Iron Hills Conference

The Iron Hills Conference was an athletic conference of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey, United States. The Iron division was often regarded as one of the most competitive in the state.[citation needed]

The conference was split up at the end of the 2008-2009 sports season due to conference realignment changes made by the NJSIAA. The Essex County schools joined the Super Essex Conference, the Morris County schools joined the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, and the Union County schools joined the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Member schools

There were 20 member schools in the Iron Hills Conference before the conference was split up.

School Location School District Team Name Division
Chatham High School Chatham School District of the Chathams Cougars Hills
Columbia High School Maplewood South Orange-Maplewood School District Cougars Iron
Dover High School Dover Dover School District Tigers Hills
East Orange Campus High School East Orange East Orange School District Jaguars Iron
Hanover Park High School East Hanover Hanover Park Regional High School District Hornets Hills
Livingston High School Livingston Livingston Public Schools Lancers Iron
Morris Hills High School Rockaway Morris Hills Regional High School District Scarlet Knights Hills
Morris Knolls High School Denville Morris Hills Regional High School District Golden Eagles Iron
Morristown High School Morristown Morris School District Colonials Iron
Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Mount Olive Township School District Marauders Iron
Parsippany High School Parsippany Parsippany-Troy Hills School District Red Hawks Hills
Parsippany Hills High School Parsippany Parsippany-Troy Hills School District Vikings Hills
Randolph High School Randolph Randolph Township Schools Rams Iron
Roxbury High School Succasunna Roxbury School District Gaels Iron
Seton Hall Preparatory School West Orange Private/Parochial Pirates Iron
Summit High School Summit Summit Public Schools Hilltoppers Hills
Weequahic High School Newark Newark Public Schools Indians Hills
West Essex High School North Caldwell West Essex Regional School District Knights Hills
West Morris Central High School Washington Township West Morris Regional High School District Highlanders Iron
West Morris Mendham High School Mendham West Morris Regional High School District Minutemen Hills

Notes

  • East Orange Campus High School houses the upperclassmen; freshmen there are housed at East Orange Campus 9 High School.
  • Some of West Morris Central's teams go by Wolfpack as the team name. However, the Highlanders nickname is retained out of respect for the school's graduates.