The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1955 (defeating runner-up North Arlington High School in the finals of the playoff) and won the Group II title in 1964 (also against North Arlington). In the first appearance in the finals in program history, the 1955 team came back from eight points behind in the fourth quarter of the Group I finals at the Elizabeth Armory to take the game into overtime and win 58-56 against North Arlington. In March 1964, under coach Fred "Dixie" Howell at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the OCHS basketball team won the Group II state championship with a 76–51 against North Arlington in the tournament final. During their championship run they won every game by 20 points or more.