Big Spring High School
| Big Spring High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
707 E 11th Place Big Spring, Texas 79720-4648 United States | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| School district | Big Spring Independent School District |
| Principal | Mike Ritchey |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1093[1] (2017) |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class AAAA |
| Mascot | Steers/Lady Steers |
| Website | Big Spring High School |
Big Spring High School is a public high school located in Big Spring, Texas and classified as a 4A Division I school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is part of the Big Spring Independent School District located in north central Howard County. The high school building was dedicated on March 23, 1952. The dedication address was given by J.W. Edgar, State Commissioner of Education. This was the first new high school built in 35 years, and the third in the districts history.[2] In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.[3]
UIL Academic Events
The Big Spring Steers compete in the following UIL Academic Events - Events below have both team and individual components unless specifically noted otherwise. Sanctioned high school academic events are:
- Accounting
- Calculator Applications
- Computer Applications (individual competition only)
- Computer Science
- Congressional Debate
- Current Issues and Events
- Literary Criticism
- Mathematics
- Number Sense
- Ready Writing (individual competition only)
- Science
- Social Studies
- Spelling and Vocabulary
- Speech (an award is given to the top overall school in speech events; the award does not qualify students for advancement)
- Cross-Examination Team Debate (team competition only)
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate (individual competition only)
- Extemporaneous Informative Speaking (individual competition only)
- Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking (individual competition only)
- Poetry Interpretation (individual competition only)
- Prose Interpretation (individual competition only)
- Congressional Debate
- Journalism (an award is given to the top overall school in journalism events; the award does not qualify students for advancement)
- Editorial Writing (individual competition only)
- Feature Writing (individual competition only)
- Headline Writing (individual competition only)
- News Writing (individual competition only)
- One-Act Play (team competition plus individual awards that do not lead to advancement)
Athletics
The Big Spring Steers compete in these sports - [4]
Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Swimming, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball & Baseball
The school competes in class 4A in all sports except for swimming and diving which competes in class 5A
State Titles
Team
- Boys Cross Country - [5]
- 2006(4A)
Individual
State Finalists
State Semi-Finalists
- Volleyball - [13]
- 2013 (3A)
Other State Placings
- 2011 Girls Track 2nd Place team[14]
- 2011(3A)
- 2nd Place Girls Long Jump
- 2nd Place Boys Long Jump
- 2nd Place Girls 400 Relay
- 2nd Place Girls 800 Relay
- 3rd Place Triple Jump
- 2017 (4A)
- 2nd Place Boys 1600 Relay
- 4th Place Boys 400 Meter
- 5th Place Boys 300 Hurdles
- 6th Place Boys 400 Relay
- 6th Place Boys 800 Relay
- 4th Place Girls 400 Meter
- 4th Place Girls Discus
UIL Academic State Meet
State Titles
Individual
- Congressional Debate [15]
- 2016 (4A)
- Editorial Writing [16]
- 1990(4A)
- Feature Writing [17]
- 2008(4A)
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate [18]
- News Writing [21]
- 1990,[22] 2009(4A)
- Number Sense [23]
- 2009(4A)
- Persuasive Speaking [24]
- 2011(3A)
- Prose Interpretation [25]
- 1978(4A), 1979(4A)
- Spelling [26]
- 1977(4A), 2001(4A)
- Typing [27]
- 1948(2A)
Team
Other State Placings
- 1947
- 3rd Place Shorthand
- 1990
- 2nd Place News Writing
- 2002
- Octa-Finalists: Cross-Examination Debate
- 2003
- 3rd Place Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- 2004
- 2nd Place Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- 2nd Place: Headline Writing
- 2nd Place: News Writing
- 3rd Place: Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- 4th Place: News Writing
- 6th Place Informative Extemporaneous Speaking
- 2005
- 3rd Place Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- 3rd Place: Feature Writing
- 6th Place Poetry Interpretation
- 2006
- Quarter-Finalists: Cross-Examination Debate
- 2009
- 2nd Place: Feature Writing
- 3rd Place: Headline Writing
- 3rd Place: Literary Criticism
- 2010
- 3rd Place Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking
- Octa-Finalists: Cross-Examination Debate
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
Notable alumni
- Larry Arnhart- writer and scholar, graduated from Big Spring High School in 1967.
- Dan Birdwell - defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders
- Ken Coffey - safety for the Washington Redskins
- Olie Cordill - halfback for the Cleveland Rams
- Jim Evans - wide receiver for the New York Jets
- Bob Flowers - center for the Green Bay Packers
- Bubba Franks - Green Bay Packers tight end; although born in California, was raised and played high school football in Big Spring.[30]
- Tony Franklin - Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins; barefoot kicker set 18 NCAA records playing at Texas A&M, He led the NFL in scoring (140 points) and field goals made (32) in 1986 and was selected to represent the AFC in the Pro Bowl. Played in Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XX
- Charley Johnson - quarterback for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Cliff Patton - guard for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Stephan Pyles - Chef and restaurateur. Owner of Stephan Pyles, Samar, and Stampede 66 in Dallas.[31]
- J. T. Smith — wide receiver for the St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs. Played 13 years in the NFL, then coached the San Angelo indoor team. Played at North Texas State after finishing at Big Spring High School. He was inducted to the Big Spring Hall of Fame and in 2002. JT was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team in 1980 and the NFC Pro Bowl team in 1988. He also led the NFL in total punt returns in 1979 & 1980.
- Ryan Tannehill - quarterback for the Miami Dolphins
- Charlie West - safety for the Minnesota Vikings
References
- ↑
- ↑ BSISD Schools
- ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
- ↑ The Athletics Department
- ↑ Final UIL Team Results 2006
- ↑ 2010 3A Boys Triple Jump Results
- ↑ 2011 3A Girls Long Jump Results
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ UIL Football Archives
- ↑ UIL Baseball Archives Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ UIL Volleyball Archives Archived December 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ UIL Girls Track Archives Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.uiltexas.org/files/academics/speech/UILCongress-2016-awards.pdf
- ↑ UIL Editorial Writing Champions Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ UIL Feature Writing Champions Archived April 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ UIL Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champions
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ UIL News Writing Champions Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑ UIL Number Sense Champions
- ↑ UIL Persuasive Speaking Champions
- ↑ UIL Prose Intrpretation Champions
- ↑ UIL Spelling Champions
- ↑ UIL Typing Champions
- ↑ UIL Journalism Team Champions Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑ Daniel "Bubba" Franks bio (2000 NFL draft preview) on packers.com, the official website of the Green Bay Packers
- ↑ http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/cheryl-hall/20120721-stephan-pyles-taps-his-truck-stop-roots-for-newest-culinary-oasis.ece?nclick_check=1
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