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Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

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Type
  
Public

Faculty
  
87

Enrollment
  
1,310  (2012–13)

Mascot
  
Capital Golden Eagle

Colors
  
Black, Silver, Gold

Principal
  
Sandy Winters

Grades
  
10–12

Phone
  
+1 208-854-4490

District
  
Boise School District

Established
  
September 1965 52 years ago

Address
  
8055 W Goddard Rd, Boise, ID 83704, USA

Similar
  
School District‑b, Boise High School, Centennial High School, Timberline High School, Borah High School

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Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho. Opened in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

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Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A in the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC). The longtime rivals are Boise and Borah. The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972 to 1976. The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978.

State titles

Boys

  • Football (2): fall 1983, 1991 (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
  • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974, 1977 (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  • Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977, 2004, 2013
  • Basketball (6): 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2014
  • Baseball (3): 1989, 2009, 2014 (records not kept by IHSAA)
  • Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009, 2015
  • Golf (1): 1974
  • Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

    • Girls

  • Cross Country (1): fall 1980
  • Basketball (1): 1977
  • Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988

    • Combined

  • Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007 (combined until 2008)

    • Notable alumni

  • Bill Sali (1972) – former congressman
  • Gary Stevens (1981) – thoroughbred horse racing jockey
  • Curtis Stigers (1983) – musician
  • Matthew Barney (1985) – artist
  • Jake Plummer (1993) – former NFL quarterback
  • Tobias Read (1993) – politician (Oregon House of Representatives)
  • Bryan Harsin (1994) – college football head coach
  • Ernie Hughes, NFL player
  • Hailey Duke, alpine ski racer
  • Geraldo Boldewijn, American football player

    • References

    Capital High School (Boise, Idaho) Wikipedia
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