Hayden Catholic High School is in

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...

, United States. It is located in the

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Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Athletic teams are called "Wildcats." Hayden won state championships in volleyball, basketball, cross country, golf and football in 2008. In the 2008–09 school year, the Wildcats were state champions in volleyball and girls' golf. The Wildcats, who had been runners-up in the previous year, defeated Perry-Lecompton High School 42–21 in football, winning their third state championship (two undefeated teams in 1998 and 2004).

Boys' basketball

Hayden has had much success in boys' basketball, winning eight state titles in the Kansas 4A classification. State titles were won in 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2008, and 2018.http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/PDF/CompleteHistory.pdf

Notable alumni

* Margaret Thompson Murdock, member of the U.S. Shooting Hall of Fame and the

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; first woman to win a medal in

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, head basketball coach of

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External links

School Website
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