Edgewood Regional High School Explained
Edgewood Regional High School is the original name of Winslow Township High School that opened in 1958. Though the mailing address of the school was Atco, the site actually resided in the Tansboro section of Winslow Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school's name changed in 2001 due to the breakup of the Lower Camden County Regional School District (L.C.C.R.H.S.) which consisted of Edgewood and Overbrook Regional High School. The buildings were turned over to the Winslow Township School District and became Winslow Township High School. Likewise Overbrook dropped the "regional" part of its name and became Overbrook High School (part of the Pine Hill Schools). At the time of the district dissolution, Edgewood was receiving students from Winslow Township, Waterford Township and Chesilhurst. Waterford Township reached an agreement with Hammonton to send its students to Hammonton High School rather than the newly renamed Winslow Township High School.[1]
History
Students from Berlin attended the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Berlin Borough School District until Eastern Regional High School opened in September 1965.[2]
Notable achievements
- The boys track team won the Group III indoor track championship in 1960 and in Group IV in 1985 (as co-champion).[3] The girls team won the Group IV title in 1984.[4]
- The boys track team won the Group II spring / outdoor track state championship in 1965 and won the Group IV title in 1983-1985.[5]
- The Edgewood Eagles varsity baseball team won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) New Jersey state Group III title in 1978 (vs. Parsippany High School) and 1979 (vs. Pascack Hills High School), which at that time made Edgewood only the second public school to win back-to-back championships. The team also won the Group III state title in 1989 (vs. Paramus High School) and won South Jersey Group III state sectional titles in 1963 and 1965.[6] The 1978 team finished the season with a record of 19-5 after winning the Group III title with a 2-0 win against Parsippany in the championship game at Mercer County Park.[7] The 1979 team repeated as winner in Group III after defeating Pascack Hills by a score of 3-2 in the finals.[8] An 11-1 win in the playoff finals against Paramus gave the team the 1989 Group III state championship and a 17-5 season record.[9]
- The 1980 girls basketball team finished the season with a 21-6 record after winning the Group III state championship game by a score of 52-51 against a Pascack Valley High School team that came into the finals of the tournament undefeated and had been ahead by eight points with two minutes remaining in the game.[10] [11]
- In 1979, Edgewood varsity sports won five (5) South Jersey Group III titles in boys soccer, boys basketball, baseball, girls and boys track.
- The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 1985 and 1986 (as co-champion)[12]
- The Edgewood Eagles marching band won the Tournament of Bands Chapter I, Group I Championships in 1990 and went on to place 3rd on the Atlantic Coast.
- The Edgewood Eagles Varsity Golf Team won the Olympic Conference Championship in 1994. The team was coached by Harvey Miller and Tom Miller. It was the first and only golf championship that has ever been won by the Eagles. The varsity players were: Doug Parliaman, Kevin Ulrich, Scott Buttari, Norman “Lee” Tomasello, Jake Cuomo, and Glenn Garwood.
Notable alumni
- Eugene Chojnacki, class of 1963, Commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard from 2004–2006, retiring at the rank of Major General.[13] [14]
- Lee DeRamus (born 1972, class of 1989), wide receiver who played for two seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints.[15] [16]
- Ed Forchion (also known as NJWeedman), cannabis decriminalization advocate, political activist, perennial political candidate
- Dennis Mitchell (born 1966, class of 1984), track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[17]
- James Rolfe (born 1980, class of 1999), filmmaker and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd character.
External links
Notes and References
- Staff. Hammonton-Waterford Agreement, The Hammonton Gazette, January 18, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Whereas, Waterford is presently a constituent district of Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1; and Whereas, as a result of the May 12, 1998 referendum held in the seven constituent districts of the Lower Camden County Regional high School District No. 1, the Lower Camden County Regional High School District No. 1 is to be dissolved at an effective date to be determined by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey... Waterford, as the sending district hereby designates Hammonton as the receiving district for all of Waterford's pupils in grades 7 through 12, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:38-11 et. seq. and the terms of this Agreement."
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98217733/contracts-awarded-for-eastern-regional/ "$1.3 Million in Pacts Given For Voorhees Twp. School"
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Boys%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field_0.pdf Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Girls%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field.pdf Girls Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-history.pdf NJSIAA Boys Spring Track Summary of Group Titles
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-baseball-history.pdf NJSIAA Baseball Championship History
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/176254214/ "Edgewood, Bordentown win baseball titles"
- Smith, Paul. "S. J. has two state baseball champs", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 1979. Accessed March 13, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Two South Jersey schools, Haddon Township and Edgewood, had twice the usual incentive to win state baseball titles yesterday at Mercer County Park.... Edgewood, which had nipped Parsippany, 2-0, to win the 1978 championship, had an even loftier goal to be the second team to win back-to-back titles in the eight-year history of the tournament. And on another shining day for South Jersey, the Eagles succeeded, gutting out a 3-2 victory over Pascack Hills of Bergen County."
- Simone Jr., Thomas. "Title dream ends; Paramus loses to Edgewood", The Record, June 12, 1989. Accessed March 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Paramus High School coach Joe Cervino would have preferred ending the season with a state championship Sunday, but knowing that most of his starters will return next season was his silver lining in defeat. The Spartans lost, 11-1, to Edgewood in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 3 baseball final. Edgewood right-hander Bruce Stowell's pitching and hitting led the Eagles (17-5) to their third state title and first since 1979."
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-girls-basketball-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History
- Bell, Jack. "Pascack Valley falls apart", Herald News, March 23, 1980. Accessed February 22, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "That's just the situation Jasper's previously undefeated Indians found themselves facing in Saturday's Group 3 championship game at North Brunswick High School. Leading 51-43 with less than two minutes to play, three of Jaspers key players, Laura Dougherty, Joann Bonin and Rebecca Kucks, all fouled out. Then the roof fell in on Pascack Valley (27-1) as Edgewood (21-6) came on to score the final nine points of the game for an astounding 52-51 triumph."
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-relay-history_0.pdf History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships
- http://www.nj.gov/military/publications/guardlife/volume28no4/vol28no4.pdf "Chojnacki Promoted To Brigadier General", Guardlife, Vol. 28 No. 4.
- http://www.state.nj.us/military/publications/guardlife/volume32no3/chojnacki.html "Major General Chojnacki Retires", Guardlife, Vol. 32 No. 3.
- Fritz, Phil. "Prep teammates Dayne, Bryant commit to UW", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 29, 1995. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Edgewood, you may recall, sent Michael London, Lee DeRamus and Keith Jackson to Wisconsin in recent years."
- http://www.nfl.com/players/leederamus/profile?id=DER062007 All-Time players: Lee DeRamus
- Staff. "Edgewood Relay Team Sets N.J. Mark In 1,600", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 1984. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Everyone who had seen Dennis Mitchell run figured it would take someone or something special to bring the sprinter from Edgewood High to his knees."
