and teachers working together to further student's interest. Many clubs also provide public service projects. Many clubs and sports are offered to students, allowing them to look further into what interests them most. Athletics The Ocean Township High School Spartans compete in Division B North of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 820 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 school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2018–2020. The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Monmouth Regional High School and Shore Regional High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1980, 1985, 1997 and 2001. The 1980 boys' tennis team won the Group III state championship, defeating Moorestown High School 3-1 and Millburn High School 4–1. The 1985 baseball team finished the season with a 24–6 record after defeating Montville Township High School in the championship game by a score of 3–0 to win the Group III state title in a game played at Princeton University. The girls cross country running team won the Group III state championship in 1992 and 1993. The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championships in 1993, 2000 and 2005. After losing all four of its previous state finals, the 1993 team finished the season with an 11–0 record after winning the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in front of more than 6,000 spectators with a 20–12 victory against a Long Branch High School team that came undefeated into the championship game.<ref>Graham, Tony. "Ocean's title wave; Big Red Spartans wear a state crown; Record crowd of 6,200 sees Ocean outlast Long Branch In battle of unbeaten teams.", Asbury Park Press', December 5, 1993. Accessed January 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Ending the season the way it began, with Conti the nucleus of Ocean's multi-dimensional