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Template:Infobox school Rockhurst High School (usually referred to simply as Rockhurst) is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on the Missouri-Kansas border along State Line Road.

Rockhurst is accredited by the North Central Education Association, and is a member of the North Central Education Association of Independent College Preparatory Schools, the Jesuit Secondary Education Association and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (and its regional affiliates).


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History

Rockhurst was established by the Society of Jesus and chartered by the State of Missouri as part of Rockhurst College in August of 1910. Classes began in the fall of 1914. In 1917 Luke J Bryne Jr became the first graduate of the school. It changed its name to "Rockhurst High School" in 1923. The high school shared a campus and corporate umbrella with the college until it moved to the Greenlease Campus -- named for its principal benefactor, Robert C. Greenlease -- in 1962[1]

Athletics

Team Performance at the State Level

Rockhurst is defined as a Class 6A school by the Missouri State High School Activities Association, meaning that it competes against the largest high schools in Missouri during state competition. MSHSAA's classification nomenclature has changed over time and often has varied by sport, so many of the titles listed below were won in divisions known by different names, i.e. Class 3, Class 5A, etc.; however, each title falls under the Class 6A designation either by name or by the criteria outlined by MSHSAA at the time the title was won.

Sport[2] First Place Second Place Third Place Total Placings at State
Baseball 2004, 2005 2
Basketball 1989, 1987, 1932 2007, 1986, 1970, 1949 2005, 2000, 1971 10
Football 2007, 2002, 2000, 1987, 1986, 1983, 1981, 1971 1999, 1989, 1982, 1973, 1969 N/A [3] 13
Golf 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1991, 1984, 1976, 1974 2004, 1997, 1996, 1978 2007, 2003, 2002, 1979, 1977 19
Hockey (KCMAHSHL) 2009 2008, 2007 3
Lacrosse (MSLA) 2008, 2006, 2003 2009, 2007, 2001 5
Soccer 2008, 2007, 1999, 1998 2004, 1989, 1988 2006, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1994, 1991, 1987 13
Swimming 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2006[4], 2005 1995 2004 8
Tennis 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1983, 1976, 1975 1986, 2008 1995, 1989, 1982 20
Track and Field 1976, 1975 2
TOTAL 51 25 19 94

Rockhurst won 30 state championships in the last 10 years, and 6 state championships in 2008-2009. Its record for placings in a single year is 2007, with seven. Also, in 1987, Rockhurst became the only institution in the history of Missouri high school athletics to win football and basketball state championship in the same year.

Because the institution itself is independent, Rockhurst is not affiliated with any local high school athletic conferences, and because it is not a public school, its student make-up is not geographically restricted. Its biggest rivals in the Kansas City area are Blue Springs High School and Blue Springs South High School.

Program-specific accomplishments

Football

Rockhurst Hawklets football Rockhurst is the only school to win a championship in each major state championship venue: Busch Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, the University of Missouri's Faurot Field, and the Edward Jones Dome. It also won a championship in a "non-championship" venue: its first championship, in 1971, at William Chrisman High School, against St. Louis Beaumont. Its eight football championships are second only to Jefferson City High School's ten in Missouri big boy athletics. The team has been to more state championships (13) than any other school, and it is the all-time leader in state playoff appearances and state playoff wins. Four Rockhurst teams have won the state championship with perfect records: 1971, 2000, 2002, and 2007. The 2000, 2002, and 2007 teams finished the season nationally-ranked 14th, 6th, and 20th respectively (after finishing 14-0, 13-0, and 13-0). [5] [6] The back-to-back state championship teams of 1986 and 1987 also finished nationally ranked, 14th and 13th respectively (after finishing 11-1 and 12-1) [7].

Additionally, the last three head coaches of Rockhurst's football team, Al Davis, Jr., Jerry Culver, and Tony Severino, are all members of Missouri's High School Coaches Hall of Fame, and all won state championships. Davis was a two-time recipient of the Knute Rockne Award, and Severino was named USA Today's National Coach of the Year in 2000.

Tennis

Ron Geldhof has coached what has become a tennis dynasty at Rockhurst, leading the Hawklets to ten consecutive big class state titles from 1996-2005. After rebuilding in 2006, the Hawklets again won the state championship in 2007 and 2009.

Swimming

Coach Paul Winkeler has coached what has become the high school swimming dynasty of the Kansas City area, and of the state of Missouri. Finishing off the season with a 9-0 record in 2008, the Hawklets made their way to the Missouri State High School Activities Association's state swimming competition to defend their state title. The Hawklets have won the state swimming competition for five consecutive years. Year 2005-first place; 2006-first place; 2006-first place; 2007-first place; and so recent that a post has yet to be made on the official Rockhurst High School athletics website, 2008-first place. 2009=first place, first "full house" in state of missouri, state record for point (400.5 compared to 323.5(?))

Chess

The Rockhurst chess team has been one of the school's most successful extracurricular programs in recent years. In 2004, after a nearly perfect season, the team went on to tie for first in the Under 1200 rating division of the High School Chess National Championships in Dallas, Texas. In 2006, after another nearly perfect season, the team won third place in the more competitive Under 1500 division, missing first place by only one win. More recently, the team placed third in the Under 1200 division at the 2009 Supernationals. The chess team has also had success at the state and local level, winning the 2005 and 2009 state championships. Rockhurst won the Kansas City Cup in 2008, and again in 2009.

Varsity Letters

The school awards varsity letters for both athletic and academic endeavors, including music, choir, band, theater, debate and chess. The letter is a blue "R", with white trim. One letter is awarded per activity per individual, along with its corresponding pin and/or bar for years on varsity. State championship winners receive a special white "R" with blue trim. The symbol representing the activity in which the student earned the "white letter" is sewn onto the top portion of the "R" (i.e. a football for football, a winged shoe for track, etc.). Unlike the "blue letters", there is no limit to the number of "white letters" an individual may receive in a given activity.

Notable alumni

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Arts/Entertainment/Media

Athletics

Education

Politics/Law

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rockhursths.edu/s/538/subpage.aspx?sid=538&gid=1&pgid=872 From the school's official history
  2. ↑ School-managed list of championships
  3. ↑ MSHSAA does not hold a third place game in football
  4. ↑ Swimming changed to a fall sport in 2006; thus, there were two championships in that calendar year.
  5. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/rankingsindex.htm USA TODAY Super 25
  6. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/rankings
  7. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/year-by-year-rankings.htm USA TODAY Super 25
  8. ↑ Real Life Halloween Horrors: Mormons
  9. ↑ http://www.kcsluggersbaseball.com/SluggersBaseball/Alumni/tabid/66/Default.aspx
  10. ↑ http://www.rockhursths.edu/s/538/images/editor_documents/MasterFinal-1-72pg.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.nfl.com/players/kerryreardon/profile?id=REA498348
  12. ↑ http://www.redskins.com/team/cprofile.jsp?id=15759
  13. ↑ http://www.rockhursths.edu/s/538/images/editor_documents/MasterFinal-1-72pg.pdf


External links

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