won the Group I title in 1981 (vs. Montgomery High School) and 2016 (as co-champion with Haddon Township High School) and won the Group III state title in 1958 (as co-champion with Chatham Borough High School) and 1959 (vs. Jonathan Dayton High School), won . The boys' tennis team won the Group I state championship in 1981, against Pitman High School in the final match of the tournament. The football team has won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 2001 and 2008, the North I Group I title in 2014 and 2015, and the North II Group II title in 2019. A successful pass for a two-point conversion by future NFL player Anthony Fasano on a flubbed point after touchdown provided the margin of victory, as the 2001 team defeated Cedar Grove High School by a score of 15-14 in the North II Group I sectional championship game and finished the season with an 8-4 record. In 2008, the football team finished the season with an 11–1 record and were North II Group I state champions with a 13–12 victory over Hoboken High School in the final, earning the program's first sectional title since 2001. The 2014 football team won the North I Group I state championship defeating Cresskill High School by a score of 20–0 in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. The Hillbillies finished the season 11–0, clinching the first undefeated season in program history. The football team won the North I Group I state championship in 2015, defeating rival Cedar Grove by a score of 21–14 at Kean University, finishing the season 12-0 and clinching the second undefeated season in program history. The team won the North II Group II sectional championship in 2019 with a 43-2 win against Lenape Valley Regional High School in the tournament final and went on to win the Group II North regional bowl with a 47-0 win against Lyndhurst High School, finishing the season undefeated. In October 2017, Lou Racioppe, the head coach of Verona's football team, was suspended as part of an administrative investigation into conduct towards his players following complaints from parents. In 2017, many members of the community voiced concern over the investigation and publicly expressed their anger towards the administration during a hearing before the Board of Education. Former players showed up in support of the former coach. In early November, Racioppe was informed that