of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 3 of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2018–2020. School colors are royal blue and white. Sports offered include softball, bowling (men and women), track and field spring (men and women), soccer (men and women), basketball (men and women), football, tennis (women), wrestling (men) and baseball (men). The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1932 vs. Weehawken High School by a final score of 28-27 and the Group II title in 1934 with a 42–38 victory over Ramsey High School in the tournament final. The boys track team won the indoor track Group III state championship in 1973 and the Group II title in 1987. The boys track team won the Group III spring track state championship in 1973. The football team won the NJSIAA state sectional championships in Central Jersey Group III in 1976 and in Central Jersey Group II in 1992, 1996, 2007 and 2012. The 1976 team won the Central Jersey Group III sectional title in front of a hometown crowd of 4,500 with a 29–22 win against Long Branch High School in the championship game. In 1992, the team became the first in program history to finish the season with no ties or losses, ending the season 11-0 after winning the Central Jersey Group II title with a 14–0 win against Princeton High School, one of the team's five shutouts that season; the 1991 team earned consideration from the Courier News as one of "the best in GMC history". The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group II state sectional title by a score a 20–14 over Rumson-Fair Haven High School in the tournament championship game played at Rutgers Stadium; The win was Carteret's fourth sectional title, and its first since 1996. The 2012 football team went undefeated at 12-0 and were crowned Central Jersey Group II champions as well, defeating Weequahic High School by the score of 13–12 in the championship game played at Metlife Stadium. Dating back to 1927, Carteret has had a Thanksgiving Day football rivalry with Perth Amboy High School that was