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Wheat Ridge High School

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Established
  
1886

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 303-982-7695

Mascot
  
Farmers

Staff
  
90+

Enrollment
  
1492

Principal
  
Griff Wirth

Type
  
Public secondary school

School district
  
Jefferson County School District R-1

Address
  
9505 W 32nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA

District
  
Jefferson County Public Schools

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Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school operated by the Jefferson County School District R-1 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States.

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History

From the school profile:

Wheat Ridge High School is a "HIGH" achieving school as rated by the Colorado Department of Education. Wheat Ridge has a rich tradition of academic and athletic excellence in Jefferson County. The school has graduated 141 National Merit Finalists, 28 Boettcher Scholars and four Fred Steinmark Award recipients. In addition to strong academic achievements, athletics, marching band, visual and performing arts, and competitive speech programs continue to excel, receiving state and national recognition.

Athletics

State championship titles:

  • Baseball: 1992 (5A)
  • Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007(5A)
  • Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Boys' basketball: 1944 (B), 1953 (A), 1963 (AAA), 1968 (AAA), 1991 (5A)
  • Girls' basketball: 1977 (AAA), 1982 (4A)
  • Boys' cross country: 1977 (I), 1979, 1981, (I)2007
  • Girls' cross country: 1981 (I)
  • Football: 1966 (AAA), 1967 (AAA), 1973 (AAA), 1994 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A)
  • Girls' golf: 1991 (team); Amy Root, 1991 (individual)
  • Girls' gymnastics: 1985 (III)
  • Softball: 2002 (5A), 2003 (5A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A)
  • Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
  • Girls' swimming: 1987 (5A), 1988 (5A)
  • Boys' tennis: 1991 (6A) (This team is considered by many experts to have been the best in Colorado state history and filed a special petition to be moved up to the largest classification of 6A.)
  • Boys' track and field: 1942 (B), 1944 (B), 1945 (B), 1946 (B), 1950 (B), 1978 (AAA)
  • Girls' track and field: 1978 (AAA)
  • Girls' volleyball: 1987 (4A), 1990 (5A)
  • Marching band: 1993 (4A), 1996

    • State athletic records held by school athletes:

  • 200-yard freestyle, 4A class: Brianna Loecher, Wheat Ridge, 1:50.73 2000
  • 500-yard freestyle, 4A class: Brianna Loecher, Wheat Ridge, 4:58.74 2011
  • Basketball regular season free throw percentage, 5A Class: Ted Pancoast, Wheat Ridge, 92.7% 1992

    • Fight Song

    Fight Farmers down the field,
    Wheat Ridge will win,
    Fight on to victory,
    Wheat Ridge knows no defeat.
    So roll up a mighty score,
    Never give in!
    Shoulder to shoulder we will
    Fight, Fight, Fight, Fight, Win!

    Notable alumni

  • Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress
  • Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player (1972–1976), Golden State Warriors draft pick (1976), two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American
  • Pat Frink, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals)
  • Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist
  • Ray Johnson, football player
  • Terry Kunz, NFL player
  • Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress
  • Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host
  • Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC
  • Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter
  • Freddie Steinmark, starting safety on Texas' 1969 national championship team; author of "IPlay to Win, published after he lost his battle to cancer in 1971
  • Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960

    • References

    Wheat Ridge High School Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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