Rockhurst Hawklets football

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The Rockhurst Hawklets football team is one of the most successful high school football programs in Missouri. The team is composed of students from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri and has made the most state championship appearances of any school in Missouri. Their main rivals are Blue Springs High School, Bishop Meige High School, Shawnee Mission East High School, and CBC.

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Championships

Rockhurst is the only school to win a championship in each major state championship venue in the state of Missouri: Busch Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Faurot Field at the University of Missouri, and the Edward Jones Dome.[ citation needed ] The program also won a championship in a "non-championship" venue: its first championship, in 1971, at William Chrisman High School, against St. Louis Beaumont.

Its nine football championships is ranked fourth in Missouri history, behind Jefferson City, Valle Catholic, and Webb City high schools. The team has been to more state championships (14) than any other school. [1] Five Rockhurst teams have won Missouri state championships with perfect records: 1971, 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010. The 2000, 2002, 2007, and 2010 teams finished the season nationally ranked 14th, 6th, 20th, and 19th respectively. [2] [3] All teams finished the season undefeated with records of 14-0, 13-0, 13-0, and 14-0 respectively. The back-to-back state championship teams of 1986 and 1987 also finished nationally ranked, 14th and 13th respectively (after finishing 11-1 and 12-1). [4] [5]

Additionally, the last three head coaches of Rockhurst's football team, Al Davis, Jr., Jerry Culver, and Tony Severino, are all members of Missouri's High School Coaches Hall of Fame, and all won state championships with the Hawklets. Davis was a three-time recipient of the Knute Rockne Award, and Severino was named USA Today's National Coach of the Year in 2000. [6]

State championship appearances

YearRecordResult
19699-3Runner-Up
197111-0Champions
197310-2Runner-Up
198112-1Champions
198213-1Runner-Up
198312-2Champions
198611-1Champions
198712-1Champions
198910-3Runner-Up
199912-2Runner-Up
200014-0Champions
200213-0Champions
200713-0Champions
201014-0Champions
201412-2Runner-Up
201811-3Runner-Up
State Championships9
State Runners-up7

Player awards

The most outstanding high school football player in the greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area is awarded what was first christened the Dr. D.M. Nigro Award in 1931, and known since 1983 as the Thomas A. Simone Memorial Award. The following are the Rockhurst players who have won this award:

Record

By coach

As of May 27, 2020

YearCoachYears at RHSWLTWinning %
1916Charlie Alan152071.4%
1917Louis Gainey123228.6%
1918Doc Nigro111133.3%
1919-1925Pat Mason72717654.0%
1926-1935Ed Halpin105221665.8%
1936-1940Martin O’Keefe52710367.5%
1941-1945Godfrey Kobets5346182.9%
1946-1948Ralph Cormany3206174.05%
1949-1950Gerry Connelly2124170.6%
1951Dick Deitchman154055.6%
1952-1975Al Davis, Jr. 24154661366.1%
1976-1982Jerry Culver 76316079.7%
1983–2019Tony Severino 3733888179.1%
2020–PresentKelly Donohoe
Totals1057402443572.6%
Statistics as of the end of the 2020 season.
† Member of the Missouri Coaches Hall of Fame

By opponent

As of September 4, 2022

SchoolYearsRecord**
De LaSalle1918-197032-13-5
Southwest1925-199526-3-5
KCKS Catholic/Ward1916-197826-18-3
Blue Springs1981-202132-25-0
Jefferson City1976-201928-15-0
Paseo1926-196323-11-2
Lee’s Summit1919-202023-1-0
St. Agnes/Bishop Miege1957-202124-7-1
Columbia Hickman1971-201522-9-0
Liberty1917-201318-7-0
Liberty North20200-1
Pem Day1916-195916-1-1
North Kansas City1941-200116-6-0
Blue Springs South1995-202121-6-0
Lee’s Summit North1996-202016-0-0
Lee’s Summit west20214-0-0
Hogan1943-196313-0-0
Southeast1938-200113-2-0
Raytown South1966-199313-6-0
Raytown1955-199913-7-1
Oak Park1973-200512-1-0
Northeast1930-195212-3-0
Glennon1943-195411-1-0
St. Benedict/Maur Hill1927-196011-2-1
Joplin2002-201110-0-0
Redemptorist1943-195410-1-0
Grandview1979-19939-0-0
St. Thomas Aquinas, KS1991-19999-0-0
Lillis1943-19549-0-3
O’Hara1971-19819-1-1
Columbia Rock Bridge1981-201912-3-0
Columbia Battle2019-20202-0
Westport1929-19729-1-0
SM West, KS1974-19909-6-0
Immaculata1933-19418-1-0
SM East, KS1963-201710-3-0
St. Joseph Catholic/Christian Bro.1916-20219-9-3
KC Central1924-19978-7-1
SM Northwest, KS1981-19887-0-0
Kapaun/Mt. Carmel, KS1957-19867-2-0
Ruskin1964-19787-3-0
Truman1966-19956-0-0
Van Horn1969-19906-0-0
St. Louis Sumner1973-20016-2-0
Springfield Kickapoo1989-20167-0-0
Hazelwood Central1981-20105-0-0
Garden City, KS1996-20015-1-0
Hutchinson2008-20135-1-0
St. Pius X1962-19745-1-0
SM North, KS1946-19805-2-0
William Chrisman1921-19935-6-0
Park Hill1982-20216-3-0
St. Peter/Helias1942-1948, 20155-0-0
Topeka Cath./Hayden1923-19604-0-0
Wyandotte1973-19864-0-0
KC East1930-19824-1-1
St. Mary’s, KS1922-19304-1-0
Argentine1916-19414-4-0
Ft. Smith Northside, AR1987-19974-6-1
Raymore Peculiar2010-20127-4-0
St. Joseph Central1983-19893-0-0
Winnetonka1981-19893-0-0
Carrollton1919-19263-4-0
Central AC1917-19182-0-0
Dallas Jesuit, TX2002-20032-0-0
Fayetteville, AR1989-19902-0-0
Gulf Shores Acad., TX2002-20032-0-0
Hickman Mills1987-19892-0-0
KC Lincoln1955-19562-0-0
Lincoln East, NE1983-19842-0-0
Minnetonka, MN2007-20082-0-0
Olathe North, KS1998-19992-0-0
Park Hill South2000-20012-0-0
Rosemount, MN1994-19952-0-0
SM South, KS1987-19882-0-0
Warrensburg1923-19242-0-0
Wichita Northwest, KS1994-19952-0-0
E. St. Louis Lincoln, IL1987-20132-1-0
Lincoln Southeast, NE1991-19932-1-0
Becker, MN2006-20061-0-0
Center1985-19851-0-0
DeSoto1920-19201-0-0
Dowling, IA1982-19821-0-0
Edina, MN2002-20021-0-0
Edmond Santa Fe, OK2007-20071-0-0
Har-Ber, AR2014-20151-1-0
Harrisonville1922-19221-0-0
Haskel1947-19471-0-0
Henderson Basic, NV2000-20001-0-0
Hopkins, MN2001-20011-0-0
Joliet Catholic, IL2002-20021-0-0
Pomona20171-0-0
KC Sumner, KS1965-19651-0-0
Lathrop1916-19161-0-0
Lindbergh2002-20021-0-0
Manuel1929-19291-0-0
St James Academy KS20211-0-0
Osawatamie, KS1939-19391-0-0
Pattonville2000-20001-0-0
Poplar Bluff1985-19851-0-0
Smithville1926-19261-0-0
St. Louis University High1983-19831-0-0
Waterloo West, IA1991-19911-0-0
Ctry. Club Dist. AC1916-19171-1-1
Desmet2005-20211-2-0
Higginsville1920-19221-1-0
Mehlville1999-20071-1-0
Mullin, CO2008-20091-1-0
Springdale, AR1984-19881-2-0
Bentonville, AR2012-20213-5-0
KCKU Prep1919-19190-0-1
Norborne1922-19220-0-1
Odessa1923-19230-0-1
Abilene, TX2005-20050-1-0
Excelsior Springs1917-19170-1-0
Evangel Christian, LA2003-20030-1-0
Gardner1917-19170-1-0
Hazelwood East1989-19890-1-0
Joplin Parkwood1975-19750-1-0
Marshall1925-19250-1-0
McCluer1969-19690-1-0
McLouth1922-19220-1-0
Overland Aurora, CO1995-19950-1-0
Blue Valley, KS20201-1-0
Richmond1932-19320-1-0
Webb City2014-20150-2-0

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