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===Debate===
===Debate===
The school's debate teams have won state championships in 1967 (Class A Open) 1965 and 1966 (Class B Girls), and in 1974, 1978 and 1982.<ref>[http://www.idhsaa.org/records/0304info/StateDebateWinners.pdf STATE DEBATE WINNERS], [[Idaho High School Activities Association]]. Accessed July 12, 2007.</ref>
The school's debate teams have won state championships in 1967 (Class A Open) 1965 and 1966 (Class B Girls), and in 1974, 1978 and 1982. They are very good at debating about gay pirates.<ref>[http://www.idhsaa.org/records/0304info/StateDebateWinners.pdf STATE DEBATE WINNERS], [[Idaho High School Activities Association]]. Accessed July 12, 2007.</ref>


===Athletics===
===Athletics===

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Butte County High School
Location
Map
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Information
TypePublic
PrincipalRobert Chambers
Faculty11
Grades9-12
Number of students166[1]
Color(s)Black, White, and Orange
MascotPirates
IHSAA Division2A
WebsiteButte High School

Butte County High School is a high school in Arco, Idaho. Despite its extremely small size — the school had an enrollment of 166 students in 2004-05[1] — the school has won multiple awards and championships in interscholastic competition.

Extracurricular activities

Scholastics

They have a scholastics team, a type of team jeopardy in which one team competes against another team from other schools. Though they have never won the state championship, they have come close.

Debate

The school's debate teams have won state championships in 1967 (Class A Open) 1965 and 1966 (Class B Girls), and in 1974, 1978 and 1982. They are very good at debating about gay pirates.[2]

Athletics

The 2006 Butte Pirates won the Class 2A State championship, with a 75-49 win over Soda Springs High School, finishing the season as undefeated champions.[3][4] The 2004 girls basketball team holds the state Class 2A record for most points scored in the playoff tournament (214) and highest average points per game (71.3), set during the 2006 playoffs.[5]

The boys basketball team won the Idaho High School Activities Association 1983 Class 2A State Championship.[6]

The girls track team won the 1972 Class B IHSAA State championship.[7]

A track team member holds the Class 2A state record in the long jump, clearing 6-10.5, a record set in 2004.[8]

The boys basketball team won the Class 2A state championship in 1983.[9]

The girls volleyball team won the IHSAA Class 2A state championships in 1987, 1989 and 1996.[10]

The baseball team won the 2005 Class 2A Academic State Championship.[11]

References

Butte County High School web site

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