Recent Athletic History
In 2009, Xaverian's football team won the Division 1 Super Bowl finishing off with an undefeated season 13-0 season shutting out Everett 29-0 at Gillette stadium and winning its sixth Super Bowl and eighth state title. In 2004, Xaverian's baseball team won the Division 1 State Championship, and was ranked the 24th best team in the country by USA Today. The baseball team has returned to the Division I South Sectional in 2010 and 2011. In 2006, the outdoor track team won the MIAA All State Meet. The Cross-country team won 6 Catholic Conference titles in the last 7 years. Recently the track team had four graduates running for Ivy league schools. They are Dan Higgins (Penn), Pete Dolan '09 (Harvard), Mark Amiriault '10 (Princeton), and John Bleday '10 (Dartmouth). The Alpine Ski Team won the Mass Bay Ski League East-Large in 2011 and Volleyball team won the their second straight Western Alliance Conference title in 2010 and 2011. In 2008, the powerlifting team won their fifth straight state title. Xaverian currently has over 100 athletes participating in college athletics (Xaverian Magazine winter 2011). Chris Wagner '09 was drafted in 2010 by the NHL's Anaheim Ducks. The Hawks compete in the Catholic Conference. They are fierce rivals with the St. John's Prep Eagles, Catholic Memorial Knights, and Boston College High School Eaglettes.
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