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Wood River High School (Idaho)

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Type
  
Public

Grades
  
9–12

Color(s)
  
Green & White

Mascot
  
Wood River Wolverine

Principal
  
John Pierce

Faculty
  
100

Enrollment
  
840 (2015–16)

Phone
  
+1 208-578-5020

District
  
Blaine County District

School district
  
Blaine County S.D. (#61)

Address
  
1250 Fox Acres Dr, Hailey, ID 83333, USA

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Profiles

Wood River High School is a public secondary school in Hailey, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools operated by the Blaine County School District #61 (the smaller Carey High School (K-12) is the other). Wood River High School serves the communities of Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum, and Sun Valley, all in the valley of the Big Wood River, and the current campus opened in August 2003. The school colors are green and white and the mascot is a wolverine.

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East of central Hailey, the elevation of the WRHS campus is 5,350 feet (1,630 m) above sea level.

Athletics

Wood River competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, the state's second-highest classification. WRHS is a member of the Great Basin (West) Conference with Burley, Jerome, and Minico High Schools, all located in the Magic Valley region of south central Idaho. Twin Falls High School (formerly 5A) and the new Canyon Ridge High School, both located in Twin Falls, joined the conference in 2009. Formerly a member of the Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference (SCIC) in 3A, Wood River moved up to 4A in 2004. Mountain Home High School will join the Great Basin conference in for the 2016-18 arc.

State titles

Boys

  • Cross Country (4): fall (B, now 3A) 1968, 1971, 1972; (4A) 2010 (introduced in 1964)
  • Track (2): (A-2, now 3A) 1970, 1972
  • Tennis (2): (4A) 2010, 2012 (combined team until 2008)
  • Baseball: (3A) 2003
  • Girls

  • Cross Country (3): fall (B, now 3A) 1975, 1983, 1984 (introduced in 1974)
  • Soccer (1): fall (A-2, now 3A) 2000 (introduced in 2000)
  • Volleyball (2): (A, now 5A) fall 1977, 1978 (introduced in 1976)
  • Combined

  • Tennis (3): (B, now 3A) 1982, 1986, 1988 (introduced in 1963, combined until 2008)
  • Debate 2014
  • References

    Wood River High School (Idaho) Wikipedia