Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) is an all-girls college preparatory private Roman Catholic high school located in Washington Township, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
[24] In the inaugural softball Tournament of Champions, the team won the first ToC title with a 5–4 victory in extra innings against Immaculate Conception High School of Lodi to finish the season with a record of 30-4.
[30] The tennis team won the Non-Public A state championship in 1995 (defeating runner-up Notre Dame High School in the tournament's final round), 1996 (vs. Notre Dame), 2005 (vs. Holy Spirit High School), 2006 (vs. Red Bank Catholic High School), 2007 (vs. Holy Spirit) and 2008 (vs. Holy Spirit)[31] In 2006, the team won the Non-Public A title after defeating Red Bank Catholic 4–1 in the finals at Mercer County Park.
[34] The 2004 basketball team won the North Parochial A state championship, defeating Paramus Catholic High School by 36-21 in the tournament final.
[36] In 2003, the IHA cross-country team was disqualified from the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) C championship for violating High School Federation Rules limiting the number of runners each team could enter in its varsity race to seven, while the coaches had entered nine runners into the race.
[38][39] During the 2009-10 academic year, Immaculate Heart Academy won the Non-Public Group A state championship in soccer, swimming, winter track and volleyball, where the team also won the New Jersey State Tournament of Champions, gaining the title of best volleyball team in New Jersey by defeating Bridgewater-Raritan High School 25-14, 25-15 in the tournament final[40] The Blue Eagles also won the Non-Public North A sectional titles in basketball (finishing 2nd overall in the state) and spring track (finishing 3rd overall.)
[41] In the state tournament, the Blue Eagles defeated The Pingry School for the Non-Public Group A North sectional championship in double overtime by a score of 1-0.
With this championship, the 2010-11 Blue Eagles Senior Class won 11 out of a possible 12 titles (County, Sectional and State) in their four-year career at IHA.
[43] In volleyball, despite losing in the Bergen County tournament, the Blue Eagles won the Non-Public Group A state championship for the fourth straight year.
[30] Student-athletes have were named Athletes of the Year by The Record in Soccer,[51] Basketball,[52] Golf,[53] and Track and Field,[54] and by The Star-Ledger in Bowling.
[30][56] In cross country, IHA won the Big North Conference United Division championship, finished third in the Bergen County Championships,[57] third in the North Non-Public Group A sectional meet,[58] and fifth in the Non-Public Group A state meet to champion Mount Saint Dominic Academy.
[65] The softball team won its third consecutive Non-Public A state championship with a 5–1 win in the final against Donovan Catholic High School.