Elyria Catholic High School, Lorain County, Ohio

Elyria Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located in Elyria, Ohio, 20 miles west of Cleveland. It is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Elyria Catholic was built in 1949 and since then has graduated more than 7,500 young men and women. A newly added physical education complex was completed in 2007 along with an economics lab. Elyria Catholic is the only Catholic high school found in Lorain County.

The school colors are forest green and white. The mascot is the Panther. The school is a member of the North Coast League. The football and soccer teams play in the Knights of Columbus Field which was built in the early 1960's. In 2007 the Knights of Columbus Field was decicated to Sgt. Lane Tollett from the class of 1994. Sgt. Tollett died while serving his country in Iraq.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Football – 1976, 1983, 1984 cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/football/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Football|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]
* Boys Cross country – 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]
* Girls Tennis Doubles - 2006 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]

Alma Mater and Fight Song

Alma Mater

Hail, all hail, the Green and White
Guide us always by thy light;
Ever grateful we will be,
For the knowledge gained from thee.
Give us faith and courage too.
United in thy purpose true;
Loyalty that never dies,
Hail, Elyria Catholic High.

Fight Song

Fight, Panthers Fight
Elyria Catholic's proud of you
Come on and win Panthers win
Your might and mane will pull you through
Rah Rah Rah
Fight Green and White
And send our foes upon their way
And bring us victory bright
And make this our big day!
Go! Fight! Win!

Notable Alumni

* Matt Wilhelm - Class of 1999 - NFL Linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, part of the 2002 Ohio State National Football Championship team. Had his #34 Elyria Catholic football jersey retired in 2002.

* Bob Frantz - Class of 1986 - Radio Broadcaster, host of "The Bob Frantz Show" on Newsradio WTAM 1100. Before replacing syndicated talker Jerry Springer at WTAM, Bob was a sideline reporter for the Oakland Raiders. Fact|date=December 2007

* Adam Grimm - Class of 1997 - Artist, at age 21 was named the youngest winner of the Federal Duck Stamp competition.

*Jason Kaczay- Class of 1999 - Who at age 27 was named Head Freshman Football Coach at Elyria Catholic leading to his being included in the Top 100 young coaches according to COACH Magazine.

External links

* [http://www.elyriacatholic.com School Website]

Notes and references

Luke Janosik(Lil Fresh is going there)