Parsons Senior High School
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Parsons Senior High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Parsons, Kansas
, USA
, serving students in grades 9-12. Parsons Senior High is the only high school located within the city limits of Parsons, KS. The school colors are blue and gold and the school mascot is the Viking. The average annual enrollment is approximately 500-600 students.
Parsons Senior High School is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association
and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 4A division and are known as the "Vikings". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. Notable alumni of the school include NFL quarterback, Shaun Hill
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. The boys' team has won four state championships in tennis, while the girls' teams has won five.
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Parsons Senior High School offers the following sports:
point leaders in the same year. For several years, PHS also led the nation in most NFL All-Americans produced, and the school has been represented at the National Speech and Debate Tournament
24 out of the past 26 years.
Parsons, Kansas
Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...
, USA
United States
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, serving students in grades 9-12. Parsons Senior High is the only high school located within the city limits of Parsons, KS. The school colors are blue and gold and the school mascot is the Viking. The average annual enrollment is approximately 500-600 students.
Parsons Senior High School 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 4A division and are known as the "Vikings". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. Notable alumni of the school include NFL quarterback, Shaun Hill
Shaun Hill
Shaun Hill is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
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Academics
Parsons Senior High School has a 93% graduation rate. In addition to this, 77% of graduates continue to post-secondary education.Extracurricular activities
The Vikings compete in the Southeast Kansas League and are classified as a 4A school. Throughout its history, Parsons has won several state championships in various sports. Parsons High has also produced NFL quarterback, Shaun HillShaun Hill
Shaun Hill is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
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Tennis
Parsons Senior High School is well-noted for its excellence in a variety of sports, especially in boys' and girls' tennisTennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
. The boys' team has won four state championships in tennis, while the girls' teams has won five.
State Championships
| State Championships | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Tennis, Girls Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
5 | 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005 |
| 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... |
3 | 1973, 1975, 1987 |
| Spring | Tennis, Boys Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
4 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| 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.... |
5 | 1970, 1971 (2-Man), 1994, 1995, 2000 | |
| Track & Field, Boys | 1 | 1991 | |
| Total | 18 | ||
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Parsons Senior High School offers the following sports:
Fall
- Football
- Volleyball
- Boys Cross-Country
- Girls Cross-Country
- Girls Golf
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Tennis
- Cheerleading
Winter
- Boys Basketball
- Girls Basketball
- Wrestling
- Boys Bowling
- Girls Bowling
- Winter Cheerleading
Spring
- Baseball
- Boys Golf
- Boys Tennis
- Girls Soccer
- Girls Swimming/Diving
- Softball
- Boys Track and Field
- Girls Track and Field
Debate and Forensics
Parsons High School is also well-noted for its excellence in debate and forensics, having won several individual and team state championships in both debate and forensics. Parsons was the first 4A school to win the 4-speaker and 2-speaker state debate championships in the same year, doing so in 1993, the first year that the 2-speaker championships existed. In 1990, PHS became the only school to have two students (Ajit Pai and Michael Monninger) in the top four National NFLNational Forensic League
The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. NFL is the America's oldest and largest...
point leaders in the same year. For several years, PHS also led the nation in most NFL All-Americans produced, and the school has been represented at the National Speech and Debate Tournament
National Speech and Debate Tournament
The National Speech and Debate Tournament is a week-long high school championship forensics competition hosted by the National Forensic League...
24 out of the past 26 years.
Notable alumni
- Shaun HillShaun HillShaun Hill is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
, NFL quarterback for the Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... - Derrel GofourthDerrel GofourthDerrel Gofourth was one of the most decorated offensive linemen in Oklahoma State University history in 1974-1976. He played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1977 to 1982 before moving on to the San Diego Chargers from 1983 to 1984.-External links:*...
, NFL offensive lineman for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
and San Diego ChargersSan Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...