Reading Central Catholic High School

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Reading Central Catholic High School is a small Catholic High School located at 1400 Hill Road in Reading Pennsylvania. The average amount of students at the school usually falls between 300-400 students. The school's biggest rival is the only other Reading-area Catholic High School, Holy Name.

1 History
2 Notable sports achievements
3 Administration
4 List of Valedictorians
5 List of Salutatorians
6 External links

[edit] History

The current building used for Reading Central Catholic High School consists of what was once one of William H. Luden's mansions. William H. Luden was the founder of Luden's throat drops. It is also stated that Mr. Luden's son committed suicide by hanging within this mansion, hence it is often suspected to be haunted. The staircase where the act was committed has been removed, and a different coloration of wood paneling in the old third floor hallway is the only evidence left within the school of this hidden suicide and staircase.

The Luden's mansion eventually became Reading Central Catholic High School in 1939 with an initial class of 75 students, and an addition was made to the building in 1941, bringing it to its current size. However, plans are in motion to build a different, larger school building for Reading Central Catholic, expected to be completed before 2010. To date, no finalized construction plans have been made as of this writing.

[edit] Notable sports achievements

The Central Catholic boys and girls basketball teams have been very successful in their last few years of play, winning numerous awards. (The editor of this article does not know the exact awards, and would be glad for some assistance.) Both the boys and girls basketball teams were District 3 and Berks County champions in 2005, and Seniors Kelly Wrobel and Alexander Franklin both reached the 1000 career points mark. Alexander was the first Central Catholic Basketball player to receive a scholarship to a Division-1 school in over 5 years. The boys team has also received 2 runner up awards for the PIAA boys state championship basketball games, both in losses to George Junior Republic. They came in 1995 and 1998.

Central Catholic's girls volleyball team has also met with a great deal of success in the past few years. They won the District 3 A State title this year. They defeated Northern Cambria on November 11th to bring home the gold.

The boy's soccer team at Central Catholic is one of their newest sports teams, and has not met with much success, but did make history in the 2001 season as being the only wild card team to advance past the first round.

In memory of James Campbell, one of Central's original sports boosters, Central Catholic always plays it's last regular season football game against it's cross-town rivals, Holy Name, for the Campbell trophy. On November 3rd, 2006, the Campbell trophy returned to Central for the first time since the year 2000. Central defeated Holy Name at Central Catholic's St. Lawrence Stadium by a score of 49-6.