The boys' basketball team won its first Group IV state championship in 1962 (defeating Westfield High School in the tournament final) and repeated as state champions in 1966 (vs. Hackensack High School), 1967 (vs. Camden High School) and 1973 (vs. Atlantic City High School) and won the Group II title in 2001 (vs. Pleasantville High School). Lester Fein was the coach of the basketball team in the 1960s, coaching many winning teams. A crowd of 4,500 watched as the 1962 team won the Group IV title with a 55-52 victory against Westfield in the championship game to finish the season with a record of 24-3. A 62-38 win against Hackensack in the championship game played at Convention Hall in Atlantic City gave the team a 25-1 season record and the Group IV state title. In 1967, the team finished the season with a 26-0 record after winning the state Group IV title with an 80-60 win against Camden in the championship game played in front of a tournament-record 12,000 spectators at Atlantic City's Convention Hall. The 1967 team was listed as the number-one ranked team in the country and extended the school's winning streak to 40 games. Some of his players went on to play in the National Basketball Association. The 2002 boys' basketball won the North II, Group III state sectional championship, edging West Side High School in the tournament final.