Paterson Catholic Regional High School was a private four year

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located in Paterson, in Passaic County, in the

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. The school served students from ninth through twelfth grade and operated under the jurisdiction of the

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. Due to dwindling enrollment and monetary problems, the Paterson Diocese closed Paterson Catholic at the end of the 2009–10 school year. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 303 students and 22.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.4.Paterson Catholic High School
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. Accessed June 21, 2011.

Athletics

The sports teams at Paterson Catholic were nicknamed the Cougars, and both the men's and women's teams participated in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League. The Cougars had a strong athletic history capturing many league and state titles in different sports and producing many college and professional athletes. The 1994 boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1994 with a 65-63 win against runner-up St. Augustine Preparatory School in the tournament final at the Rutgers Athletic Center and went in as the top seed in the Tournament of Champions where they defeated Piscataway High School 66-56 in the semifinals before falling to third seed Orange High School in the finals to finish the season with a record of 26-3. The girls basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state title in 1999 (defeating St. Joseph High School in the tournament final) and 2009 (vs.

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).Girls Basketball Championship History: 1919–2024

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, updated March 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The team won the 1999 Non-Public B state title with a 46-37 win against St. Joseph of Hammonton, in the first finals appearance for each of the two schools. The 2009 team won the Non-Public B title with a 55-42 win against Bishop Eustace in the championship game played at the Ritacco Center in Toms River. The football team won the Non-Public Group II state sectional championship in 1999 and 2000, and won the Non-Public I title in 2003, 2005 and 2007-2009. In 1999, the team finished the season with a 10-1 record after winning the Non-Public Group II state sectional title, the program's first since the playoff era started in 1974, with a 34-8 win against

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in the championship game played at Alumni Stadium at

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. The 2000 team won the Non-Public Group II title by a score of 11-8 against Gloucester Catholic on a field goal kicked with seconds left in the game. The team's title in 2007 was its fifth since playoffs were instituted in 1974, joining Wayne Hills High School and Passaic High School as one of only three teams in Passaic County to have won five sectional championships.

Notable alumni

* Kyle Anderson (born 1993), NBA player for the

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who transferred when school closed. * T. J. Clemmings (born 1991),

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. * Victor Cruz (born 1986),

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. *

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(born 1991), professional

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. * Kevin Freeman (born 1978), former professional basketball player. * Stanley Jackson (born 1975), former professional quarterback. * Myles Mack (born 1993), basketball player for Turów Zgorzelec of the

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. * Al-Quadin Muhammad (born 1995),

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for the

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. * Jason Perry (born 1976), former

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in the NFL from 1999 to 2002. * Lori L. Robinson,

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major general serving as the 80th Commandant of the

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. "It's hard to picture Lori Turbak, a pretty young lady with a bright smile, in army fatigues. Nevertheless, the senior at Paterson Catholic High School is anxiously awaiting word from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y." * Jordan Theodore (born 1989), professional

player who currently plays for the Frankfurt Skyliners of the German Basketball League. * Tim Thomas (born 1977, Class of 1996),

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player * Darryl Watkins (born 1984),

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'', September 17, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2011. "Darryl Watkins, a standout center at Paterson Catholic who played collegiately at Syracuse, has signed with the San Antonio Spurs, the team announced on its website Wednesday."

References

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* {{Authority control 1967 establishments in New Jersey 2010 disestablishments in New Jersey Education in Paterson, New Jersey Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson Defunct Catholic secondary schools in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1967 Educational institutions disestablished in 2010 Private high schools in Passaic County, New Jersey