Boylan Catholic High School

Boylan Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1960, Boylan is the only Catholic high school in that city.

Boylan Central Catholic High School
Address
4000 Saint Francis Drive

Rockford
,
Illinois
61103

United States
Coordinates42°19′13″N 89°5′0″W
Information
TypePrivate Secondary
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1960
AuthorityRoman Catholic Diocese of Rockford
PresidentAmy Ott
PrincipalChris Rozanski
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Color(s)  Green
  White
Athletics conferenceNorthern Illinois Conference (NIC-10)
Nickname(Lady) Titans
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
NewspaperTitan Tribune
YearbookEdge
Websitewww.boylan.org

At the start of the 2010–2011 school year, there were 1187 students enrolled. Enrollment numbers have decreased in the subsequent years. According to the school's website, in 2015–2016, the total number of students was only 956. It is located in and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford.[1]

Athletics

Boylan competes in the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10), and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA); the association which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Boys teams are stylized as the Titans, while women's teams are stylized as the Lady Titans.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for both young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, soccer, tennis, volleyball and track & field.[2] Men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in Soccer, swimming, basketball, track, cross country, golf, bowling, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading and softball.[2] While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a dance team for young women.[2]

The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments or meets:[3]

  • Football: 2011 IHSA 7A State Champions. 2010 IHSA 6A State Champions.
  • Golf: 2013 IHSA 2A State Champions. 2002 IHSA 2A State Champions
  • Soccer: 2010 IHSA 3A State Champions

Notable alumni

References
  1. Official website - Boylan at a Glace Archived September 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Athletics". Boylan Catholic High School. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  3. "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  4. Friedman, Vanessa. "Louis Vuitton Names Virgil Abloh as Its New Men's Wear Designer". New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. Gass, Rachel; Lanis, Caitlin (7 May 2007), "Boylan Players Present "Crazy For You"" (PDF), Titan Times (Boylan HS), p. 3, retrieved 3 January 2010, Crazy For You opened on Broadway in 1992 with Boylan Alumna Jodi Benson playing the role of Polly.
  6. Braun, Georgette (31 January 2012). "A lot riding on 'Smash' for NBC exec and Boylan grad Robert Greenblatt". Rockford Register Star. GateHouse Media. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  7. IlliniHQ (12 June 2010). Beck, John (ed.). "Happy 31st, Damir Krupalija". The News-Gazette. Professional Impressions Media Group. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  8. Baum, Geraldine (30 April 2009), "TV exec turns back the clock to stage '9 to 5': Taking the musical version of the film to Broadway, Showtime's Bob Greenblatt got more than a little help from his hometown friends", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 3 January 2010, It's one thing for Hollywood High to churn out Judy Garland, Sarah Jessica Parker and Laurence Fishburne. But Boylan Central Catholic High? In Rockford, Ill ... In the school auditorium, Greenblatt met a dark-eyed teenager playing Benny Southstreet in "Guys and Dolls," among other roles. That young actor, Joe Mantello, would later conquer Broadway as both an actor and director, and be hired to stage "9 to 5" (which opens tonight on Broadway) by Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime Networks and a force behind someof the edgiest shows on television.
  9. "Jake Smolinski". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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