New Orleans Catholic League

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The Catholic League (LHSAA district 9-5A in football, 10-5A in other sports) is a high school sports league in the Greater New Orleans area.

The history of the Catholic League can be traced back to 1895, but the first season of the Catholic League as we know it was in 1955. The league is named for having mostly New Orleans' oldest and biggest Catholic schools, though some public schools have played in the league as well.

The LHSAA passed a rule in 2005 designed to limit schools with low enrollments playing "up" in class, believing that football powers such as John Curtis Christian School and Evangel Christian Academy were using 4A and 5A status, respectively, to attract students to their schools, which were dropped to class 2A as of the 2007 season. The effects of this rule shook up the Catholic League. De La Salle dropped out voluntarily after the 2002-2003 school year after being a member of the league since 1955. Archbishop Shaw left the league after 2005, and Holy Cross, with enrollment declining since Katrina, moved down to 4A for 2007. The league, left with four schools and in danger of being combined with a nearby Jefferson Parish public school league, accepted public school and former member Chalmette to bring itself back to five schools and remain a standalone league.

1 Current Members
2 Former Members
3 Football Champions since 1955
4 Girls' Catholic League
5 2007-2008 sports champions
6 External links

[edit] Current Members

Archbishop Rummel (1963-)

Jesuit (1955-)

St. Augustine (1967-)

Brother Martin (1969-)

Chalmette (public) (1970-1988, 2007-)

[edit] Former Members

Holy Cross (1955-2006)

Archbishop Shaw (1963-2004)

De La Salle (1955-2002)

Redemptorist (1955-1973)

Slidell (public) (1993-1994)

Cor Jesu (1965-1968)

Terrebonne (public) (1964-1965)

Thibodaux (public) (1964-1965)

South Terrebonne (public) (1964-1965)

Holy Name of Mary (1957)

St. Aloysius (1955-1968)

[edit] Football Champions since 1955

Bold indicates that the team won the state championship

Italic indicates that the team was state runner-up.

Rummel(12) - 1973, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Jesuit(13) - 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2007

Brother Martin(9) - 1971, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2007

St. Augustine(14) - 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995

Archbishop Shaw(14) - 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998

Holy Cross(8) - 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1983, 1995, 2002

De La Salle(4) - 1957, 1961, 1968, 1969

Redemptorist(2) - 1956, 1957

Terrebonne(2) - 1964, 1965 (only public school to win share of Catholic League championship)

St. Aloysius(2) - 1955, 1957

In addition, the following teams have played for the state championship without winning district: 1963: Jesuit, 1978: Jesuit, Shaw: 1987(won state championship), Brother Martin: 1989, Shaw: 2000.

The last Catholic League team to win the state championship was Archbishop Shaw in 1987. Three state championship games, in 1963, 1971 and 1978, have been all-Catholic League affairs.