Roncalli High School is a

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. It is located in the

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Background

Roncalli High School is named after

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963. He is the most recent pope to take ...

, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.

Athletics

Roncalli is a member of the

South Dakota High School Activities Association South Dakota High School Activities Association governs high school sports and other activities in the state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central ...

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

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

- 2005, 2006 (Runner-Up - 1987) * Boys

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

- 1975, 2015 * Boys

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

- ''none'' (Runner-Up - 1977) * 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 ...

- 2004, 2015, 2017 (Runner-up - 2002, 2007) * Boys

Track and Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

- 2006 * Girls

- 2021 * Girls

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

- 2002 * Girls

- ''none'' (Runner-Up - 2005)

Dacotah Bank Stadium Dacotah Bank Stadium is an American football field located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It is home to the Northern State University Wolves football team. The first game played there was on September 11, 2021, between Northern State and the Southwest ...

is the home venue for all Roncalli football games.

References

External links

School website
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls Catholic secondary schools in South Dakota Educational institutions established in 1964 Buildings and structures in Aberdeen, South Dakota Schools in Brown County, South Dakota 1964 establishments in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-school-stub