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37-618: The organization was formed in March 1927 with the name New York State Catholic Schools League. The Catholic schools in New York City from approximately 1908 to 1922 competed along with their grammar school counterparts in baseball and track, but no larger organization arose from the competition. The Catholic secondary schools of the city remained largely unorganized, while their counterparts in such cities as Chicago and Philadelphia had been organized into leagues for years. Finally, in 1927,

74-602: A few years with a bantamweight class. The Catholic League added track and field in 1917, but it was not until 1924 that three "country club" sports were added to the league's schedule golf, tennis, and swimming. The addition of these sports brought the league up to the level of offerings by the Chicago and Suburban public leagues. The 1920s also saw the addition of more schools to the league—St. George, Joliet De la Salle, and Fenwick. Some working class sports that had great appeal in some Catholic schools were boxing and bowling, and

111-744: Is an annual contest played between the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League and was long for most of its history played at Chicago's Soldier Field . It was first played in 1927, though after a forfeit in 1928, was not played again until 1933, and was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans;

148-477: Is divided into six divisions. State champions State champions State champions State Champions The IHSA began a state series in water polo with the 2001–02 school year. Prior to that, a high school state championship was sponsored by Illinois Water Polo. There was no Championship Game in 1979 as Water Polo switched from a Fall to a Spring sport. State Champions ISA State Champions IHSA State Champions State Champions The Prep Bowl

185-525: Is traditionally played on the Friday after Thanksgiving , which is the same day which the IHSA plays its smaller school state championships in football. As of the 2009 game, the Catholic League holds a 51–23–2 advantage in the series. In 1981, the IHSA membership voted on a limitation that prohibited member schools from participating in more than nine games, plus the IHSA state series. The Prep Bowl

222-747: The College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. An Oak Park resident for most of his life, Lattner later lived in Melrose Park, Illinois and resided in Anna Maria Island, Florida during the winter months. He served as vice president of sales at PAL Graphics Inc. in Broadview, Illinois . Of Irish Catholic descent, Lattner was a longtime participant in the Chicago Saint Patrick's Day Parade , often carrying

259-707: The Diocese of Rockville Centre . The Buffalo Section consists of schools in Buffalo area corresponding to the Diocese of Buffalo , and is also referred to as the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association . Unlike the other sections, membership is open to non-Catholic schools. Chicago Catholic League The Chicago Catholic League ( CCL ) is a high school athletic conference based in Chicago , Illinois , United States. All of

296-728: The University of Notre Dame under head coach Frank Leahy from 1950 to 1953. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1953, and won the Maxwell Award twice, in 1952 and 1953. In 1953 , the Irish went 9–0–1, finishing second to Maryland in the final Associated Press poll. Lattner rushed for 651 yards (averaging 4.9 yards per carry) and scored nine touchdowns, caught 14 passes for 204 yards, had four interceptions and tallied two touchdowns on only 10 kickoff returns. Lattner appeared on

333-811: The Archdiocese), as well as the state's other four dioceses (Albany, Ogdensburg, Rochester, and Syracuse). The New York Section consists of schools in Westchester, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, corresponding to the Archdiocese of New York . The Brooklyn-Queens Section consists of schools in Brooklyn and Queens, corresponding to the Diocese of Brooklyn . The Nassau-Suffolk Section consists of schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties, corresponding to

370-565: The CHSAA introduced indoor track, basketball , and baseball to the program, and in 1929 added cross country and ice hockey . In 1930, swimming was added to the program. The basketball winner would compete with the three other sectional winners in the state for the right to compete in the Loyola National Catholic Basketball tournament in Chicago. A.G. Spalding & Co. contributed two silver loving cups for

407-564: The IHSA upon its formation of the Chicagoland Prep League (CPL) on 27 February 1961. St. Ignatius would defect to the CPL two years later on 9 April 1963. The Catholic League finally joined the IHSA in 1974, and eventually saw the return of St. Ignatius, St. Patrick, and De La Salle into the league. Because of their membership in the IHSA, the 29-year-old tradition of a Catholic League All-Star basketball game ended in 1974. In

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444-887: The IHSA. Johnny Lattner John Joseph Lattner (October 24, 1932 – February 12, 2016) was an American professional football halfback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1954. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1953 and also won the Maxwell Award twice, in 1952 and 1953. Lattner starred in both football and basketball at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he graduated in 1950. Fenwick, along with other Chicago-area Catholic schools,

481-539: The Illinois High School Association began a state football tournament in 1974, the CCL has placed first or second more than any conference or league in the state. Since 2002 when the IHSA first sponsored a state tournament in water polo, the CCL has not failed to win the state title for boys, until Lyons in 2012. Since 1984, when the IHSA moved to a dual-team state series in wrestling (previously,

518-525: The Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference in 1999 which included the all East Suburban Catholic and CCL teams and still hosts a conference championship for both sports. The MCAC won every state title in water polo from 1974 to 2011. State champions Prior to the 2007–2008 season, the state basketball title was contested in two classes. Since then, it is contested in four classes. State champions The 2004–05 Class A title

555-659: The Southern Branch of the New York Catholic High Schools’ Athletic Association organized league competition with an outdoor track meet held at Fordham University on May 26, 1927. The charter members of the league were Fordham Prep, All Hallows, LaSalle Academy, Regis, St. Ann's, and Xavier High, all in Manhattan; and Brooklyn Prep, Bishop Loughlin, Brooklyn Cathedral, St. John's Prep, and St. Francis Prep; all in Brooklyn. In 1928,

592-413: The banner of Saint Patrick . The Chicago Tribune noted that nobody "out-Irished" Lattner, who also sports a kilt and green stockings for the festivities. In 1962, Lattner opened Johnny Lattner's Steakhouse on Madison Street in Chicago. An electrical fire in 1968 severely damaged the restaurant and claimed three lives. Lattner's Heisman Trophy was on display in the restaurant and was destroyed in

629-642: The baseball and football competition. The first team winning the league title in baseball or football three times would receive permanent possession of the cup. The New York CHSAA is divided into four sections according to diocese: New York, Brooklyn-Queens, Nassau-Suffolk and Buffalo. Catholic schools outside the CHSAA's territory compete in their local sections of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association . This includes Hudson Valley schools beyond Westchester County (although those are within

666-670: The beginning of 1996 the CCL and the East Suburban Catholic Conference and other Catholic high schools decided to make a super catholic conference. They called it the Chicago Metropolitan Conference. Every school from the East Suburban was in the conference except Nazareth Academy and Marian Central Catholic. This conference ended in the 2002–2003 season and both conferences went back to normal. Swimming and water polo founded

703-598: The conference for Boys Bowling. For those schools which are coed, most of the girls teams compete in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference. The girls teams from Bishop McNamara, Fenwick, and Providence compete in the East Suburban Catholic Conference . Holy Trinity (Tigers) (1443 W. Division St) was also a Catholic League team. Last Catholic League season for football was 1965. The Chicago Catholic League

740-462: The conference's most accomplished alumnus is Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski . St. Joseph High School joined the conference in 2011, however the school has since closed in 2021. Lake Forest Academy joined the conference for football only in 2011. St.Viator High School joined in 2010 to compete in the conference for lacrosse. Additionally, St. Patrick High School, Notre Dame High School, and Marist High School participate in

777-632: The cover of Time Magazine on November 9, 1953, with the caption "a bread and butter ball carrier", a phrase bestowed upon Lattner by Leahy. In 1954, Lattner was drafted in the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers , but played with them for only one season before entering the United States Air Force for two years. There, during a football game, he suffered a severe knee injury that prevented him from ever playing professional football again. Lattner's single season in Pittsburgh

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814-548: The fire department, then roused 25 residents from one of the buildings and carried a five-year-old girl to safety. He was credited with helping 40 people escape injury. In 1986 , Lattner ran in the election to be a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from suburban Cook County. While successful in winning the primary to be one of the Democratic Party 's nominees, he failed to win election in

851-557: The fire. Lattner sent the Downtown Athletic Club a check for $ 300 along with newspaper coverage of the fire and received a replacement. He then operated a second restaurant at Marina City from 1968 to 1972. A fire four years earlier had ended better for Lattner. While driving home from work in the early morning of November 17, 1963, he spotted a fire in an apartment building on the West Side of Chicago. He called

888-406: The general election. Lattner routinely rented out or loaned his Heisman Trophy to exhibitions, tailgates, and other events, often with the proceeds donated to charity. At halftime during Fenwick's 2007 game versus Hubbard at Soldier Field , Lattner's #34 jersey was retired. Lattner had 25 grandchildren, several of whom have also played football for Fenwick High School. Robert Spillane ,

925-518: The largest crowd to see a prep football contest in American history, up to that time. In subsequent years, larger crowds were drawn to the annual game. With the advent of the IHSA state series, the Prep Bowl was contested by the winner of a special playoff in each league played by teams not qualifying for the state playoffs, and teams that were eliminated in early rounds of the state playoffs. It

962-575: The league sponsored competition for a few years during the Depression in boxing, and much longer in bowling. By the late 1950s some of the Catholic League members were growing restive, wanting to participate in the state tournaments sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) . The four Christian Brothers schools – De La Salle, St. George, St. Mel and St. Patrick – withdrew from the Catholic League and joined

999-454: The league's existence, only baseball, basketball, indoor baseball, and football were offered. Basketball was the most robust sport, as the league not only provided for heavyweight and lightweight schedules, but also bantamweight (added in 1919) and flyweight competition (added in the early 1920s). The Chicago Public High School League and Suburban League offered basketball only in the heavyweight and lightweight classes, after experimenting only

1036-550: The league, but Cathedral dropped out, leaving an eight-team circuit. In the fall of 1913, the league introduced football. By the following year, league champion De Paul, felt feisty enough to invite St. John's Preparatory from Danvers, Massachusetts, to Chicago to engage in an intersectional contest. De Paul narrowly lost the game, but it demonstrated to the league that its program was thriving. Two years later De Paul traveled to Boston and met Beverly High in Fenway Park, destroying

1073-404: The particulars to form a football–only league. In the third week of November, the schools managed to form a league and drew up a schedule of games in basketball and indoor baseball . The founding members of the league were St. Stanislaus, De la Salle, De Paul, St. Ignatius, St. Cyril, St. Philip, Loyola, and Cathedral. By the spring when a baseball schedule was drawn up, Holy Trinity had joined

1110-408: The schools are part of the Illinois High School Association , the governing body for Illinois scholastic sports. While some of the schools are coeducational institutions, the conference only supports athletics for male teams. (The Girls Catholic Athletic Conference serves as its female counterpart.) The CCL is perhaps best known for its success in football, water polo, wrestling, and baseball. Since

1147-464: The team 30–7. More schools joined the circuit before the decade was up, St. Patrick in 1913, and St. Mel in 1918. Because the Catholic school population relative to the mainstream public secondary schools and the private school was more an immigrant and working class population, the sports that the league initially sponsored reflected this demographic makeup. For example, during the first four years of

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1184-534: The team champion was based on the advancement of individuals in the individual state tournament), the CCL has also finished first or second more than any conference or league. The conference's alumni include stars of the past like Heisman Trophy -winning quarterback Johnny Lattner , Cy Young Award -winning pitcher Denny McLain and Basketball Hall of Fame member Moose Krause and more contemporary athletes such as former NBA player Corey Maggette and All-Pro quarterback Donovan McNabb , Antoine Walker. Perhaps

1221-509: Was a success, as he totaled over 1,000 all purpose yards on offense and special teams. As a result, he was named to the NFL 1954 Pro Bowl as a kick and punt returner. Lattner coached for a period in the late 1950s, at St. Joseph's High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin and the University of Denver . His coaching career ended in 1961 when Denver cut its football program. Lattner was elected to

1258-459: Was a training ground for Notre Dame and Big Ten football programs, and Lattner held offers from top college football programs across the country. He initially considered the University of Michigan because head coach Bennie Oosterbaan ran the single wing offense , a scheme that fit Lattner well at Fenwick. Lattner eventually chose Notre Dame , which offered a Catholic education and the highest level of competition. Lattner played halfback for

1295-779: Was formed in 1912 as a way to give the all-male Catholic schools of the area interscholastic competition. The move to form the league was precipitated when the dominant high school league in the metropolitan area, the Cook County High School League , delayed the application of St. Ignatius Academy and DePaul Academy. Representatives of eight schools met at the Great Northern Hotel—De Paul Academy, St Ignatius Academy, St Rita College, St. Cyril College (which would become Mount Carmel High School), Cathedral High, St. Philip High, Loyola Academy, and De La Salle Institute — but could not get together on

1332-453: Was given a special exemption from this. Bishop McNamara Brother Rice DeLaSalle DePaul Academy Fenwick Gordon Tech Hales Franciscan Holy Cross Leo Loyola Academy Mount Carmel St. George St. Ignatius St. Laurence St. Mel St. Rita Providence Catholic Weber Beginning in 1912, the Chicago Catholic League competes in 11 boys, 13 girls and 13 coed sports and activities within

1369-562: Was stripped from Hales Franciscan after it was determined that the school had not been approved by the Illinois State Board of Education between 2003 and 2005. From 1974–79, IHSA had 5 classes based on enrollment for football (1A-5A). In 1980, IHSA expanded to 6 classes. 2001 saw the latest change, which added 2 more classes, which is what is played to date. In 2019–20, CCL merged with the ESCC for football only. The CCL/ESCC

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