Washington Township High School (New Jersey)

Most of the school's concerts and events are held there, and many notables have performed in this center, including the Barenaked Ladies, Tony Bennett, Wayne Brady, George Carlin, David Copperfield, Bill Cosby, B.

King, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Jessica Simpson, Lewis Black, Pete Davidson, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

For the 1969/70 school year, the 7th grade returned to WTHS which operated an AM and PM session, staggered over 4 lunch periods.

The Washington Township High School Minutemen/Minutemaids[3] compete in the Tri-County Conference, which is comprised of 23 public and private high schools located in the Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

The boys' basketball team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1969.

[citation needed] The field hockey team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1977.

[19] The 1977 team finished the season with a 14–1–4 record after winning the Group III title with a 1–0 overtime victory against Phillipsburg High School in the championship game.

[21] The 1985 team won the Group IV state title with a 1–0 victory against Westfield in the championship game.

[22] The team finished the 2015 season with a record of 31–1 after winning the Group IV title with a 1–0 one-hitter victory against Bridgewater-Raritan in the championship game.

[26] The 1995 team finished the season with a 10–1 record after winning the South Jersey Group IV sectional title with a 19–7 defeat of Shawnee High School in the championship game.

[28] The boys' wrestling team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship in 1998, 2000 and 2010.

[29] The girls' track team won the Group IV indoor relay state championship in 1999 and 2024.

[33] The boys' cross country team captured the program's first ever South Jersey Group IV sectional crown in fall 2005.

[35][36] In 2007, the boys' soccer team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship with a 1–0 win over Lenape High School in the tournament final.

[citation needed] The 2009 boy's outdoor track team won the large high school division in the 4x800 at the Penn Relays.

[39] The 10–11 girls varsity lacrosse team went undefeated (8–0) as the Olympic Conference champions and won the South Jersey Group IV Championships, beating division rival Lenape High School by a score of 14–7 in the sectional final.

[41][42] The 10–11 girls' basketball team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional title as the 11th seed, knocking off top-seeded division rival Cherry Hill High School East (who entered the game with a 26–1 record) in the sectional final by a 46–43 score.

[43] The 11–12 girls' basketball team won the Olympic Conference and the South Jersey Group IV state sectional title, beating Toms River East High School in the sectional final by a score of 55–24, after starting the game on a 23-point run and leading 26–2 at the half.

[44] The 12–13 girls' basketball team won the Olympic Conference and their third consecutive South Jersey Group IV state sectional title, beating division rival Williamstown High School in the sectional final by a score of 50–38, sealing the victory with a 20–6 run after Williamstown had pulled ahead by two points in the fourth quarter.

[48] The team repeated in 2015 by defeating West Orange High School by a score of 1–0 in the championship game.

[49] The team won the program's third Group IV title and finished the season with a 24–1 record after defeating Morris Knolls in the 2018 championship game.

The Washington Township High School Wind Ensemble has been participating at the New Jersey State Gala at Rutgers University.

Under the direction of James Beyer, the band grew to over 225 members in 1997, the same year they achieved a 94.40 at the ACC Championships,[53] a school record that still stands today.

Later that season they participated in the 1998 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California and became the first band to be decorated in 5,000 live flowers and seeds, creating the first ever "Marching Musical Float".

In the 2009–10 school year, the Minutemen band was named the 2009 USSBA Northern States Group 3A Champion.

By being named grand champion, the band had the honor of playing their show "Journey of Man" during pre-game in front of 78,000 fans.

[58] The WTHS Drumline also received first place and won the honor to play their cadence to bring all of the bands onto the field for the mass half time show at the 2010 Cotton Bowl.

[59] They placed 1st in Class AA in Field Show competition capturing best marching, percussion, effect, and colorguard.

Their field show was titled "Into Darkness" featuring the music of Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantasique.

Their field show was titled "Yuletide Fantasy" an original composition by Calvin Spencer featuring Christmas music.