School spotlight: O'Dea High School

Nickname: Irish

Enrollment: 480 (grades 9-12)

League/class: Metro/3A

When it opened: 1923

Biggest rival: Seattle Prep

Last state championship: Swimming (2000)

Notable alumni: The late Demetrius DuBose, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker and All-American at Notre Dame; Charlie Greene, former Olympic gold-medalist sprinter; Clint Richardson, former Seattle University and eight-year NBA player; Fred Couples, two-time PGA Player of the Year; Frank Ahern, legendary Seattle-area high-school coach.

Bet you didn't know: O'Dea, the state's only all-boys school, won eight athletic and six academic state championships in the 1990s. Because of the school's location in the dense First Hill neighborhood overlooking downtown, the football team, which won three state championships in the '90s, must bus to off-campus practice facilities.

Web site: www.odea.org