Rockhurst Hawklets football

The Rockhurst Hawklets football team is one of the most successful high school football programs in the United States. The team is composed of students from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri and has made the most state championship appearances of any school in Missouri.

=Championships=Rockhurst is the only school to win a championship in each major state championship venue in the state of Missouri: Busch Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, venues at the University of Missouri, and the Edward Jones Dome. The proram also won a championship in a "non-championship" venue: its first championship, in 1971, at William Chrisman High School, against St. Louis Beaumont.

Its eight football championships are second only to Jefferson City High School's ten in Missouri's male athletics. The team has been to more state championships (13) than any other school, and it is the all-time leader in state playoff appearances and state playoff wins. Four Rockhurst teams have won Missouri state championships with perfect records: 1971, 2000, 2002, and 2007. The 2000, 2002, and 2007 teams finished the season nationally ranked 14th, 6th, and 12th respectively. All teams finished the season undefeated with records of 14-0, 13-0, and 13-0, respectively. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/rankingsindex.htm USA TODAY Super 25 archives] "Accessed June 26, 2008."] The back-to-back state championship teams of 1986 and 1987 also finished nationally ranked, 14th and 13th respectively (after finishing 11-1 and 12-1).

Additionally, the last three head coaches of Rockhurst's football team, Al Davis, Jr., Jerry Culver, and Tony Severino, are all members of Missouri's High School Coaches Hall of Fame, and all won state championships with the Hawklets. Davis was a two-time recipient of the Knute Rockne Award, and Severino was named USA Today's National Coach of the Year in 2000.

Finishes in State competition

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