St. Mary's-Colgan High School Explained

St. Mary's Colgan High School
Streetaddress:212 East 9th Street
Zipcode:66762
Country:U.S.
Coordinates:37.4158°N -94.7025°W
Head Label:Pastor
Head:Fr. Mike Simone
Principal:Tim Conrad
Principal Label1:Elementary School Principal
Principal1:Kristen O'Brien
Administrator:Fr. Mike Simone
Chaplain:Fr. Andrew Labenz
Conference:Cherokee-Neosho-Crawford (CNC) League
Motto:Faith Excellence Tradition
Rival:Frontenac High School
Mascot:Panthers
Team Name:Panthers
Colors:Blue and white  

St. Mary's Colgan High School is a parochial, Roman Catholic high school in Pittsburg, Kansas in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. It is under the direction of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish.

Athletic activities

St. Mary's Colgan provides a wide variety of athletic programs. Athletic teams are known as the "Panthers" and classified as a 2A school according to the KSHSAA.

Football

One of the most successful sports programs at St. Mary's Colgan is the football team, which has won seven state championships and has produced several collegiate athletes. From 1974 to 2003, the St. Mary's Colgan football team has had seven undefeated seasons.[1] Additionally, the team won 66 consecutive games from 2001 to 2004.[2] The football team competes on Hutchinson Field which it shares with other local schools as allowed by the Pittsburg Community Schools. The current Head Coach is Shawn Seematter.

Baseball

Baseball has been the most successful program during the history of St. Mary's Colgan. Throughout its history, the Panther baseball team has won 16 state championships and has produced a few collegiate athletes, similar to the football program. The Panther baseball team made a total of 30 championship game appearances from 1964 to 2011.[3] Gary Schiefelbein set the school record of stolen bases in a season with 45 in 1992.[4] Colgan went on a 7-peat state championship winning streak from 2004 to 2010. The current Head Coach is Mike Watt.

State championships

State Championships[5]
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Fall 7 1974, 1975, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Golf, Girls32020, 2021, 2022
Chess2000
Winter 5 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008
Spring 4 1996, 2009, 2010, 2011
20 1964, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
3 2010, 2019, 2021
1 1993
Total 43

----St. Mary's Colgan High School offers the following sports:

Fall

Winter

Spring

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansas Sports Hall of Fame . kshof.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112746/http://kshof.org/staterecords-champions.cfm . 2006-02-09.
  2. Web site: Kansas Sports Hall of Fame . kshof.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112746/http://kshof.org/staterecords-champions.cfm . 2006-02-09.
  3. Web site: Kansas Sports Hall of Fame . kshof.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112746/http://kshof.org/staterecords-champions.cfm . 2006-02-09.
  4. Web site: Kansas Sports Hall of Fame . kshof.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112746/http://kshof.org/staterecords-champions.cfm . 2006-02-09.
  5. Web site: State Records & State Champions . English . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090421002909/http://www.catchitkansas.com/Global/category.asp?C=112444 . 2009-04-21 .
  6. Web site: The Morning Sun Sports SectionSmith happy with decision 01/18/02 . www.morningsun.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030506004817/http://www.morningsun.net/stories/011802/spo_0118020008.shtml . 2003-05-06.