sentences:  St. Joseph's football team has won 27 state championships in the playoff era that started in 1974, including in 1977, 1983, 1985, 1989–93, 1996–97, 1999-2006, 2009-15 and 2017.The team won its seventh consecutive sectional title in 2015 with a 19-6 win against Hudson Catholic Regional High School in the Non-Public Group II playoff championship game.In 2017, the team finished the season with a 12-0 record and won the Non-Public Group II state championship with a 30-14 win against third-seeded Mater Dei High School in the tournament final; the victory was the program's eighth in nine seasons, the only exception being in 2016, when Mater Dei won its first state championship with a 26-0 win against St. Joseph.