Beechcroft High School is a four-year high school (grades 9-12) located on the north side of Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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. It is a part of Columbus City Schools. Beechcroft was first opened in 1976 as a six-year junior/senior high school. At that time, school enrollment peaked at 1,200+ students. Current enrollment is 950 students.

Beechcroft is known to some as "Da Croft". The school colors are Gold and Brown. The school nickname is the Cougars. Marching band rival is Northland High School and football wise its Brookhaven High School.

Sports and activities

The school has 10 boys and 9 girls varsity sports which include baseball, basketball (Boys and Girls), bowling (Boys and Girls), cross country (Boys and Girls), football, softball, swimming & diving (Boys and Girls), soccer (Boys and Girls), tennis (Boys and Girls), track & field (Boys and Girls), wrestling, and volleyball.

The football program at Beechcroft competes in the Columbus City League. Beechcroft has reached the OHSAA playoffs 13 times in football, including a 5-season run from 1999-2003.

The school received national attention from ESPN and Sports Illustrated during the 2008 football season, after beating local league foe Centennial High School 96-0. Beechcroft scored 55 first quarter points, tying for the 4th highest point total in one quarter in national high school football history. The 96 points scored by Beechcroft also tied for the second highest point total in the nation during the 2008 high school football season.

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League

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 (NJCL).

Notable alumni

Curtis Isaiah Keaton- NFL, Played for the Cincinnati Bengals Drafted in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft and also played for the New Orleans Saints.

• Chip Cox
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   player for the Montreal Alouettes
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The Beechcroft Fight Song

Proud of our team

The strong and mighty Beechcroft Cougars!

With our cougar strength

We're going to win this game tonight!!

Go Brown and Gold

We're headed for a victory!

So with this might!

We're gonna fight!

For good old Beechcroft High!

Written by: Shelley Orr Schultheis
Class of 1980