In 2009 the Ironmen became the first ever New Jersey team to be selected as the High School Football National Champion, finishing atop the lists of both the "USA Today" and the National Prep Poll rankings. Don Bosco repeated in 2011 as the National Champion of both the "USA Today" and the National Prep Poll. Prior to achieving National Champion status, the Don Bosco football team ended the 2002 season ranked No. 8 in the nation in "USA Today"s "Super 25" ranking of the best high school football teams in the country, was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the 2003 season and ranked No. 7 in the 2006 season. The team finished first overall in "USA Today"s regional rankings for the East at the end of those same three seasons. In 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2010 the football team won the Star Ledger Trophy as the newspaper's top-ranked program in the New Jersey. On September 27, 2008, the nationally ranked football team traveled to California, where they defeated De La Salle High School 23-21 on national television, the winning margin coming with 10 seconds left on a 19-yard field goal. A year later Don Bosco hosted De La Salle, defeating them 30-6 on September 12, 2009. Later that year the Ironmen travelled to Prattville, Alabama, to take on another nationally ranked team. That game was televised nationwide by ESPN. The Ironmen won 35-24. Don Bosco finished the season with a perfect 12-0 record and, following a number of weeks ranked second in the nation, was chosen 2009 National Champion when 2008 National Champion Saint Thomas Aquinas of Fort Lauderdale, Florida lost in the Florida State semi-finals. Bosco has sent more than 200 football players to Division I colleges across the country. The basketball Ironmen won the Non-Public A state championship in 1944 (defeating Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final), 1966 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy), 1968 (vs. Trenton Cathedral), 1970 (vs. Christian Brothers) and 2017 (vs. St. Augustine Preparatory School). The Ironmen would repeat as state champions in the 2017-18 season, defeating Camden Catholic High School by a score of 61-54 in the tournament final. The bowling team won the overall state championship in 1991 and 1993. The hockey team dates back to the 1960s. The team currently plays in the Gordon Conference. Consistently ranked among the top five teams in the state, the Ironmen have been to two state championships, and won the 2012 Gordon Conference Championship, four Bergen County championships, a Van Cott Cup and numerous other championships.