O'Gorman High School is a

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high school in

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. The school was founded in 1961 and named after Thomas O'Gorman. O'Gorman is located in the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

History

The school opened in 1961, and high school students in the Diocese of Sioux Falls transitioned from the Cathedral School to O'Gorman. From 2008 to 2011, O'Gorman underwent a major addition that added two academic wings, a new chapel, and a new performing arts center. OGHS was named a

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Blue Ribbon school in 1985, 2005, 2014, and 2021.

Athletics

O'Gorman is a member of the

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. O'Gorman started the Dakota Bowl in 1978, recognized as one of the first high school

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. They have won the following SDHSAA State Championships: * Boys

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- 1968, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2019 * Boys

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- 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 * Boys Cross Country - 1994 * Boys

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- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 * Boys

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

- 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021 * Boys

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- 2020 * Girls

- 1995, 2017, 2022, 2024 * Girls Cross Country - 1986, 1988, 2020 * Girls

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- 1992, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 * Girls

- 2005 * Girls

- 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Girls

- 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 * Girls

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- 1987, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2020, 2021 *

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- 2010, 2012

Performing arts

The school fields one competitive

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, the mixed-gender "Ovation!". Ovation! won a competition at the Mitchell Corn Palace in 2012. The school hosted the first South Dakota state championship competition in 2016.

Notable alumni

* Dusty Coleman - professional baseball player *

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- professional football player *

Chad McConnell Chad M. McConnell (born October 13, 1970) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the United States national baseball team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Biography A native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, McConnell atte ...

- professional baseball player *

Tip Reiman Tip Reiman Jr. (born September 17, 2001) is an American professional football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected by the Cardinals ...

- professional football player * Kevin Truckenmiller - singer *

Thomas Vanek Thomas Vanek (born 19 January 1984) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Minnes ...

- professional hockey player

References

External links

School's Main Page
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