The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference or WCAC is a major high school

High school

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 athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools

Catholic school

Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...

 located around and in Washington, DC, USA

United States

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. It is known as one of the premier high school athletic conferences in the country.

Members

The conference is known for its nationally renowned Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Track and Field, Wrestling, and Baseball programs.
It has produced several professional athletes in the MLB, NBA, MLL, and NFL.

Boys

• Archbishop Carroll High School
  Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, DC)
  Archbishop Carroll High School is a private, Catholic high school located in Washington, D.C. It is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Washington.-Background:...
  
  
• Bishop McNamara High School
  Bishop McNamara High School
  Bishop McNamara High School, a college preparatory school in the Holy Cross tradition, is in Forestville, Maryland. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.-History:...
  
  
• DeMatha Catholic High School
  DeMatha Catholic High School
  DeMatha Catholic High School, named after Saint John of Matha, is a four-year Catholic high school for young men located in Hyattsville, Maryland, USA. DeMatha is known for academic achievement, music, arts, service and athletics...
  
  
• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
  Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
  Our Lady of Good Counsel High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory high school in Olney, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington....
  
  
• Bishop O'Connell High School
  Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School
  Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School was founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was operated by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, but has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974. The school is named for Bishop Denis J...
  
  
• Gonzaga College High School
  Gonzaga College High School
  Gonzaga College High School is a Jesuit high school for boys located in Washington, D.C. The school is named in honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian saint from the 16th century...
  
  
• Paul VI Catholic High School
  Paul VI Catholic High School
  Paul VI Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Fairfax, Virginia.The school is named for Pope Paul VI, and is located in southwest Fairfax...
  
  
• St. John's College High School
  St. John's College High School
  St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C., established in 1851, is the second oldest Catholic Christian Brother's school in the United States, and the oldest JROTC school. It was founded by Brother John of Mary, F.S.C., and two other Christian Brothers in St. Matthew's parish, 15th and G...
  
  
• Bishop Ireton High School
  Bishop Ireton High School
  Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic High School located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, an order of Catholic priests sometimes called Salesians, and originally admitted only male students...
  
  
• St. Mary's Ryken High School
  St. Mary's Ryken High School
  St. Mary's Ryken, located on an campus on Breton Bay, is a coeducational, secondary school sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers.The campus has a 1,000-seat sports stadium with a turf field and six-lane track and six buildings: Paschal Hall; Rupert Hall; Romuald Hall; Xavier Hall; Alumni Hall ; and...
  
  

Girls

• Academy of the Holy Cross
  Academy of the Holy Cross
  The Academy of the Holy Cross, a Catholic college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and founded in 1868. The Academy is located on a campus in Kensington in Montgomery County, north of Washington, D.C.- History :...
  
  
• Archbishop Carroll High School
  Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, DC)
  Archbishop Carroll High School is a private, Catholic high school located in Washington, D.C. It is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Washington.-Background:...
  
  
• Bishop McNamara High School
  Bishop McNamara High School
  Bishop McNamara High School, a college preparatory school in the Holy Cross tradition, is in Forestville, Maryland. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.-History:...
  
  
• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
  Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
  Our Lady of Good Counsel High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory high school in Olney, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington....
  
  
• Bishop O'Connell High School
  Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School
  Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School was founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was operated by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, but has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974. The school is named for Bishop Denis J...
  
  
• Elizabeth Seton High School
  Elizabeth Seton High School
  Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Elizabeth Seton High School was incorporated March 15, 1957 and opened with an enrollment of 138 freshmen and a faculty of six...
  
  
• Paul VI Catholic High School
  Paul VI Catholic High School
  Paul VI Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Fairfax, Virginia.The school is named for Pope Paul VI, and is located in southwest Fairfax...
  
  
• St. John's College High School
  St. John's College High School
  St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C., established in 1851, is the second oldest Catholic Christian Brother's school in the United States, and the oldest JROTC school. It was founded by Brother John of Mary, F.S.C., and two other Christian Brothers in St. Matthew's parish, 15th and G...
  
  
• Bishop Ireton High School
  Bishop Ireton High School
  Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic High School located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, an order of Catholic priests sometimes called Salesians, and originally admitted only male students...
  
  
• St. Mary's Ryken High School
  St. Mary's Ryken High School
  St. Mary's Ryken, located on an campus on Breton Bay, is a coeducational, secondary school sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers.The campus has a 1,000-seat sports stadium with a turf field and six-lane track and six buildings: Paschal Hall; Rupert Hall; Romuald Hall; Xavier Hall; Alumni Hall ; and...