The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state sectional championships in 1974, 1976 and 1977. In 1974, Sterling won the first ever South Jersey Group III football championship determined by playoffs, defeating Woodrow Wilson High School by a score of 15–12 in a game played at the Atlantic City Convention Center. The 1976 team won the South Jersey Group III secional title with a 28-13 win against a Deptford Township High School team that came into the championship game undefeated.