A spectacular winter season featured three state championships---a rare feat in scholastic sports--- during the 2025-2026 school year at Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
The athletes and coaches from those three state championship squads---boys' swimming, girls' swimming and ice hockey---were celebrated at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in a ceremony on Monday, August 10.
The Bridgewater-Raritan High School auditorium was the setting when boys’ and girls’ swimmers and ice hockey players, along with their coaches, received state championship rings.
The audience in the auditorium included school district officials and families and friends of the state champion athletes. They first heard a welcome and congratulations from Superintendent Robert Beers and Athletic Director Bill Deniz. High School Principal Dan Hemberger and Deniz handed the rings to the recipients.
The boys’ and girls’ swim teams each won the Group A state championship on the same day and in the same pool at the Neptune Aquatic Center on February 25.
The Bridgewater-Raritan boys’ team, which is led by Head Coach Evan Seavey and Assistant Coach Max Newill, swam past its Somerset County rival, Hillsborough High School, 108-62, in the state final meet to cap its 12-0 season and win the program’s fifth state championship and first since 2018.
The Bridgewater-Raritan girls’ team, which is guided by Coach Chris Levin and Assistant Coach Laura Karns, ended the season with a 12-1 record when it defeated Cherry Hill High School East, 108-62, in the state championship meet and claimed the program’s sixth state title and first since 2019.
Bridgewater-Raritan won its first Public state championship in ice hockey when it defeated Ridgewood High School, 2-0, in the state final on Monday, March 9, at the Prudential Center in Newark, the home of the NHL New Jersey Devils.
The ice hockey team, led by Head Coach Vincent Arnone and Assistant Coach Steve Diamond, finished its historic season with a 23-3-1 record.