Dodge City High School
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Dodge City High School is a fully accredited high school located in the northwest area of Dodge City
, Kansas
, USA
, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is operated by Dodge City Public Schools
. The current principal is Jacque Feist. Dodge City High School is the only high school located within the city limits of Dodge City.
Dodge City is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association
and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the "Red Demons". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.
. Throughout its history, Dodge City has won eight state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in collegiate athletics.
by a score of 35-14. During the game, senior tailback Jace Banner rushed for a school-record 305 yards on 38 carries and scored four touchdowns. The previous school record had been 279 yards set by Shiloh Konrade in a 1996 playoff game against Liberal High School. On March 31, 2010, Dave Foster was selected among 60 applicants as the new head football coach, replacing former DCHS head coach Justin Burke. He had previously been the head football coach at Elk City High School.
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to represent Dodge City in the Citrus Bowl Parade
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Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City is a city in, and the county seat of, Ford County, Kansas, United States. Named after nearby Fort Dodge, the city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340.-History:The first settlement of...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, USA
United States
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, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is operated by Dodge City Public Schools
Dodge City Public Schools
Dodge City Public Schools, also known as Unified School District 443, is a school district in Dodge City, Kansas, United States.It operates the following schools:*Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Center *Beeson Elementary School...
. The current principal is Jacque Feist. Dodge City High School is the only high school located within the city limits of Dodge City.
Dodge City is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association
Kansas State High School Activities Association
The Kansas State High School Activities Association is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the state of Kansas at the high school level. It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities.The KSHSAA was...
and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the "Red Demons". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.
History
Dodge City High School was established in the early 1900s in order to help educate the increasing population of Dodge City. Shortly after its inception, the Red Demon was selected as the official school mascot.Significant Changes
During the 1990s, student enrollment continued to increase and it soon became evident that the enrollment had outgrown the facilities of the high school. As a result, voters chose to construct a new high school to accommodate the student population. In 2001, Dodge City High School experienced several significant changes. The school moved to its current location, as well as adopting the Academic Enhancement Plan. The plan seeks to continuously improve student achievement every year by focusing on 5 key components of learning, consisting of reading, mathematics, writing, diversity, and technology. Also in 2001, the Dodge City School Board voted to keep the Red Demon as the official school mascot. The mascot had previously been debated due to many believing that the Demon presented a negative image for the school.Academics
In the fall of 2001, the school adopted the Academic Enhancement Plan. The plan seeks to continuously improve student achievement every year by focusing on 5 key components of learning, consisting of reading, mathematics, writing, diversity, and technology.Extracurricular activities
The extracurricular activities offered at Dodge City High School are many and varied due to the school's large size. The Red Demons compete in the Western Athletic Conference and are classified as a 6A school, the largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities AssociationKansas State High School Activities Association
The Kansas State High School Activities Association is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the state of Kansas at the high school level. It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities.The KSHSAA was...
. Throughout its history, Dodge City has won eight state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in collegiate athletics.
Football
Throughout the school's history, football has been one of the most popular and competitive sports offered at DCHS. The Red Demons won the state championship in football in 1970 and have made the playoffs on several other occasions. On November 9, 2009, the Red Demons advanced to the second round of the state playoffs for the first time in 15 years, beating Topeka High SchoolTopeka High School
Topeka High School is a fully accredited high school, serving students in grades 9-12, located in Topeka, Kansas. It is one of four high schools within Topeka Public Schools. The school colors are black and gold...
by a score of 35-14. During the game, senior tailback Jace Banner rushed for a school-record 305 yards on 38 carries and scored four touchdowns. The previous school record had been 279 yards set by Shiloh Konrade in a 1996 playoff game against Liberal High School. On March 31, 2010, Dave Foster was selected among 60 applicants as the new head football coach, replacing former DCHS head coach Justin Burke. He had previously been the head football coach at Elk City High School.
Baseball
One of the most successful athletic programs in the school's history is baseball. The Red Demons won their first and only state championship in baseball in 1999. Throughout the program's history, ten pitchers have thrown no-hitters. The first no-hitter in school history was pitched by Russell Sealey in 1932. The most recent no-hitter occurred on May 11, 2010 when Ty Thomas threw one in a 1-0 win over Wichita Heights High SchoolWichita Heights High School
Wichita Heights High School, known locally as Heights, is a coeducational secondary school located in Wichita, Kansas, USA, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the USD 259 public school system. The school principal is Mr. Bruce Deterding, who replaced Mr. Mark Christian after...
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State Championships
| State Championships | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
1 | 1970 |
| Cross Country, Boys Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... |
1 | 1981 | |
| Golf, Girls Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... |
1 | 2001 | |
| Spring | Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... |
1 | 1999 |
| Golf, Boys Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... |
4 | 1953 (2-Man), 1974 (2-Man), 1979 (2-Man), 1982 | |
| Total | 8 | ||
Marching Band
The Dodge City High School Marching Band is one of the largest extracurricular programs offered at DCHS in terms of student participation. They are "The Pride of Southwest Kansas". In December 2010, the Marching Band will travel to Orlando, FloridaOrlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
to represent Dodge City in the Citrus Bowl Parade
Citrus Bowl
The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....
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Notable alumni
- Fred HallFred HallFrederick "Fred" Lee Hall was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1951–55 and the 33rd Governor of Kansas, 1955-57...
, 33rd Governor of KansasGovernor of KansasThe Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...
from 1955 to 1957.
Notable faculty
- Woody WoodardWoody WoodardChalmer E. “Woody” Woodard was an American football coach.-McPherson College:Coach Woodard was head football, basketball and track coach and athletic director at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1950 to 1952...
, athletic director at McPherson CollegeMcPherson CollegeMcPherson College was chartered in 1887 by the leaders of the Church of the Brethren. The college provides a career-oriented liberal arts education...
and head football coach at SMUSMUSMU may stand for:*Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, USA**SMU Mustangs, the athletic program of the above school*St. Martin's University in Lacey, Washington, USA*Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...
and Wichita State
External links
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Maps
- Dodge City Map, KDOT
- Ford County Map, KDOT
- Kansas School District Boundary Map, KSDE