Cretin-Derham Hall High School
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Cretin-Derham Hall High School (or CDH, as it is commonly known) is a private, co-educational Catholic high school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. The school was named for Joseph Crétin, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul.
History
Cretin High School was founded as a secondary school for boys in 1871 by the Christian Brothers[History]. Derham Hall was established by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1905 as a college preparatory school for girls. In 1987, the two merged to become "Cretin-Derham Hall," a co-educational institution.Athletics
Cretin-Derham Hall is part of the Suburban East Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. Prior to joining the Suburban East Conference Cretin-Derham Hall played in the Saint Paul City Conference for twenty six years, until they were asked to leave in the 2002-2003 season.[Cretin-Derham Conference Rejection] Part of the reason Cretin-Derham Hall was asked to leave the St. Paul Conference was because of their dominance in sports, mostly football and baseball. After being turned down by nine other metro conferences, and being forced to play the 2003-2004 season as an independent team, the Minnesota State High School League finally had to step in and recommend that Cretin-Derham Hall be placed in the Suburban East Conference, one of the conferences that initially turned them down. Both the Suburban East Conference participating schools, and Cretin-Derham Hall did not agree with the placement, because CDH did not meet the basic criteria for placement in the conference, which is geography and enrollment.Cretin-Derham Hall's 2003-04 enrollment for grades 10-12 is 985 compared to Hastings' 1,380, the SEC's smallest school. Stillwater, the largest SEC school has an enrollment of 2,235. In terms of geography, Cretin-Derham Hall is located in St. Paul, and truly is not close to any of the SEC schools.
Two of it's chief rival schools are St. Thomas Academy and Hill-Murray. After winning the Minnesota State High School Hockey Championship (AA) in 2006, Cretin-Derham Hall is the only high school in Minnesota to have won a state title in all three major sports (football, hockey and baseball).
| State Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Cross Country Running, Boys | 1 | 1975 |
| Football | 1 | 1999 | |
| Winter | Hockey, Boys | 1 | 2006 |
| Basketball, Girls | 1 | 1999 | |
| Basketball, Boys | 2 | 1991, 1993 | |
| Spring | Baseball | 11 | 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004 |
| Total | 17 | ||
Notable alumni
Cretin has been attended by several persons of note in its history, including:
- Joe Mauer - catcher for the Minnesota Twins[Joe Mauer Bio]
- Matt Birk - center for the Minnesota Vikings[Matt Birk Bio]
- Josh Hartnett - Hollywood actor[Josh Hartnett Bio]
- Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper - NASA astronaut
- Paul Molitor - former baseball player and 2004 baseball Hall of Famer inductee[Sports Players from Cretin-Derham Hall]
- Steve Walsh - NFL quarterback
- Chris Weinke - 2000 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback
- James E. Duffy Jr- Justice on the Hawai'i Supreme Court (term 2003-2013)
- James E. Thornton- Computer pioneer, helped engineer Control Data Corporation's first super computer with Seymour Cray and William Norris[James E. Thornton Bio]
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