![]() A young Ray Meyer, famous DePaul University men’s basketball coach, lead the Shamrocks with 12 points. The national champion Shamrocks defeated the now closed St. Patrick was originally not invited to play in the tournament, but was called in last minute as a substitute when an originally schedule team could not make the tournament. The tournament was hosted by Loyola University, and it invited high schools from across the country, including top teams in New York, Texas, and Indiana, all of which were considered powerhouse states for basketball at the high school level. Patrick Academy) won the National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament. The following teams have placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments: All of these sports have state tournaments sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The school also sponsors teams in bowling, swimming & diving, and water polo which are not sponsored by the ESCC. The school participates in the East Suburban Catholic Conference (ESCC) for most of their sports, which include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. Patrick's athletic teams are named the Shamrocks. The school’s theatre, the Stahl Family Theatre, is partnered with the Chicago Kids Theatre Company for it being one of the most technologically advanced theaters in the Chicago area. The school's Theatre Department stages one play in the fall, one student play in the winter, one musical in the spring, and one miscellaneous play in the summer as part of its Community Theater Initiative. ![]() The cheerleading squad is composed of girls from nearby all-girls schools who choose to try out. The chess team has had multiple state tournament appearances, and has developed a friendly rivalry with St. The chess team finished second in the IHSA state chess tournament in 1977 and tied for third in 2008. The school also has an academic team, a chess team, band, FIRST Robotics Competition, and dance. Patrick offers three levels of education to its students: the Phoenix Program for students who need additional academic support, the College Prep Program, and the Honors Program. After a long term fundraising effort, further addition and remodeling took place with the addition of an atrium, theater, music facilities, media center, and a second smaller gymnasium. In 1991, one floor of the school was redeveloped as a computer center. The student population was bigger than anticipated, which required almost immediate addition to the new structure a construction project completed for the 1956-57 school year. In 1953, the school moved to its current site, on Belmont and Austin avenues. Patrick Academy, was opened by the Christian Brothers near Adams Street and Des Plaines. ![]() Opened in 1861, it is among the oldest continuously open high schools in the Chicago area. Patrick High School is an all-boys college preparatory Catholic high school located in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ”Taking you where you want to go” ”Tradition starts here” "Faith, Tradition, Brotherhood"
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