The football team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional titles in 1988, 1989, 2006 and 2010. The 1988 team finished the season with a 10-1 record after winning the South Jersey Group III sectional title with a 31-28 victory against Woodrow Wilson High School in the championship game on a field goal kicked with two seconds left in the game. The 1989 team finished with a record of 11-0 after defeating Woodrow Wilson in the finals by a score of 28-28 to win the team's second consecutive South Jersey Group III title. In 2006, the Lacey Lions beat Seneca High School 12-0 becoming the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state champions. This is only the second time that the Lions went undefeated. It was the third state championship under Coach Lou Vircillo, the only head football coach the school has had since it opened in 1981. In 2010, the Lions football team reached the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state championship game and defeated Delsea Regional High School 56–7, finishing a perfect 12–0 season, earning the fourth state championship under Coach Lou Vircillo, and marking the third team in school history to go undefeated. The Lions football team also reached the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state championship game in both 2005 and 2007, but were defeated by Delsea Regional High School (by a score of 21-6) and Shawnee High School (losing 23-20), respectively.