Trenton Catholic Academy

Trenton Catholic Academy is a regional Catholic school located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, serving students in pre-K through 12th grade, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.

The schools is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ0033W)&org=CIWA Trenton Catholic Academy] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed July 10, 2007.]

Trenton Catholic Academy's high school, i.e., upper school, was known as McCorristin Catholic High School prior to 2005.

Athletics

Trenton Catholic Academy competes in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL), which consists of nineteen public and parochial high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in central New Jersey. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA)

The girls basketball team won the 2006 South B state sectional title, topping Cardinal McCarrick High School 64-53. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=142066&tclass=South%20B 2006 Girls Basketball - South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 10, 2007.]

The team won the South B state sectional championship again in 2007 with a 74-54 win over Sacred Heart High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202578&tclass=South%20B 2007 Girls Basketball - South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 10, 2007.] The team moved on to win the Group B State Championship with a commanding 69-27 win against St. Anthony High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202578&tclass=Non-Public%20Group%20Finals 2007 Girls Basketball - Non-Public Group Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 10, 2007.]

The Trenton Catholic lower school soccer team won all their matches in the 2008 season

Notable alumni

* Billy Gazonas (born c. 1955), soccer midfielder who won the 1977 Hermann Trophy as the top collegiate soccer player of the year, and played in both the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1999, he was named by "The Star-Ledger" as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s. [Jandoli, Ron. [http://web.archive.org/web/20030110132039/http://nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/bsoccerdecades.html "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade"] , "The Star-Ledger", November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://trentoncatholic.org/ Trenton Catholic Academy]
* [http://www.trentoncatholic.org/lowerschool/index.htm Trenton Catholic Lower School]
* [http://www.trentoncatholic.org/upperschool/index.htm Trenton Catholic upperschool]