page_title: Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois) / Extracurricular achievements / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: sffenwick
context_page_description: Fenwick High School is a selective private college preparatory school located in Oak Park, a town in Cook County, Illinois that is bordered by Chicago on the north, east, River Forest and Forest Park on the West, and Cicero and Berwyn on the south. Fenwick was founded in 1929 as part of the Province of St. Albert the Great. It is the only school directly operated and staffed by the Catholic Order of Dominican friars in the United States. It is named in honor of Cincinnati Bishop Edward D. Fenwick.
context_section_description: The Fenwick Friars compete in two conferences.  Male teams compete in the Chicago Catholic League (CCL), while the female teams compete in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.  The school competes in state championship series sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
  The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective state tournament sponsored by the IHSA:
  basketball (girls) •• 3rd place (1999–2000, 2003–04); 2nd place (2002–03); State Champions (2000–01, 2006–07)
  soccer (girls) •• 3rd place (2013); 4th place (2003–04)
  softball •• 4th place (1997–98)
  swimming & diving (boys) •• 4th place (1985–86); 3rd place (1975–76, 1993–94, 2005–06); 2nd place (1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1992–93); State Champions (1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92)
  swimming & diving (girls) 3rd place 2009, 2nd place 2011, 2nd place 2012
  water polo (boys) •• State Champions (2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13)
  water polo (girls) •• 3rd place (2014–15, 2016–17); 2nd place (2006–07); State Champions (2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16)
  The boys' varsity hockey team has played in the state championship game, held at the United Center, in five consecutive seasons (2002–2006), winning the state title (the Blackhawk Cup) in the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.  The 2003–2004 team compiled a record of 62–9–2 and is considered one of Illinois' most accomplished high school hockey teams to have ever played in the Midwest. The hockey team has won five straight Kennedy Cups, three of them over their hockey archrival Loyola Academy.
  The boys lacrosse team took the state championship in just its second year as a varsity program.
  Fenwick has been a dominant force in water polo.  Since the IHSA first started sponsoring a water polo state tournament in 2002, Fenwick's men's and women's teams have won a combined eleven of the first fourteen state championships.
  Prior to the institution of a state playoff system for football in the 1970s, Fenwick competed to play in the Prep Bowl, which pitted the champions of the CCL against the champion of the Chicago Public League.  Fenwick won two Prep Bowl titles at the game's usual home of Soldier Field.  The first was in 1945 where a crowd of 80,000 fans saw Fenwick defeat Tilden High School, 20–6.  The second was in 1962, and saw Fenwick defeat Schurz High School, 40–0.  The win not only capped an undefeated season, but was played before over 91,000 fans; the third largest crowd to witness a high school football game in Illinois history.  The 1945 game is tied for seventh in terms of crowd size.
  By 2007, Fenwick had over 77 all-conference championships. The boy's JV hockey team and the girls pom pom team have also earned state championships. Sports Illustrated has added Fenwick to its list of the "50 Best High School Athletic Programs in the Country", recognizing Fenwick as having the best athletic program in Illinois. Fenwick's 2006–2007 swimming and swim/polo teams produced 12 NISCA Academic All-American athletes. For 2009, two state championships were achieved in water polo. 11 regional, sectional or supersectional championships were earned, along with 15 conference titles. There was also 17 All-State athletes, 19 All-American athletes and 12 All-Academic athletes named. 5 students were granted NCAA Athletic scholarships
caption: Fenwick's football team playing in the Prep Bowl at Soldier Field of the Chicago Bears
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