Cranford High School's baseball won the Group IV state championship in 1971 (defeating Ewing High School in the tournament final), and has won Group III in 1997 (vs. Sayreville War Memorial High School), 2010 (vs. Ocean City High School), 2012 (vs. Freehold Borough High School) and 2013 (vs. Burlington Township High School); the five state championships places the program tied for eighth-most in the state. The team won the Union County Championship in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015; the team ranks second with a total of nine county tournament championships. The baseball team won the 2003 North II, Group III sectional championship, edging Millburn High School in the tournament final. The 2007 team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship, edging West Morris Central High School, by a score of 5–4. The 2010 baseball team was the first team to win all five championships possible: Conference, County, Section, North NJ, and State, including a 15–3 win over Ocean City High School for the program's third win in a Group III final, as part of a season in which the team finished with a record of 26–5. In 2012, the team outscored Freehold High School by a score of 4-1 in the Group III championship game. The 2013 team finished the season with a 25-1 record, winning the Group III title with a 4-2 win against Burlington Township High School.