in 2008. The wrestling team, which began in the mid-1970s, became the most dominant sport at North from 1990. From 1991 until its closing in 2010, the N.C. wrestling team won a league-best 13 PCL team titles in 20 years. The bowling team also won the PCL title three years in a row (2005, 2006, and 2007). From 1926 until its closing in 2010, North Catholic won more Philadelphia Catholic League Championships, in soccer (22), bowling (18), wrestling (13), and baseball (11) than any other Philadelphia Catholic High school. They also had eight titles each in football, basketball, and swimming. Frank Thomas Nordell of Northeast Catholic H.S. won the National Interscholastic Cross Country Championship on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1929. He ran the 2.7 mile Branch Brook Park Course in Newark, NJ, in 13:43, winning by 13 seconds. This was the fourth National Championship Meet, hosted by Newark Prep, and drew 20 teams from Maine to Virginia. Curtis HS of Staten Island (then part of Brooklyn) won the team championship. North did not enter a team; Frank ran as an individual. His photo appeared on the front page of the Newark Star Eagle and N.Y. Times Sports Pages in his N.C. singlet on 11/29/1929. In 1956, North won the PCL championship in soccer, football, basketball & baseball. They also won the City Title in three out of the four sports. The North Catholic soccer team did not lose a single PCL contest in 116 straight games stretching from 1959 to 1968. Their most recent PCL Titles were in 2001, 2002 & 2008. In March 2008, the soccer program inducted 12 of its greatest players to the newly established "N.C. Soccer Hall of Fame." From 1991 until its closing in 2010, the N.C. wrestling team won 13 PCL team titles. The bowling team won three consecutive PCL titles in 2005, 2006, and 2007. In the 2007 - 2008 year, N.C. teams qualified for the playoffs in Football, Soccer, Bowling, Basketball & Wrestling. In 2008, the basketball team, wrestling team & soccer team were all PCL champions in their sport. LIST OF NORTH CATHOLIC FALCONS PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Football - 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956 Soccer - 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008 (Soccer Champs