James Whitcomb Riley High School is a high school in

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; serving most of the city's south side. The school is named in honor of the "

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Poet",

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. The school is operated by

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and governed by the SBSC's Board of School Trustees.

Boys Swimming

The Men's swim team at Riley, is the most successful athletic program in the South Bend Community School Corporation. Founded in 1952 it has had dozens of swimmers win individual state titles and be named All-Americans

State Titles

The Men's swim team at Riley, is the most successful athletic program in the South Bend Community School Corporation, with 7 State Titles ( 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58,1961–62,1977–78,1985–86,1994–95), and 7 State-Runner Titles ( 1960–61, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 2001–02,2002–03).

Sectional Titles

Along with their state titles the team has won 29 Sectional titles (1975–76, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2017–18

Conference Titles

They Riley High School Boys Swim team has also won an additional 31 Northern Indiana Conference Titles ( 1955–56, 1256–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961-1962, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06,2006–07, 2016,17)

City Titles

Since the start of the S.B.C.S.C City Championship Riley has accumulated 32 City Tiles ( 1955–56, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019-20).

Win–loss record

Since the start of the 2001–02 and to the end of the 2019-2020 season the team has accumulated a win–loss record of 222-42-1.

Girls Basketball

In the early 2000s, Riley experienced some success in girls basketball being the 4-A state runner-up in 2002 and semi state runner-up in 2003. Since then, they have accumulated a win loss record of 30-143 from the 2006-2014 season

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On September 30, 2020, the national morning news show

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came to Riley to bring awareness to schools and learning during the

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pandemic. ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve along with GMA donated a $20,000 grant in partnership with Donor's Choose, and 1200 WiFi-Hotspots for five years in partnership with

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Notable alumni

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- American football center * Ron Dunlap - politician * Fred Evans - American football running back *

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- American football quarterback * Bob Rush - professional baseball pitcher *

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- politician, former

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* Daniel Waters - Screenwriter *

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Indiana James Whitcomb Riley Education in South Bend, Indiana Educational institutions established in 1924 Schools in St. Joseph County, Indiana Magnet schools in Indiana 1924 establishments in Indiana