Central Catholic High School (Massachusetts)

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Central Catholic High School
Location
Central Catholic High School (Massachusetts)
300 Hampshire Street

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01841

Coordinates 42°42′45″N71°10′17″W / 42.71250°N 71.17139°W / 42.71250; -71.17139
Information
Type
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Marist Brothers
Patron saint(s) Saint Marcellin Champagnat, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Established1935 (1935)
FounderBrother Florentius
StatusOpen
PresidentChristopher Sullivan
ChairLynne Chase
PrincipalAndrew Murray
Faculty125
Grades 912
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment1200 (2025–2026)
Average class size24
Student to teacher ratio14:1
Campus Urban
Campus size1 Block
Campus typeCluster
Color(s)Red and Navy
  
Athletics conference Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC)
Nickname Raiders
Team nameCentral Catholic Raiders
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges [1]
PublicationThe Emblem
Tuition$17,700 (2024–2025) [2]
Alumni14,000+
Admissions DirectorKathryn Delgiacco
Athletic DirectorZach Blaszak
Chief Advancement OfficerDavid Erwin
Website www.centralcatholic.net

Central Catholic High School is a four-year private, Catholic, college preparatory school with an academic and athletic campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts, associated with the Marist Brothers of the Schools and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and founded in 1935 by Brother Florentius.

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In 2010, Doreen Keller became the school's first woman principal. The president is Chris Sullivan. The school has approximately 1,200 students and 18,000+ alumni. It was originally a boys-only school but has been co-educational since 1996.

History

Athletics

Central Catholic Raiders are a member of the MIAA and the Merrimack Valley Conference. Up until 1996, the athletic teams were known as the Red Raiders, but the school dropped the word "Red" in 2000. The school offers 29 varsity programs and 51 teams at levels such as varsity, junior varsity, and freshman. Central Catholic has a softball field and open practice field on its Lawrence, MA campus. The boys' hockey team practices and plays their home games at Icenter in Salem NH.

On February 21, 2021, the boys' hockey team beat Tewksbury (5–2) to win the (first-ever due to COVID-19) MVC Division 1 championship cup; they would finish the season 9–1. The Central Catholic Boys Hockey Team has won the MVC championship 13 times, with the most recent being in 2022, and has qualified for the MIAA Super 8 Tournament 10 times, most recently in 2018. In 2022, The team qualified for the inaugural reconfigured 32 team state tournament as the no. 17 seed before being defeated 2–1 in the first round by no. 16 Winchester. On February 24, 2007, the Central Catholic Raiders received their first invitation to participate in a play-in game for the Super 8 Hockey Tournament. The team beat Waltham High School in the play-in game and then won one game against Malden Catholic High School and lose to both Catholic Memorial School and Weymouth High School in the round-robin bracket round.

The football team, track teams, and girls' lacrosse team share the Veterans Memorial Stadium with Lawrence High School. The baseball team has qualified for the MIAA tournament 20 of the past 24 years winning the North Sectional Championship once while runners up two other times. The baseball team has 8 MVC championship crowns, most recently in 2019.

In 2008 the baseball team won the MIAA sportsmanship TEAM award as well as the Massachusetts Alliance for Sportsmanship award given by the Boston Red Sox. Girls were state champions in 2009.

The boys won the 2009 state championship in outdoor track. The boys' and girls' track teams won the 2017 state championships in outdoor track. The softball team in 2008 won the Division 2 North Sectional Championship and more recently won the MVC Championship in 2010. The Lady Raider soccer program won its first MVC crown in ten years in 2008 and won again in 2009. On March 14 2009, the girls won the state championship in girls' hoop at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. The boys' outdoor track team were state champions in 2009 and 2010.

In 2013, the football team finished the season with a 12–1 record and defeated Xaverian in the Division 1 State Championship by a score of 34–17 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts.

The school colors are red and navy blue. Those colors are worn during pep rallies and games as Central Catholic has had a history of dedicated fans known as the "red sea" who have gone out of their way to show their dedication. "Moses Parting the Red Sea", one of the rallying cheers, has gone viral on Facebook since 2010. [7]

Sports teams

Notable alumni

References

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  2. "Tuition & Financial Assistance". centralcatholic.net. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
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  10. Lessels, Allen (December 13, 2014). "Jonathan Lemire, Central Catholic/Columbia University track & field - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  11. Francis, Peter (April 3, 2017). "Fashionable fight at Central Catholic's Catwalk4Cancer". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2017.