[6] The Sayreville War Memorial High School Bombers[3] compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

[18] The 1951 team won the Group I title with a 46-36 win against Verona in the championship game played in the Elizaebth Armory.

[20] The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional championship in 1975.

[22][23] The 2012 team finished the season 12-0 after winning the Central Jersey Group IV title with a 35-28 win against Middletown High School South in the championship game, the program's third straight sectional title;[24] the 2004 team earned consideration from the Courier News as one of "the best in GMC history".

[26] The team won the Central Jersey Group V title in 2018 with a 6-0 win against North Brunswick Township High School in the championship game[27] and then went on to finish the season with a 12-1 record by defeating Williamstown High School by a score of 14-7 in the Central / South Group V bowl game.

[32] On October 6, 2014, in the wake of a criminal investigation into allegations of repeated serious hazing among members of the football team.

[33] The school suspended seven students after county prosecutors charged them with crimes including sexual assault of their younger teammates, in a case that received widespread media coverage[34][35][36][37] and "focused national attention on hazing".

By August 2015, six of them were sentenced to probation and community service for lesser crimes ranging from hazing to simple assault.