The Wall High School Crimson Knights compete in Division B North of the
Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in
Monmouth and Ocean counties along the
Jersey Shore. The conference under the jurisdiction of the
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 790 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students. Wall High School is known for its sports rivalry with
Manasquan High School in
Manasquan, with the two schools playing each other in front of crowds of 5,000 at their annual Thanksgiving Day American football game. The football rivalry with Manasquan dates back to 2001 and was listed at 10th on
NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". Wall leads the series with an overall record of 13-10 through the 2023 season. The school was the Group III winner of the 2019-20
ShopRite Cup, which recognizes athletic achievement across all interscholastic sports. The boys soccer team won the Group III state championship in 1978 (defeating
Ramapo High School in the playoff finals), 1979 (vs.
Dwight Morrow High School), 1980 (vs.
James Caldwell High School), 1981 (vs.
Randolph High School) and 2004 (vs.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School). Between 1978 and 1981, the team won four consecutive state titles, which is tied for the third-longest streak in the state. From 1977 to 1983 the program had an overall record stood at 130-13-5 and had overall state rankings during their 1978-1981 championship streak of #2, #3, #1 and #1 (among 300 eligible schools). During those years, they won five straight Central Jersey Group III state sectional championships and had an NJSIAA state playoff record of 24 wins out of 25 games over a five-year span. The teams won five Wall Fall Festival Classics over this period as well and captured six straight Monmouth County Titles as well as winning the first ever Monmouth-Ocean County Championship. The 1978 team finished the season with a record of 23-2-1, including 13 shutouts, and capped off the year by winning the team's first state championship with a 4–1 win against Ramapo in the Group III finals. The 1980 team ended the season with an 18-game unbeaten streak, capped off by a 3-2 championship-game win at
Mercer County Park against James Caldwell in the Group III finals that gave the team its third straight title and a record of 23-1-1 for the year. With
George Gelnovatch leading the team with 20 goals, the 1981 team finished the season with a 23-1-1 record after a 4–1 win against Randolph in the Group III championship game, the program's fourth consecutive state title. The Wall High School soccer program was founded by Harry Baldwin, a member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame, and has produced nearly 50 All-State players. Wall High School's first soccer captain and Soccer America Professional Coach of the Year, Gary Hindley, played here. These teams had two coaches, Tom Farley and Jim Carhart, who together have coached for nearly 50 years and combined have won nearly 700 games. Farley won the National Coach of the Year title in 1979. Carhart has won regional and state coaching honors several times. Top soccer players at Wall include
Tom Kain, America's top player at Duke and Walls's only Olympian, and
George Gelnovatch, runner-up as the US's top player as well as All American. In 2009, displays were erected and a Hall of Fame established honoring the overall success of WHS soccer teams. The football team won the Central Jersey Group III title in 1982, 1983, 2002 and 2019, and won the South Jersey Group III title in 2016. The 1982 team finished the season 11-0 after winning the program's first Central Jersey Group II sectional title with a 21–0 win against
South Plainfield High School in the playoff finals. In front of a championship-game crowd of 9,000, the 1983 team won the Central Jersey Group III title with a 21–3 win against
Ocean Township High School to finish the season with an 11–0 record. The team won the 2016 South Jersey Group III state sectional championship, defeating reigning four-time champion
Delsea Regional High School by a score of 20–7 in the tournament final. The team won their fifth sectional title in 2019 with a 14–13 win against
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. The baseball team won the Group III state championship in 1983 (vs.
Indian Hills High School), 2004 (vs.
Raritan High School) and 2019 (vs.
West Morris Central High School), and won the Group II title in 1994 (vs.
Jefferson Township High School). Head Coach Todd Schmitt retired in 2019 with 403 wins and two state titles (in 2004 and 2019), four state sectional titles (2002, 2004, 2008 and 2019) and two Shore Conference titles (in 2003 and 2004). The 2004 baseball team won all four championships (division, Shore Conference, Middlesex County Tournament and Group title), becoming the first Shore Conference baseball team to achieve that milestone. The 2004 team, which defeated
Raritan High School by a score of 402 in the Group III final, was listed by the
Asbury Park Press, as one of the best baseball teams in Shore Conference history. The team won the Group III title in 2019 with a 10–2 win against West Morris Central High School. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2008-2010 and won the Central Jersey Group II title in 2013 and 2015; the team won the Group III state championship in 2008 vs. runner-up
Holmdel High School. In 2008, the field hockey team won the Group III title with a 1–0 win on a second-half goal against Holmdel in the tournament finals and continued to the
Tournament of Champions, losing to
Eastern Regional High School by 3–1 in the championship game to finish the season 21–2. In 2013, the team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship and continued to the Group II championship game where they fell to
West Essex High School by a score of 1–0. Coach Nancy Gross earned her 500th win in the 2013 season with a 7–0 win over
Monmouth Regional High School. The softball team won the Group III state championship in 1997 (vs.
River Dell High School) and 2007 (vs.
Ramapo High School). The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 6–5 win over
Monroe Township High School. The team moved on to win the Group I state championship with wins over
Hammonton High School (11-10) and Ramapo High School (4-1) in the final game. The 2007 girls' tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 3–2 win over
Princeton High School in the tournament final. The 2008 competition cheer team took first place in the state competition, grand champion in the regional competition, and second place at the national competition. In 2009, the team won its Conference Championship, took first place in the New Jersey State Competition, first place at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida, and received the Grand National Champions title (overall highest score) at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida. In 2008, the Wall High School golf team won the South-Central Jersey Group III Tournament. The Wall lacrosse team had its first season in 2006 and won the Shore Conference division championships in both 2008 and 2011. The boys' bowling team won the Group II state championship in 2009. The boys' wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional title in 2014. The girls' soccer team won the Group III state title in 2016 (as co-champion with
Northern Highlands Regional High School) and won the Group II title in 2017 (vs.
Westwood Regional High School). The ice hockey team made its first appearance in the New Jersey Public B state championship in 2017, losing to
Glen Rock High School by a score of 9–1 in the tournament final. ==Controversy==