Rockhurst High School
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Rockhurst High School 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).
, a Jesuit-owned plot of land in Lancashire, England, and because of the large rocks found on what would soon become school grounds. Rockhurst was established by the Society of Jesus
and chartered by the State of Missouri as part of Rockhurst College
in August 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
, 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.
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. In recent years, Rockhurst has been repeatedly named as having a top ten athletic department nationally, according to Sports Illustrated
.
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.
, 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 nine football championships are second only to Jefferson City High School
's ten in Missouri boy's athletics. The team has been to more state championships (14) than any other school, and it is the all-time leader in state playoff appearances and state playoff wins. Five Rockhurst teams have won the state championship with perfect records: 1971, 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010. The 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010 teams finished the season nationally-ranked 14th, 6th, 20th and 19th respectively (after finishing 14-0, 13-0, 13-0, and 14-0). 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).
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.
. 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, 2009 and 2010 MO state championships as well as the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Kansas City Cups. By far the most significant accomplishment of the team is its 14th-place finish in the extremely competitive Open division of Nationals in 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. The open division is the highest division of the high school Nationals, which means that the 2010 Rockhurst chess team was the fourteenth best in the nation.
, 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.
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
for boys located in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, on the Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
-Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
border
Border
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along State Line Road
State Line Road
State Line Road is a major north–south street in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area that runs along the Kansas–Missouri border. It connects U.S. Highway 56 in the north with Route 150 in the south...
.
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
Jesuit Secondary Education Association
The Jesuit Secondary Education Association was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school apostolate in the United States...
and the National Association for College Admission Counseling
National Association for College Admission Counseling
The National Association for College Admission Counseling , founded in 1937, is an organization of more than 11,000 professionals from around the world dedicated to serving students transitioning from secondary to postsecondary education, including professional school counselors, college access...
(and its regional affiliates).
History
In 1908, Rev. Michael P. Dowling, SJ Rockhurst made it known that he had selected a site at 52nd and Troost St. for a Jesuit school that was to be built in Kansas City. The name "Rockhurst" was inspired in part by StonyhurstStonyhurst
Stonyhurst is the name of a rural estate owned by the Society of Jesus near Clitheroe in Lancashire, England. It is dominated by Stonyhurst College, its preparatory school Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall and the parish Church of St Peter's.-The Estate:...
, a Jesuit-owned plot of land in Lancashire, England, and because of the large rocks found on what would soon become school grounds. Rockhurst was established by the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
and chartered by the State of Missouri as part of Rockhurst College
Rockhurst University
Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College. The school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28...
in August 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
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
and corporate umbrella
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
with the college until it moved to the Greenlease Campus—named for its principal benefactor, Robert C. Greenlease—in 1962
Team Performance at the State Level
Rockhurst is defined as a Class 6A school by the Missouri State High School Activities AssociationMissouri State High School Activities Association
The Missouri State High School Activities Association is the governing body for high school activities throughout the state of Missouri...
, 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 | First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Total Placings at State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... |
2004, 2005 | 2010 | 3 | ||
| Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
1989, 1987, 1932 | 2007, 1986, 1970, 1949 | 2005, 2000, 1971 | 10 | |
| Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
2010, 2007, 2002, 2000, 1987, 1986, 1983, 1981, 1971 | 1999, 1989, 1982, 1973, 1969 | N/A | 14 | |
| Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... |
2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1991, 1984, 1976, 1974 | 2004, 1997, 1996, 1978 | 2007, 2003, 2002, 1979, 1977 | 21 | |
| Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:... (MAHSHL) |
2009 | 2011, 2008, 2007 | 4 | ||
| Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... (MSLA) |
2011, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2003 | 2009, 2007, 2001 | 7 | ||
| Soccer | 2010, 2008, 2007, 1999, 1998 | 2004, 1989, 1988 | 2006, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1994, 1991, 1987 | 15 | |
| Swim/Dive | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006,2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 1995, 2005 | 1995 | 2004 | 8 | |
| Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1983, 1976, 1975 | 2010, 2008, 1986 | 1995, 1989, 1982 | 21 | |
| Track and Field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... |
1976, 1975 | 2 | |||
| TOTAL | 57 | 28 | 20 | 105 |
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. In recent years, Rockhurst has been repeatedly named as having a top ten athletic department nationally, according to Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
.
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
Blue Springs R-IV School District
The Blue Springs R-IV School District is a school district that serves Blue Springs, Missouri in the State of Missouri. The district has an enrollment of over 13,000 students.-Schools:Elementary*Chapel Lakes Elementary School...
and Blue Springs South High School.
Football
Rockhurst is the only school to win a championship in each major state championship venue: Busch StadiumBusch Stadium
Busch Stadium is the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, of MLB...
, Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....
, the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
's Faurot Field
Faurot Field
Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium is the home field of the University of Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Missouri. It is primarily used for football. In 1972, Memorial Stadium's playing surface was named Faurot Field in honor of longtime coach Don Faurot. During the offseason, soccer goals are set up...
, and the Edward Jones Dome
Edward Jones Dome
The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America's Center, and previously known as The Trans World Dome (from 1995–2001) is a multi-purpose stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was...
. 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 nine football championships are second only to Jefferson City High School
Jefferson City High School
Jefferson City High School, also known as JCHS, is a public secondary school in Jefferson City, Missouri. JCHS is one of five public high schools in Cole County and only one in Jefferson City.-Academics:...
's ten in Missouri boy's athletics. The team has been to more state championships (14) than any other school, and it is the all-time leader in state playoff appearances and state playoff wins. Five Rockhurst teams have won the state championship with perfect records: 1971, 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010. The 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010 teams finished the season nationally-ranked 14th, 6th, 20th and 19th respectively (after finishing 14-0, 13-0, 13-0, and 14-0). 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).
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
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
'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 one of the high school Swim/Dive dynasties 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 eight consecutive seasons, 2005-2011. This is the Missouri swim/dive record for consecutive wins (another team won six and tied a seventh). In 2011, Rockhurst broke another record, placing four divers in the Top 8. In 2009, the Swim/Dive team broke the state record for total points, scoring 400.5 points. 2006, Missouri Boys Swimming and Diving switched schedules from the Winter and subsequently became a Fall sport. As a consequence, Rockhurst has the rare distinction of winning 2 State Swim/Dive Championships in a single calendar year.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, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. 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, 2009 and 2010 MO state championships as well as the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Kansas City Cups. By far the most significant accomplishment of the team is its 14th-place finish in the extremely competitive Open division of Nationals in 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. The open division is the highest division of the high school Nationals, which means that the 2010 Rockhurst chess team was the fourteenth best in the nation.
Varsity Letters
The school awards varsity letters for both athletic and academic endeavors, including musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, band
School band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...
, theater, debate and chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. 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.
Arts/Entertainment/Media
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Athletics
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Politics/Law
- Herbert HarrisHerbert HarrisHerbert Eugene Harris, II was a Democratic member of the U.S. Representative from Virginia. His district included part of Fairfax County.-Early life:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Harris attended St...
, former member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution... - Tim KaineTim KaineTimothy Michael "Tim" Kaine is a Virginia politician. Kaine served as the 70th Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011...
, former Governor of the Commonwealth of VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee - Joseph P. TeasdaleJoseph P. TeasdaleJoseph Patrick Teasdale is an American politician. He served as the 48th Governor of Missouri from 1977 to 1981. He is member of the Democratic Party....
, former Governor of the State of MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
External links
- "Does Rockhurst High recruit?," by Yael T. Abouhalkah. Kansas City Stars Midwest Voices. Posted 14 Nov 2007. Accessed 19 Nov 2007.
- Rockhurst High School (Official Website)