Washington Catholic Athletic Conference

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) is a major high school athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Washington & Diocese of Arlington located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The WCAC is widely regarded as the nation's best boys and girls basketball and football conference, with several teams in the ranked nationally in any given year.

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The conference is known for its nationally renowned Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Track and Field, Wrestling, Soccer, and Baseball programs.^{[citation needed]}It has produced numerous professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB and MLL.

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	Archdiocese- Diocese	Team name	Location	Founded	Enrollment
Archbishop Carroll High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Lions	Washington, DC	1951	400
Bishop Ireton High School	Diocese of Arlington	Cardinals	Alexandria, VA	1964	800
Bishop McNamara High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Mustangs	Forestville, MD	1964	870
Bishop O'Connell High School	Diocese of Arlington	Knights	Arlington, VA	1957	1,170
DeMatha Catholic High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Stags	Hyattsville, MD	1946	800
Elizabeth Seton High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Roadrunners	Bladensburg, MD	1959	570
Gonzaga College High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Eagles	Washington, DC	1821	970
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Falcons	Olney, MD	1958	1,200
Academy of the Holy Cross	Archdiocese of Washington	Tartans	Kensington, MD	1868	530
St. Paul VI Catholic High School	Diocese of Arlington	Panthers	Chantilly, VA	1983	957
St. John's College High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Cadets	Washington, DC	1851	1,200
St. Mary's Ryken High School	Archdiocese of Washington	Knights	Leonardtown, MD	1885	700
The Heights School	Archdiocese of Washington	Cavaliers	Potomac, MD	1969	540

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Holy Cross and Elizabeth Seton are girls only, while Gonzaga, DeMatha and the Heights are all boys.

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The WCAC sponsors competitions in the following sports:

Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track & Field
Volleyball
Wrestling

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1960-Carroll
1961-St. John's
1962-St. John's
1963-DeMatha
1964-St. John's
1965-Carroll
1966-DeMatha
1967-DeMatha
1968-St. John's
1969-Carroll
1970-Carroll
1971-Carroll
1972-St. John's
1973-Bishop McNamara
1974-St. John's
1975-St. John's
1976-St. John's
1977-Carroll
1978-Carroll
1979-Carroll
1980-Carroll
1981-Bishop McNamara
1982-DeMatha
1983-Carroll
1984-DeMatha
1985-Carroll
1986-DeMatha
1987-Carroll
1988-Carroll
1989-St. John's
1990-Bishop McNamara
1991-DeMatha
1992-DeMatha
1993-DeMatha
1994-DeMatha
1995-DeMatha
1996-Gonzaga
1997-Gonzaga
1998-DeMatha
1999-St. Paul VI
2000-DeMatha
2001-DeMatha
2002-Gonzaga
2003-DeMatha
2004-DeMatha
2005-DeMatha
2006-DeMatha
2007-DeMatha
2008-DeMatha
2009-Good Counsel
2010-Good Counsel
2011-Good Counsel
2012-Good Counsel
2013-DeMatha
2014-DeMatha
2015-DeMatha
2016-DeMatha
2017-St. John’s
2018-Gonzaga (Capital)/Ryken (Metro)
2019-Good Counsel (Capital)/Ryken (Metro)
2020-Covid
2021-St. John’s (Capital)/Ryken (Metro)
2022-St. John’s (Capital)/Carroll (Metro)
2023-Good Counsel (Capital)/Ryken (Metro)
2024-DeMatha (Capital)/St. Paul VI (Metro)