HS football". Hamilton West leads the rivalry with a 34–23–1 overall record as of 2017. NJSIAA state championships Boys basketball - 1935, 1953, 2006 The 1935 team won the Group III state title with a 35-27 win in the playoff finals against Ridgefield Park. The 1953 team won the Group III title with a 56-52 win in the championship game against Linden. With a 66-34 win against Shabazz in the finals of the tournament played at Rutgers University, the 2006 team won the Group III state title and came into the Tournament of Champions as the sixth seed, falling by a score of 80-67 in the quarterfinals to third-seeded Haddonfield Memorial High School led by Brian Zoubek. Boys soccer - 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1962, 1976 Girls basketball - 1983 Girls softball - 1999 Boys baseball - 2000 Marching band The Hamilton High School West Marching Band is a division of the Hamilton West Bands, which comprises the Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Saxophone Quartet, Brass Quintet and Jazz Ensembles. The Marching Band became competitive in the Fall of 2006, and competes in the USBands Marching Band Circuit. The Instrumental Program at Hamilton West was in place on the first day of school (September 8, 1930), and the first Director of Bands was Harlan D. Darling. The band is known as "The Pride of Mercer County." The school's fight song is called "Loyalty", and their Alma Mater is the melody of "Far Above Cayuga's Waters", which is the Alma Mater for Cornell University, and is played by the Marching Band at the end of every home football game. Administration The school's principal is Brian Smith. His core administration team includes three vice principals and the athletic director. Sister schools Hamilton High School West is the original Hamilton Township High School. The two other high schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Hamilton High School North (Nottingham High School) (also known as North; 985 students) Hamilton High School East (Steinert High School) (East; 1,447) Notable alumni Christian Burns, (born 1985), professional basketball player for Germani Basket Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Jayson DiManche (born 1990), linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals. Tom Goodwin (born ), politician and financial planner who was selected in March 2010 to represent the 14th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate, after the resignation of