Saint James High School was a Roman Catholic high school located in Carneys Point Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. It closed at the end of the 1999-2000 school year. Colors: Green & Gold; Mascot: Spartans

History

The high school opened in the late 1920s at St. James Church in Penns Grove and a new high school building was later constructed at 350 Georgetown Road in Carneys Point.[1]

The school, the last Catholic high school in Salem County, was closed in 2000 by the Diocese of Camden as part of a retrenchment in which two elementary schools in Salem County were also closed. Starting in the 2000-2001 school year, Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School was created in the former Saint James High School building, to serve elementary school students from across the county. With enrollment declining from the peak of 373 students reach in 2001-02 to the 111 students enrolled in 2008-09 and with an annual deficit of $400,000 per year, the school was closed by the diocese at the end of the 2009-10 school year, ending Catholic education in the county.[2][3]

Athletics

Baseball The baseball team won the Non-Public C South state championship in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965. The team won the Non-Public B state championship in 1988, using seven runs in the seventh inning to defeat Pope John XXIII Regional High School by a score of 8-2 in the tournament final.[4][5]

Football The undefeated 1981 football team was awarded the Parochial B South championship as the only school eligible to qualify.[6]

Wrestling The wrestling team won the Parochial B South sectional championship in 1989, 1990 and 1992.[7]

References

  1. ^ St. James Roman Catholic Church, Penns Grove, NJ, Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point and Oldmans. Accessed December 6, 2017. "The high school originally opened within the pastorate of Father John Welsh (1928-1934). Father (later Monsignor) Henry A. Faber became pastor in November 1934 and remained in that post for 32 years. Under his direction, the new St. James High School was built on Georgetown Road in Carneys Point."
  2. ^ Gallo Jr., Bill. "Special Mass reunites St. James High School alumni", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 18, 2016. Accessed December 6, 2017. "St. James High School was closed in 2000. Afterwards the building served as Bishop Guilfoyle Regional School for students up to grade 8 before it also closed. Ownership has remained with the Diocese of Camden and it is under the control of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish."
  3. ^ "Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School in Carneys Point to close in June; will mark end of Catholic education in Salem County", Today's Sunbeam, January 20, 2010. Accessed December 6, 2017. "Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School here will close at the end of this school year, bringing an end to Catholic school education in Salem County.... The end for Bishop Guilfoyle comes 10 years after the last major consolidation of Catholic schools in Salem County. At that time, the Diocese announced that St. James High School (located in the building now known as Bishop Guilfoyle) would close, leaving Salem County without a Catholic high school. St. Mary Regional School in Salem and St. James Elementary School in Penns Grove were ordered closed."
  4. ^ NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Beer, Bill. "St. James' late rally overcomes Pope John XXIII", , Daily Record, June 12, 1988. Accessed January 17, 2021. "St. James of Carneys Point rallied for seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat the Lions, 8-2, in the state Parochial B baseball championship game at Princeton University yesterday."
  6. ^ NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  7. ^ NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History Archived October 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
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