state championships in 1972, 1976–1980, 1982, 1987, 1989, and 1990, and the girls' soccer team won the 2011 state championship. In addition, the Warrior wrestling team were co-champions in 1965 and currently have more dual meet victories than any other high school in the country. The baseball team were runners-up in 1963. Two private Catholic K-8 schools, Holy Family and St. Elizabeth, are also located in the city. Alternative schools include the Coordinated Youth on Madison Avenue next to the Gateway Regional Medical Center and attached to the same building as the WIC Service. Another Coordinated Youth location is on W 3rd St near the old army depot. The Sam Wolf Granite City Campus (SWGCC) of Southwestern Illinois College is located at the northern end of the city. Notable people George Becker, American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers John Bischoff, Major League Baseball catcher for Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox Harry Boyles, Major League Baseball pitcher for Chicago White Sox Glenn Bradford, Illinois politician and lawyer Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Julie Curry, politician L. J. Fort, linebacker for NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens Owen Friend, former Major League Baseball second baseman for St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs Andrew Goodpaster, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Four Star U.S. Army General Kevin Greene, former National Football League linebacker Orville Hodge, politician Matt Hughes, former UFC welterweight champion Charlie Jackson, Major League Baseball outfielder for Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates Robbie Lawler, former Elite XC middleweight champion Carl Linhart, baseball player Dal Maxvill, former MLB shortstop, Gold Glove winner, and Cardinals general manager Ruben Mendoza, soccer player, two-time US Olympian, two-time US World Cup Team member Andy Phillip, basketball Hall of Fame Jason Robertson, AIDS activist whose family was forced to move out of town due to local harassment and bullying Kenneth Shaw, educator Ralph T. Smith, former Senator Stephen Trittschuh, Major League Soccer (MISL, APSL, MLS) defender, member of the US Men's National Soccer Team Anna M. Valencia, Chicago City Clerk Whip Wilson, actor in Western films References Further reading Granite City, A Pictorial History, 1896–1996. Granite City, Ill.: G. Bradley Publishing, 1995. External links City of Granite Cities in Illinois Cities in Madison County, Illinois Company towns in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River Populated places established in 1896