Athletics
Loyola Academy offers 16 women's sports and 17 men's sports. The Ramblers (borrowing their nickname from the teams at Loyola University). The school competes as a member of the Chicago Catholic League.
Prior to the IHSA Football Championships (1974), Loyola won the Prep Bowl in 1965, 1966 and 1969. Loyola won the state championship in football in 1993 and were runners-up in 1992.
In 2009, the women's softball program won their first IHSA state championship beating Edwardsville 2-0 in the championship game.
In 2009, the men's cross country team was ranked #1 in the nation for a week by Dyestat, was state runner-up, third at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional, and received an at-large bid to join York and Neuqua Valley at the national meet in December. They continued to earn fourth place at the Nike Cross Nationals meet, the best of any team in the midwest that year.
The men's lacrosse team won three straight championships from 2002 to 2004.
In November 2011 the Loyola Academy football team lost to Bolingbrook in the class 8A Illinois State championship.
In August 2012 the Loyola Academy football team, along with Loyola students, faculty, families and alumni, traveled to Ireland to participate in a football tournament. The Ramblers played a Jesuit high school powerhouse from Texas.
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