Halstead High School
Encyclopedia
Halstead High School is a public high school located in Halstead, Kansas
, USA, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Unified School District 440. The school primarily serves the towns of Halstead and Bentley, Kansas
. The school colors are royal blue and white with black commonly used as a complementary color
.
. They are a part of the CKL League, which is made up of Halstead, Haven, Hesston, Hillsboro, Kingman, Lyons, Nickerson, Pratt, Smoky Valley, and Sterling. Athletic programs are offered in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross-country, football, golf, softball, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball. Halstead has hosted annual athletic events including the Halstead Wrestling Invitational since 1975, the Adolph Rupp Basketball Tournament since 1970 and the Conrad Nightingale Invitational Track Meet since 1971. Halstead won the 3A state championship in boy's basketball in 2001 and boy's golf in 1981.
State
Maps
Halstead, Kansas
Halstead is a city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. Halstead was named in honor of Murat Halstead, a respected Civil War correspondent and newspaper editor. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,085.-History:...
, USA, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Unified School District 440. The school primarily serves the towns of Halstead and Bentley, Kansas
Bentley, Kansas
Bentley is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is named in honor of the cities founder Orsemus Hills Bentley. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 530.-History:...
. The school colors are royal blue and white with black commonly used as a complementary color
Complementary color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are of “opposite” hue in some color model. The exact hue “complementary” to a given hue depends on the model in question, and perceptually uniform, additive, and subtractive color models, for example, have differing complements for any given color.-...
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Athletics
Halstead High School athletic teams compete as a 3A school under 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...
. They are a part of the CKL League, which is made up of Halstead, Haven, Hesston, Hillsboro, Kingman, Lyons, Nickerson, Pratt, Smoky Valley, and Sterling. Athletic programs are offered in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross-country, football, golf, softball, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball. Halstead has hosted annual athletic events including the Halstead Wrestling Invitational since 1975, the Adolph Rupp Basketball Tournament since 1970 and the Conrad Nightingale Invitational Track Meet since 1971. Halstead won the 3A state championship in boy's basketball in 2001 and boy's golf in 1981.
State Championships
| State Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Winter | Basketball, Boys Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
5 | 1942, 1944, 1945, 1952, 2001 |
| Spring | 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.... |
1 | 1981 |
| Track & Field, Girls | 3 | 1977, 1981, 1998 | |
| Track & Field, Boys | 2 | 1956, 1986 | |
| Total | 11 | ||
Clubs
The Halstead Debate team achieved a state championship in 2003. Artistic programs are offered in band, choir, or drama. Debate and forensics teams are also offered. As well as a Scholars Bowl team.Notable alumni
- Adolph RuppAdolph RuppAdolph Frederick Rupp was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is fourth in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching...
, legendary basketball coach at the University of KentuckyUniversity of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky... - Jim RoperJim RoperChristian David "Jim" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He lived in Halstead, Kansas. He is most known as the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race. He was the father of Dean Roper and grandfather of the late Tony Roper.-Racing career:Roper lived at his grandfather's horse farm in Halstead...
, winner of the first NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
race - Conrad Nightingale, competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics1968 Summer OlympicsThe 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
- Bobby Berger, champion bull rider
- Dennis Latimore, competed in Division I-A basketball for both the University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
and Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
External links
State
Maps
- Halstead City Map, KDOT
- Harvey County Map, KDOT