lost, 11-1, to Edgewood in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 3 baseball final. Edgewood right-hander Bruce Stowell's pitching and hitting led the Eagles (17-5) to their third state title and first since 1979."
^Bell, Jack.
"Pascack Valley falls apart", Herald News, March 23, 1980. Accessed February 22, 2021, via
Newspapers.com. "That's just the situation Jasper's previously undefeated Indians found themselves facing in Saturday's Group 3 championship game at North Brunswick High School. Leading 51-43 with less than two minutes to play, three of Jaspers key players, Laura Dougherty, Joann Bonin and Rebecca Kucks, all fouled out. Then the roof fell in on Pascack Valley (27-1) as Edgewood (21-6) came on to score the final nine points of the game for an astounding 52-51 triumph."