St. Anthony High School was a four-year co-educational Catholic high school known for its high-powered basketball program. The school is located in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, operating under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. and is affiliated with St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, which owns the building. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1997.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had 224 students and 16.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), the school had a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 59 students in 9th grade, 68 students in 10th grade, 52 students in 11th grade, and 45 students in 12th grade.
In April 2017, officials at St. Anthony formally announced the high school would close at the end of the 2016-17 school year, due to declining enrollment and the lack of funding to cover expenses. Book Cook wrote in Forbes that gentrification may have contributed to the school's decline.
In efforts to reverse the decision of the school's looming closure, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced a challenge during an April 2017 appearance on radio station WFAN. Christie asked for the commissioners of Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League to each donate $125,000, in order to meet the school's minimum investment need of $500,000.
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Athletics
The St. Anthony High School Friars competed in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. They practiced at White Eagle Hall and often played at the Jersey City Armory.
The boys' basketball varsity team, coached by Bob Hurley, had been, for over 39 years, the most dominant high school team in the country. St. Anthony has won a national record 27 state championships, set with a 74-44 win in the 2008 sectional championship game over Trenton Catholic Academy to win the Parochial B state title. With a 61-49 win in the 2011 Tournament of Champions over Plainfield High School, the St. Anthony team completed a 33-0 undefeated season, won its 11th Tournament of Champions and was recognized by USA Today with its fourth national championship.
St. Anthony produced over 150 players to Division I basketball programs, all on full scholarships. Hurley has coached five first round NBA draft picks, including his own son, Bobby Hurley. His team has been the subject of the book titled The Street Stops Here and a 2010 documentary film based on the book. That year, documentary crews captured the entire season as the Friars finished the season as the #1 team in the country, followed by Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, another New Jersey powerhouse basketball program.
State and national championships
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Notable alumni
- Kyle Anderson (born 1993), basketball player for San Antonio Spurs.
- Willie Banks (born 1969), former Major League Baseball pitcher.
- Hallice Cooke (born 1995), guard for Nevada Wolf Pack basketball team.
- Terry Dehere (born 1971), Politician, former NBA basketball player.
- Bobby Hurley (born 1971), former NBA player and current head basketball coach at Arizona State University.
- Dan Hurley (born 1973), former point guard at Seton Hall University and current head basketball coach at The University of Connecticut.
- Roshown McLeod (born 1975), played in three NBA seasons from 1999 to 2001, for the Atlanta Hawks and briefly for the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Josh A. Moore (born 1980), former NBA basketball player.
- Ahmad Nivins (born 1987), professional basketball power forward.
- Rodrick Rhodes (born 1973), former NBA basketball player.
- Terrence Roberts (born 1985), former member of the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.
- David Rivers (born 1965), former NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers, played at Notre Dame.
- Tyshawn Taylor (born 1990), professional basketball player.
- John Valentin (born 1968), former professional baseball player who played in ten MLB seasons from 1992 to 2001, for the Boston Red Sox and for the New York Mets in 2002.
- Luther Wright (born 1971), former player in the NBA for the Utah Jazz.
References
External links
- St. Anthony High School
- St. Anthony Athletics
- Data for St. Anthony High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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