11 Man National Champions

Year	Champions	City/Town	State
2001	De La Salle	Concord	California
2002	De La Salle	Concord	California
2003	Westlake	Westlake Village	California
2004	Colerain Cardinals	Cincinnati	Ohio
2005	Carroll Dragons	Southlake	Texas
2006	Carroll Dragons	Southlake	Texas
2007	St. Xavier	Cincinnati	Ohio
2008	St. Ignatius	Cleveland	Ohio
2009	Abilene	Abilene	Texas
2010	St. Edward	Lakewood	Ohio
2011	Don Bosco Prep	Ramsey	New Jersey
2012	Allen	Allen	Texas
2013	St. John Bosco	Bellflower	California
2014	De La Salle	Concord	California
2015	De La Salle	Concord	California
2016	Bishop Gorman Gaels	Las Vegas	Nevada
2017	Mater Dei	Santa Ana	California
2018	Mater Dei	Santa Ana	California
2019	St. John Bosco	Bellflower	California
2020 *	Mater Dei	Santa Ana	California

Note: * Season Unfinished.

Report

Three High Schools with Irish Connections have become National Football Champions (American Football) in USA in the last 20 years. In 2004 Colerain Cardinals, from Colerain, Cincinnati, Ohio, named after the town of Coleraine in Co. Derry, Ireland, were National Champions, and the two following years, 2005 and 2006, Carroll Dragons from Southlake in Texas, were Champions, with Carroll being an Irish surname from the Co. Louth area. Bishop Gorman High School, which proudly declares itself the home of the Gaels in Las Vegas, Nevada, and also proudly the oldest Catholic High School in the entire state, won the National Championship in 2016.

References

Websites

[1] CalPreps (2020) National Champions [Internet] Available from: http://calpreps.com/2020/national_champs.htm [Accessed 7 May 2021]

[2] Colerain Cardinals (2020) [Internet] Available from: https://wearecolerain.org/ [Accessed 7 May 2021]

[3] Dragon Sports Network (2021) Carroll Southlake [Internet] Available from: https://www.dragonsportsnetwork.com/ [Accessed 7 May 2021]

[4] Bishop Gorman High School (2021) Home of the Gaels [Internet] Available from: https://www.bishopgorman.org/ [Accessed 7 May 2021]

Images

[5] Carroll Dragons Stadium, Southlake, Texas Royalty-free stock photo ID: 1346253707 Grapevine, TX / USA – March 22 2019: Dragon Stadium Southlake Texas By Tallmaple on www.shutterstock.com

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton, Conor and Maurice Lynch and Irene Carroll.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 October 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.