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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
State championships
| State Championships[5] | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Football | 7 | 1974, 1975, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Golf, Girls | 3 | 2020, 2021, 2022 | |
| Chess | 1[6]
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2000 | |
| Winter | Basketball, Boys | 5 | 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008 |
| Spring | Golf, Boys | 4 | 1996, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Baseball | 20 | 1964, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023 | |
| Softball | 3 | 2010, 2019, 2021 | |
| Track and Field | 1 | 1993 | |
| Total | 43 | ||
St. Mary's Colgan High School offers the following sports:
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Notable alumni
- Barry Dean, country/pop/rock songwriter who has co-written such as Girls Chase Boys sung by Ingrid Michaelson
- P.J. Forbes (1984), former MLB player[7]
Gallery
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Our Lady Of Lourdes church (2012) -
A view of the church (2016) -
See also
References
- ^ "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". kshof.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09.
- ^ "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". kshof.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09.
- ^ "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". kshof.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09.
- ^ "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". kshof.org. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09.
- ^ "State Records & State Champions". Archived from the original (English) on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Newspaper Archives -". Morning Sun. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "The Morning Sun Sports SectionSmith happy with decision 01/18/02". www.morningsun.net. Archived from the original on 2003-05-06.
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