The boys' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 2002 (against Shawnee High School in the finals), and won the Group III championship in 2013 (vs. Camden High School), 2014 (vs. Ewing High School) and 2019 (vs. Freehold Township High School). The team has been successful in recent years under Head Coach Bryant Garvin, and Assistant Coach Anthony Tavares. From 2001-2013, Tavares and Garvin have won five Newark Public Schools Christmas Tournament Championships, three Essex County championships, four sectional titles and a two state championships. Led by future NBA guard Randy Foye, the 2002 team defeated Shawnee by a score of 50-47 to win the Group IV championship game played at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and came into the Tournament of Champions as the third seed, defeating sixth-seeded Burlington City High School 90-70 in the quarterfinals before falling to Neptune High School by a score of 71-63 in the semis to finish the season at 29-2, losing their first game of the season to ToC champion St. Anthony High School and their last game to ToC runner-up Neptune. The team started off the 2014 championship game with a 25-9 run on its way to winning the Group IV title with an 83-56 win against Ewing High School. The 2019 team won the Group IV title with a 69-44 win against Freehold Township in the championship game.