Grand Rapids West Catholic High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

. It is a Roman Catholic private, coeducational school and was opened in 1962. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids

Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Michigan, in the United States. It comprises 102 churches in Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Montcalm, Mecosta, Lake, Mason, and Osceola counties in Michigan. The diocese was created on...

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Athletics

Grand Rapids West Catholic High School is a member of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue Division. Through the 2007-2008 school year West Catholic was a member of the Grand Rapids City League

Grand Rapids City League

The Grand Rapids City League was a high school athletic league in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1909, the league's final membership consisted of the four public high schools of the Grand Rapids Public Schools that offered interscholastic sports, plus two parochial private schools and one...

. West Catholic is also a member school of the Michigan High School Athletic Association

Michigan High School Athletic Association

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(MHSAA). A new gymnasium was completed in 2008.

State Championships (MHSAA unless noted):

• 1970 Boys' Football - Class B
• 1979 Girls' Basketball - Class B
• 1984 Girls' Gymnastics - Open Class
• 1990 Girls' Basketball - Class B
• 2003 Boys' Cross Country - Division 3
• 2004 Boys' Team Track and Field - Division 3
• 2008 Boys' Team Track and Field - Division 3
• 2008 Girls' Team Track and Field - Division 3
• 2009 Boys' Team Track and Field - Division 3 (MITCA)
• 2010 Boys' Football - Division 5 Stats

State Runners-up (MHSAA unless noted):

• 1974 Wrestling - Class B
• 1979 Football - Class B
• 1995 Girls' Basketball - Class B
• 1996 Girls' Cross Country - Class B
• 2004 Boys' Cross Country - Division 3
• 2005 Boys' Cross Country - Division 3
• 2006 Boys' Team Track and Field - Division 3
• 2006 Girls' Team Track and Field - Division 3
• 2007 Boys' Cross Country - Division 3
• 2010 Boys' Baseball - Division 2

Student life

The Westword is West Catholic's student newspaper. It is published on a monthly basis by members of the Journalism class. The Westword, a staple of student life at West Catholic, has won many Spartan Awards, the highest honor awarded by the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA).