The Hasbrouck Heights Aviators participate in the Meadowlands Conference of the
North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen,
Hudson,
Morris and
Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to realignment that took effect in fall 2010, Hasbrouck Heights was a part of the
Bergen County Scholastic League. With 418 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 254 to 474 students. The team nickname is the Aviators.
Baseball The baseball team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship in 2007, topping
Verona High School by a score of 7–4 in the tournament final. In 2021, the team defeated
Kinnelon High School for the North I, Group I state sectional championship by a score of 6–2.
Girls' basketball In 2015, the girls' basketball team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 40–27 victory against
Wood-Ridge High School in the tournament final, the first state title for any of the school's basketball teams.
Football The football team was awarded the North I Group I sectional championship by the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in 1945, 1946, 1947 1952, 1954 (as co-champion), 1955, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969 and 1972. Since the playoff system was introduced in 1974, the team has won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional championship in 1975, 1976, 1994, 2007, 2016 and 2017 and won the North II Group I title in 2018. Hasbrouck Heights High School has won a total of 18 Group I state sectional championships, 11 which were awarded by the NJSIAA and seven won by playoff. In 1969, the Aviators went undefeated at 9–0, setting a county record after scoring 478 points and earning top-ten rankings nationally and the top spot in the state. In 1975, the Heights team went 10–0–1 and won the North I, Group I state sectional title by defeating
Ridgefield Memorial High School 22–6 in the championship game in the second year that the NJSIAA held playoffs for sectional titles. They were also the BCSL National champions that season. In 1994, the Heights team went 10–1 and won the North I, Group I state sectional championship by defeating
North Arlington High School by a score of 14–6 at the tournament final at
Giants Stadium. In 2007, the team finished the season with 12–0 record after winning the North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 26–16 win over
New Milford High School, in a game played at
Giants Stadium. The team also won the BCSL Olympic league championship. In 2017, the team won its second consecutive North I, Group I state sectional title—its sixth overall in the playoff era—with a 39–14 win against sixth-seeded
Pompton Lakes High School in the final game of the playoffs, played at
Kean University. The team won their third consecutive sectional title in 2018, winning the North II Group I title with a 13–7 win against
Malcolm X Shabazz High School in the finals of the playoff tournament and went on to win the North Group I bowl game with a 41–7 win against
Butler High School. The Hasbrouck Heights football Aviators natural rival by geographic location are the
Wood-Ridge High School Blue Devils. The two programs had one of the state's longest Thanksgiving Day rivalry games dating back to 1941, Hasbrouck Heights had an overall 55–12–1 record in the Thanksgiving Day match-up with Wood-Ridge, including a 21-year Thanksgiving Day game winning streak.
Girls' soccer The joint Hasbrouck Heights/
Wood-Ridge High School soccer team won the North I Group II state sectional championship in 2008 with a 2–0 win against
Glen Rock High School.
Tennis In 1968, the men's tennis team had a perfect 17–0 record. They won the BCSL title and became the only men's sports team to go undefeated for an entire season. In 2013, the top-ranked boys' tennis team beat
Cedar Grove High School by 3–2 to claim the North I Group I state sectional title.
Wrestling The recreation level wrestling program was established in the 1970s. In 1976, heavyweight Bill Spindler became the school's first NJSIAA state champion, pinning each of his opponents on his way to the gold medal. The Aviators captured their first North I Group I state sectional championship in 1989 after a one-sided victory over defending champion
Waldwick High School. The team was back-to-back champions in 1990, and won again in 1993 and 1995, before winning on North II Group I in 2006 and 2007. For their accomplishments, the 1989 team was elected to the Hasbrouck Heights Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2001, Morgan Horner won the 189 lb. weight class at the NJSIAA championships defeating the defending champion. The 2006 team won the state North II, Group I sectional title. The 2007 team repeated as North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 46–16 win vs.
Madison High School.
Girls' track & field The spring track program won state sectional championships in 1994 and 1998.
Boys' track & field The boys' outdoor team won state sectional titles in 1970, 1994, 2006, and have finished 2nd in the state group championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010. The 2010 boys' 4 × 400 team won the league, county group, state sectional, and state group championships, setting new meet records in the county and state sectional. The boys' track team won the 2011 Group I indoor relay championships. ==Extracurricular activities==