Bishop Feehan High School is a co-educational

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high school in

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. It is located in the

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. The school was built in 1961 and staffed by the

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. The school has grown to over 1,000 students. Each class is approximately 250+ students, who are selected from a significantly larger pool of applicants. The second of five regional, diocesan Catholic high schools constructed in the Diocese of Fall River, the school opened in the fall of 1961.

Academics

Feehan offers 17 AP classes and honors courses in mathematics, foreign languages, English, science and the arts. 100% of Feehan most recent graduating class was accepted to a four-year institution and 98% enrolled at a four-year institution.

Athletics

The athletic activities include football, marching band, ice hockey, cheerleading, volleyball, cross country, basketball, track, soccer, baseball, swim, lacrosse, water polo, fencing, and some others. Bishop Feehan's football team has won numerous state titles including the latest in 2012 where they defeated

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in Foxboro, MA. Feehan athletes won three state titles in 2015-16, including wins in golf, swimming and girls basketball. Feehan initiated a boys and girls

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program in 2007 and more recently launched varsity field hockey and varsity girls ice hockey. The Boys Spring Track team currently has 91 straight dual-meet wins. Most recently, the Girls Soccer team won the Division 1 state title and went undefeated the entire season. * Boys Cross Country Team All-State Champions - 1987, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2008, 2011 * Girls Cross Country Team All-State Champions - 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 * Girls Tennis State Champions - 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 * Baseball State Champions – 1994 * Baseball State Finalists – 1998 * Wrestling State Champions - 1992, 2011 * Football State Champions – 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012 * Football State Finalists – 1994, 2000 * Marching Band NESBA Champions- 2008, 2011, 2016 * Girls Basketball State Champions- 2016 *Girls Soccer State Champions- 2019 Since 2020, Feehan has been a full member of the highly-competitive Catholic Central League (CCL).

Notable athletic alumni

* Mark Schmidt (1981): Head Coach of Men's Basketball at St. Bonaventure University *

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(1984): Decorated track athlete, former collegiate track star at

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, and member of the 1996 U.S.

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team. * Jim Renner (2001): Professional golfer

References

External links

Bishop Feehan High School
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