Central Catholic High School (Toledo, Ohio)

The school colors are scarlet and gray, along with featuring a green shamrock representing the school's nickname of Fighting Irish.

Adjacent to the Kress Family Library is the "Moon Room," which contains a piece of lunar rock from the Apollo 11 mission, whose flight director was Gene Kranz, an alumnus of the school. The exhibit was dedicated on Dec. 6, 2007, and includes the piece of the moon rock, a wide array of wall-sized photographs, scaled-down model rockets, and many books regarding space and history — all of which were donated by Gene Kranz himself.[3]

Gallagher Athletic Complex

This facility was blessed and dedicated at a ceremony on October 9, 1998. Charles and Diane (Bertling) Gallagher, 1956 and 1958 CCHS graduates, were presented a wooden replica of the bronze dedication plaque that is permanently placed in the Athletic Complex. The complex consists of a track, football and soccer field, and permanent seats for spectators. The Fighting Irish varsity football team played its first home game at the complex on September 25, 2004, coming away with a homecoming victory.

The stadium received a complete overhaul renovation in 2007. The new stadium includes permanent seating for 6,500 spectators and FieldTurf for its playing surface. Also included in the renovation was a state-of-the-art weight room, a home locker room equipped with 3 flat-screen TVs, coach's offices, and a team meeting room all located under the home side bleachers. It was constructed on the site of the existing complex and includes a full press box with hospitality suites that accommodates 120 people. A 450-seat stadium club section with chair-back seats is located at midfield on the home side. Construction began in the spring of 2007 and was complete in time for the 2007 homecoming game.

In 2018, more renovations took place, including the replacement of the field turf and the resurfacing of the track.

The ground breaking for the Sullivan Center was in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1997, the center was officially opened with a Mass led by Bishop Hoffman. The center holds 3,000 people, making it the largest high school field house in Northwest Ohio. The Sullivan Center includes a 3,000 seat capacity for convocation events, a 2,800 seat capacity for athletic events, one main court and two recreational cross courts, a 600-foot interior jogging track, four concession areas, six locker rooms, and a meeting room with a seating capacity for over 100 people. The Sullivan Center installed a new gym floor in the summer of 2009. In 2017, a brand new four-sided, hanging scoreboard was installed.

Mercy Field is home to the Central Catholic High School baseball team, and it opened in the spring of 2012. 1982 Central Catholic alumnus, Cleves Delp, donated $2.5 million to build Mercy Field.[4] The stadium features an all-turf field with a clay mound and 12-foot outfield fence, and the field is lighted for night games. It has bleacher seating for 440, dugouts, a two-mound bullpen on each side, a 10-inning scoreboard, a press box with radio and TV booth, and an owner's viewing suite. The structure also includes a concession stand, locker room, player's study room, coach's office, and indoor hitting room.

Mercy Field was named the Midwest Field of the Year by the National High School Baseball Association in 2012.[5]

Lourdes University, a NAIA Division II program, also takes advantage of Central Catholic's facility, using it for their home games.

Central Catholic has won nine (9) state championships.

• Football: 2016, 2014, 2012, 2005,[6] 1962[7]
• Golf: 1930[8]
• Track & Field : 1997,[9] 2019[10]
• Volleyball: 2007[11]

The Irish Knight is awarded to the winner of the Central Catholic High School and St. Francis de Sales High School football game. The winning school receives and hosts the Irish Knight trophy in their school, along with bragging rights. CCHS has won the last 17 contests, including a 49–20 victory in 2020. The Irish Knight series is led by the Fighting Irish 33-28-1. There has only been one overtime game, which occurred in 2003.[12]