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The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) is a major high school athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Washington & Diocese of Arlington Schools located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The WCAC is regarded as one of the best boys and girls basketball and football conference in the nation, with at least 1 team nationally ranked by USA Today every year. The WCAC also has at least one very strong team in all other sports.

Members

The conference is known for its nationally renowned Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Track and Field, Wrestling, Soccer, and Baseball programs.[citation needed]It has produced numerous professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB and MLL.

School Archdiocese- Diocese Colors Team name Location Founded Enrollment

Archbishop Carroll High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Lions Washington, DC 1951 400
Bishop Ireton High School Diocese of Arlington

    Cardinals Alexandria, VA 1964 800
Bishop McNamara High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Mustangs Forestville, MD 1964 870
Bishop O'Connell High School Diocese of Arlington

    Knights Arlington, VA 1957 1,170
DeMatha Catholic High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Stags Hyattsville, MD 1946 800
Elizabeth Seton High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Roadrunners Bladensburg, MD 1959 570
Gonzaga College High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Eagles Washington, DC 1821 970
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Archdiocese of Washington

   Falcons Olney, MD 1958 1,200
Academy of the Holy Cross Archdiocese of Washington

    Tartans Kensington, MD 1868 530
St. Paul VI Catholic High School Diocese of Arlington

    Panthers Chantilly, VA 1983 957
St. John's College High School Archdiocese of Washington

    Cadets Washington, DC 1851 1,200
St. Mary's Ryken High School Archdiocese of Washington

     Knights Leonardtown, MD 1885 700
The Heights School Archdiocese of Washington

    Cavaliers Potomac, MD 1969 540

Holy Cross and Elizabeth Seton are girls only, while Gonzaga, DeMatha and the Heights are all boys.

Sports

The WCAC sponsors competitions in the following sports:

Football Champions

[1]

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 24
Archbishop Carroll 14
St. John's 13
Good Counsel 6
Gonzaga 4
St. Mary’s Ryken 4
Bishop McNamara 3
St. Paul VI 1

Boys Basketball Champions

[2]

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 41
Gonzaga 8
St. John's 4
Carroll 3
O'Connell 2
St. Paul VI 3
McNamara 1

Girls Basketball Champions

Champions
School Championships
St. John's 12
Good Counsel 5
Elizabeth Seton 4
St. Paul VI 3
Bishop McNamara 3
O'Connell 1
Holy Cross 1

Baseball

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 24
St. John's 15
Good Counsel 5
O'Connell 3
St. Paul VI 4
Carroll 2
Gonzaga 2

Boys soccer champions

Champions
School Championships
Gonzaga 13
DeMatha 11
O'Connell 8
Good Counsel 5
St. Paul VI 4
Ireton 3
Carroll 2
The Heights 2
St. John's 1
McNamara 1

Boys Lacrosse champions

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 17
Gonzaga 13
Bishop Ireton 1
St. Mary's Ryken 1
St. John's 1

Wrestling champions

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 25
Good Counsel 9
O'Connell 5
St. John’s 4
Bishop McNamara 2
Carroll 1
St. Mary’s Ryken 1

Golf champions

Champions
School Championships
Gonzaga 14
Dematha 14
Good Counsel 7
St. Paul VI 4
St. John's 4
Bishop McNamara 3
O'Connell 1

Boys Tennis champions

Champions
School Championships
Gonzaga 23
Dematha 11
O'Connell 2
St. John's 2
Good Counsel 2
Archbishop Carroll 1

Boys Ice Hockey champions

Champions
School Championships
DeMatha 4
St. John's 1

Boys Swim and Dive Champions

Champions
School Championships
Gonzaga 3

Alumni

Archbishop Carroll

Bishop Ireton

Bishop McNamara

Bishop O'Connell

DeMatha

Gonzaga

Good Counsel

St. Paul VI

St. John's

References

  1. ^ "50 Years List of WCAC Football Champions". dc.thesportsfannetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  2. ^ "Boys Catholic Champions Since 1969" (PDF). www.dematha.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
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