win over Bernards High School on the strength of a 6-5 margin in penalty kicks. The 2012 team won the North II Group II sectional title with a 2–0 win over Bernards High School and finished with a 14-7-2 record. Wrestling The wrestling program has won the North II Group II state sectional team championship five times, including 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2011. and 2020 Blake Maffai was the 1991 state champion at 112 lbs, and in 2004, Steve Martell won the state title at 152 lbs. Nickname controversy James Caldwell's mascot, the Chief, places the school among those involved in the Native American mascot controversy, concurrent with a national trend of removing Native American nicknames from college sports teams. Support has been mounting in both Caldwell and West Caldwell in recent years to change a number of customs associated with the school's team nicknames, such as the war chant and the tomahawk chop, or to get rid of the Chief's nickname altogether. Extracurricular activities In September 2005, six student editors and reporters of the high school's newspaper, The Caldron, reached a settlement with the Caldwell-West Caldwell School District, through the ACLU, forbidding most censorship by the high school principal and allowing an article about sexual mores to be published. In popular culture Most scenes of Welcome to the Dollhouse were filmed at James Caldwell High School, including the cafeteria, hallways, classrooms, the bathroom, and the principal's office. Administration The school's principal is James Devlin. His core administration team includes two vice principals. Notable alumni Notable alumni of James Caldwell High School (and its predecessor, Grover Cleveland High School) include: Brian Bergen (born 1979), politician who represents the 25th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly. Whitey Campbell (1926-2015, class of 1944), head baseball coach at the University of Miami in 1958 and from 1960 to 1962. Neale Godfrey (born 1951), author, whose books deal with money, life skills and value issues. Tommy Page (1970-2017, class of 1985), singer best known for his 1990 song "I'll Be Your Everything". Elizabeth Parr-Johnston (born 1939), Canadian business woman. Michael Tracey (born 1988, class of 2006), independent journalist who covers American politics, freedom of speech, censorship and America's culture war Martin Wenick (1939–2020), employee of the United States Department of State who served as head of the National Council for Soviet Jewry. Thea White (1940–2021), voice actress best known for her work