Norfolk Catholic Jr./Sr. High School is a parochial Roman Catholic high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Norfolk, Nebraska

Norfolk, Nebraska

Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the...

, USA. The school is affiliated with Sacred Heart Parish in the Archdiocese of Omaha

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the United States. Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss...

. Founded in 1926 by Father Daniel Moriarity, the school was originally located at 6th St. and Madison Ave. In 1961, a separate three-year high school was formed at the current location (24th and Madison Ave). The 9th grade became part of the high school in 1976.

Mission statement

"The mission of Norfolk Catholic Schools is to support parents in their role as the primary educators of their children by providing resources within a Catholic environment that will enable students to become good stewards in their future vocations."

Athletics

Norfolk Catholic High School is renowned for its very successful football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 and drama programs, tied for the most championships in Nebraska, and third-best number of football playoff appearances among all Nebraska schools. The school also boasts 29 individual state champions in Nebraska's Speech competition.

Nebraska State Championships (42)

• Track and Field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
   (Boys) - 2007
• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
   (Girls) - 2008
• Cross Country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
   (Boys) - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Drama
  Drama
  Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
  
   (One Act Play
  One act play
  A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions...
  
  ) - 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2004
• Football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
   - 1983, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011
• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
   (Boys) - 1973, 1974, 1976
• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
   (Girls) - 2001, 2005
• Speech
  Speech
  Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
  
   - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988,
• Wrestling
  Wrestling
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   - 2005, 2006

Nebraska State Records

• Drama - Most Drama Championships (12)
• Football - Most Touchdown
  Touchdown
  A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
  
   Passes in a Game, Chris Jessen, 6 vs. Stanton (1999)
• Football - Most Interceptions in a Season, Aaron Hughes, 18 (1991)
• Football - Most Interceptions in a Game, Aaron Hughes, 5 (1991)
• Football - Most Field goals in a Playoff Series, Tyler Daake, 5 (2006)
• Football - Longest Field goal in a Playoff Game, Drew Farlee, 57 Yd. vs. Wahoo High (2010)
• Football - Longest Punt Return in a Playoff Game, Devin Neal, 88 Yd vs. North Bend Central (2008)