The Crusaders went 8-3 in the 2017 season, capturing the Mid-State 38 Valley Division Conference Championship, the first conference win for the program since the 2006 season.
They reached the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 Semifinals for the second time in the past three seasons, losing to Hillside High School 19-16. The Crusaders are working to get even further this year.
“The one thing from last year that [the kids] did, really in the years we got rolling, was the buy-in from the kids and believing what we’re doing,” Johnson fifth-year head coach Anthony DelConte said. “Their work ethic, believing in hard work, doing it for one another [was amazing].”
“When we got rolling and clicked, that’s when we meshed together as a unit,” he added.

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