Bishop McCort High School
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| Bishop McCort High School | |
| Nickname: "McCort, BMHS" | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cambria |
| Website: http://www.mccort.org | |
| Bishop McCort High School | |
| Motto | Expect the Best! |
| Established | 1922 |
| School type | Private |
| Principal | Kenneth Salem |
| Location | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Mascot | Crimson Crusher |
| Colors | Crimson and Gold |
| Homepage | [1] |
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[edit] Summary
Bishop McCort High School is located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in Cambria County.
[edit] Early History
Johnstown Central Catholic High School opened its doors on September 8,1922, with an enrollment of 128 freshmen. The original building, which is still in use today, held classrooms for freshmen, sophomores, and an economics room. The original auditorium/gymnasium was added to the school in 1929.
From 1947 to 1962 freshmen students were forced to study elsewhere because the original building was not sufficient enough to hold the growing enrollment. The parish grade school buildings of St. John Gualbert in the downtown; St. Casimir, Cambria City; St. Anthony in Woodvale were used. Two daily sessions for freshmen were needed in the year before the opening of the remodeled and expanded Catholic High school.
In 1961 the original building had three structures added to it. One wing, which parallels Irene Street, contained science and computer labs, art and business classrooms, health, guidance, and administrative offices.
A second wing provided athletic, choral, and orchestral facilities. The school chapel severs as a connector to and unifier of the McCort School complex.
Johnstown Catholic, expanded and renewed, became Bishop McCort High School. Honored by the name change is the Bishop John J. McCort who started the Diocesan Catholic High School.
[edit] People of Note
- John Stofa - former professional American football player, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals
- Artrell Hawkins - professional American football player, New England Patriots
- Jack Ham - Hall of Fame professional American football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Pete Duranko - former professional American football player, Denver Broncos
- Tom Bradley - Defensive coordinator/assistant coach, Penn State University
- Joe Daniels - assistant college football coach, Ohio State
- Ian Williams-- rock guitarist has played in Don Caballero and Storm & Stress. Currently plays in Battles.
[edit] Football
The Bishop McCort Football team has accumulated much success in its 80 year existence. In 2006, Bishop McCort Football made its return to the Point Stadium which will be used for all home games. They previously played home games at Trojan Stadium from 2004-2005 while the Point Stadium underwent renovations. Prior to 2004, they played all games at the Point Stadium.
Ken Salem is the current head football coach.
[edit] Current Day
The current campus has seen many changes over the past five years. New additions were recently added to the guzzitorium with over $100,000 coming from the Guzzy family of Johnstown, PA. Among the additions were new lighting and sound systems.
It is rumored that the school is in the final stages of planning for a million dollar indoor fieldhouse which will be used by all athletic teams. It will be comprised of a synthetic playing field for use by the football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, track and field and cheerleading teams. Also a new weight room will be added as well as locker rooms and coaching offices.
The weight room expanded from a modest one room facility to a spacious two room workout center complete with treadmills, free weights, and Hammer strength equipment.
Currently, in the 2006-2007 school year there are 497 students enrolled.
