[4]: 358  When the second cathedral was badly damaged and demolished after a fire in 1886, a new building in downtown Saint Paul was constructed.

[4]: 359  This building, however, soon began to not meet the needs of the institution and in 1926 Cretin High School moved to a site on Laurel and Mackubin Streets in St. Paul.

[9] Cretin-Derham Hall is part of the Suburban East Conference[10] in the Minnesota State High School League.

The Raiders won their tenth state championship in football in 2009 with a 16–5 win over Eden Prairie in the title game.

The Raiders most recently captured its third state championship in 2018 with 79–78 win over Apple Valley when Daniel Oturu scored the game-winner on an alley-oop dunk with .5 seconds remaining that was nationally recognized on ESPN.

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