of the Northern Hills Conference, which included schools in Essex, Morris and Passaic counties. With 930 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Patriot Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020. Passaic Valley's school colors are green and white. The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Cedar Grove High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The boys cross country running team won the Group III state championship in 1961 and the Group IV title in 1962. The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1973. The football team won the North I Group IV state championships in 1975, 1979, 1980 and 1986. The 1975 team finished with an 11-0 record after winning the North I Group IV state sectional title with a 23-7 victory against North Bergen High School in the playoff finals. In 1979, the team finished 11-0 after defeating Clifton High School by a score of 15-0 to win the North I Group IV state sectional championship game at Giants Stadium. The team repeated as North I Group IV state champion with a 20-0 win against Fair Lawn High School in the finals at Giant Stadium to finish the season at 10-1. The 1986 team won the North I Group IV state sectional title with a come-from-behind 14-10 win against North Bergen in the championship game played at Roosevelt Stadium, to finish the season 9-2. In 2006, the football team beat Wayne Valley High School during the regular season and again in the playoffs, making it to the semi-finals before losing to defending North I Group III champions, Wayne Hills High School. Under first year coach Al Capello, the Hornets made it to the North II Group III state championship at Giants Stadium on December 4, 2009, losing to West Morris Mendham High School by a score of 28-19. The field