High School Newsbite: February 10th, 2025

Posted Date: 2/10/25 (6:04 PM)

Athletics

Wrestling for the Win: Congratulations to the South Hunterdon Wrestling Team for securing their first win in 26 years! The Eagles beat Rutgers Prep 40-36, and followed up their success with another win against North Warren on Thursday, January 30th.

Football Honors: Celebrating Senior Edward Cooper

Congratulations to Senior Edward Cooper who was honored at the Mini-Maxwell Awards Dinner on Sunday, February 2nd at the Drexelbrook Club. Edward was selected as one of the top football players in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. In celebration of his accomplishments, we caught up with Ed to learn more about playing football for South Hunterdon.

Q: How has football shaped your experience at South?
EC: Football has made my experience at South much better. From the friendships and relationships with my coaches and teammates to feeling the support from the whole school on Friday nights. I have loved South football from start to finish and would recommend to anyone thinking about playing football to give it a shot.

Q: What was it like being honored at the Mini-Maxwell Awards Dinner?
EC: It was a super cool experience at the Mini Maxwell Dinner, I got to meet a ton of really cool people from all around New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Q: How will you remember your experience playing at South? What moments stand out the most?
EC: I will remember my experience playing at South as one of the greatest times of my life. I loved South Football from start to finish, I was always excited to go out and practice with my teammates, even when it was difficult, having the team oriented goal to find success always pushed me to my best.

Some moments that stand out the most would have to be winning Conference my freshman and junior years at Dunellen High School. Also the two Battle of the Bridge games I got to play in were really awesome with the whole community coming out to support, it was a really cool atmosphere to play in. Winning the home state game vs Salem was an awesome feeling as well, getting the first state playoff win in about a decade for South was awesome.

Overall the best memory was all the practices, bus rides, and team dinners where I got to spend time with my friends and teammates. The bond with the team is the best thing to come out of South Football for me.

TEAM RECORDS
Girls Basketball: 6-14

Boys Basketball: 10-11

MS Girls Basketball: 6-8

MS Boys Basketball: 8-5

Festival of the Arts

The 20th Annual Festival of the Arts was held Friday, February 7th from 6 to 8pm in the high school auditorium. Members of the community gathered to enjoy a celebration of South Hunterdon art in many forms, including live artists, the vocal ensemble, jazz band, and a preview of the musical! Congratulations to all of the students and staff who worked hard to make this another successful display of creativity, imagination and hard work.

Our latest episode of Eagles Insider features the wrestling team, Superbowl halftime shows, tips for overcoming failure, women in sports, Mr. Bill and Night at the Nest.

National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February. We would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. Bill and the SHR Counseling Office for everything they do to help students and staff throughout the school year. We appreciate you!

Congratulations to ESL Students

Congratulations to the amazing ESL students who successfully exited South's ESL program through the mid-year WIDA ACCESS test! We celebrate these students and their teacher, Mr. Gardiner, for guiding them to this incredible milestone.

What's Coming Up?

02.14.25 & 02.17.25 No School: Presidents Weekend
02.27.25 - 03.01.25 Matilda the Musical