Bishop Manogue High School is a Catholic

Catholic

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 high school

High school

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 in Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

. It is the only Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno

Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern Nevada region of the United States, centered on the city of Reno. With the urging of Cardinal George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese on March 27, 1931...

 and 1 of only 2 Catholic high schools in the state of Nevada.

History

The eponymous Catholic high school was established in Reno

Reno

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, Nevada, in 1948 named for the first Bishop of Sacramento

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento

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, Patrick Manogue. In 1957, the school, moved, from its location off of Mill Street, in Reno, to Valley Road adjacent to the University of Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno

The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...

. Bishop Manogue Catholic High School remained at this location for nearly fifty years, before being relocated once again in 2004, to a site in Southwest Reno. The 1957 Bishop Manogue was torn down after it was purchased by the University of Nevada. The site is now home to an athletic center. Manogue's student body consists of approximately 650 students.

Athletics

Manogue's school colors are green and gold, and its mascot is the Miner, in tribute to the school's namesake, Bishop Patrick Manogue, who was also a miner.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

• Baseball - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Basketball (Girls) - 2001, 2003
• Cross Country (Boys) - 1980, 1983
• Cross Country (Girls) - 1979, 1980, 1983, 1993
• Golf (Girls) - 2008
• Swimming (Boys) - 1990
• Volleyball (Girls) - 2008
• Football - 2002, 2003

Notable alumni

• Brian Sandoval
  Brian Sandoval
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  - Former head of the Nevada Gaming Commission
  Nevada Gaming Commission
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  , attorney general and Governor of Nevada