football and girls' basketball; tied for third in boys' tennis and fourth place girls' indoor group track & field, plus bonus points for having no disqualifications for the fall, winter and spring seasons. The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1965 (defeating Wildwood High School in the tournament final), 1999 (vs. Highland Park High School) and 2019 (vs. Burlington City High School). The 1965 team finished the season with a 21-2 record after winning the Group I title with a 68-59 victory against defending-champion Wildwood in front of 9,500 spectators at Atlantic City Convention Hall. The 1999 team won the Group I title with a 39-37 win against Highland Park on a basket scored as time ran out on the clock. The team won the 2019 Group I title with a 66-56 win against Burlington City High School in the playoff finals. The Pioneers have had four state wrestling champions: John Ferrara (1969), Rich Billitz (1976), Donnie DeFilippis (1999, who came in second twice before winning the title), and Noran Elmahroukey (2020). On March 13, 2012, DeFilippis was inducted into the Region 3 Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in High School and on the Division 1 level in college. The wrestling team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1983, 1992 and 1994, and won the Central Jersey Group I title in 2005 The football team won the North II Group II state sectional championship in 1974 and 1976, and won the North II Group I title in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 2010. The team finished the season with a record of 11-0 after winning the North II Group II sectional title in front of a crowd of 6,000 with a 20-17 win against Butler High School, in which Ted Blackwell set the state record with 254 points scored in a single season. Head football coach Frank Bottone finished the 2006 season with his 300th career victory, the fourth coach in New Jersey history to achieve that milestone. The only coach in New Providence's school history since the football program began in 1963, Bottone compiled a record of 334−125−7 in his 46 seasons before he retired after the 2010 season. His teams won 15 conference championships and eight state sectional championships, including an undefeated season in 1989 when the Pioneers went 11−0 with 9 shutouts, cumulatively outscoring their opponents 234−20. The two