Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, often abbreviated SHG, is Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...

' largest private high school

High school

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. The school is Roman Catholic and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the south central Illinois region of the United States...

. On the school's campus is a motherhouse for a Dominican order

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

of religious sisters.

Athletics

All of the sports teams are known as the "Cyclones". In the fall they offer Football, Cross Country, Boys Soccer, Boys and Girls Golf, Girls Swimming, Volleyball, and Girls Tennis. In the Winter SHG has Boys and Girls Basketball, Cheerleading, Hockey, Poms, Boys Swimming, and Wrestling. In the spring the Sacred Heart Griffin plays Baseball, Softball, Girls Soccer, Boys and Girls Track, and Boys Tennis.

The school has won State Championships in Football in 2005, 2006, & 2008 with additional State Runner-Up finishes in 1995 and 2003.