The executive county superintendent appointed an interim board of education for the new regional district, which was responsible for implementing the merger.
[20] The South Hunterdon football team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in both 1975 and 1979.
[21] The team defeated Keyport High School by a score of 28–0 in the 1975 Central Jersey Group I championship game to win their first title.
[25] The boys' basketball team finished the 2010 season with a record of 18–8, won the program's first divisional title and made it to the finals of the Central Jersey Group I tournament, but fell short to Asbury Park High School by a score of 73–57.
[26] The girls' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1992, defeating Whippany Park High School in the tournament final.
[27] The team made it to the finals of the 2006 Central Jersey Group I tournament, defeating Bordentown Regional High School by a score of 55–45.