Roncalli High School is a private,

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. It is located in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls ( la, Dioecesis Siouxormensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It comprises that part of South Dakota east of the Missouri River. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese ...

Background

Roncalli High School is named after

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni 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 in June 19 ...

, 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. The SDHSAA was founded in 1905 and has been a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations The N ...

. They have won the following SDHSAA State Championships: * Boys Football - 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 court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

- 1975, 2015 * Boys

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

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

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

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

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

- 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 Sum ...

- 2002 * Girls

- ''none'' (Runner-Up - 2005) Dacotah Bank Stadium 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 Sports teams in Aberdeen, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-school-stub