Rensselaer Central High School

Rensselaer Central High School
Rensselaer Central High School
Address
	1106 East Grace Street; Rensselaer, Indiana; USA
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	William Zimmer
Grades	9-12
Number of students	602
Color(s)	Red, Black and White
Team name	Bombers
Website	RCHS home page

Rensselaer Central High School is a high school in Jasper County, Indiana and is located in Rensselaer, Indiana. The school is a member of the Hoosier Athletic Conference and the current student enrollment is 602. The school is administered by the Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation.

Rensselaer School

Rensselaer is a small town in North Western Indiana, and is home to 6,096 residents. This rural town is halfway between Indianapolis and Chicago. The local college was once a place where the Chicago Bears had their training camps, but no longer have them there today. Rensselaer is one for the books; they have schools, farmlands, and sports. Rensselaer takes pride in their sports, and have numerous ones to offer.

Sports

Rensselaer (2) has many things to offer at their school, besides the schooling. Rensselaer offers nine sporting activities at the high school; Football, Baseball, Boys/Girls Basketball, Boys/Girls Soccer, Boys/Girls Tennis, Softball, Volleyball, Boys/Girls Swimming, Wrestling, Boys/Girls Cross Country and Boys/Girls Track. This school has plenty of sports options open when it comes to playing in high school. As this school progresses, it has gone higher in division rankings. The baseball program started out 2A, then in 2006-2007 they were bumped up to 3A. The reason why a school goes up in division is due to how many male, or female students attend the school. The thing is this does not happen with every sport, at Rensselaer the football team is 2A, along with the Tennis, Swimming, Wrestling, Cross Country, and Track. Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and Basketball are all 3A sports here. Rensselaer does not have numerous state championships, but Rensselaer is known for there sportsmanship. Rensselaer excels in all of these events, especially the football and track programs.

Football

Rensselaer Central is known for many things, but mostly football. Rensselaer takes pride in their football program and tries to succeed no matter what. In the past five years Rensselaer has won 5 sectional titles, and 2 regional titles (4). In 2009 Rensselaer played went to semi-state, where they played Fort Wayne Luers (5). Rensselaer ended up losing at semi-state 21-52, but put up one good fight. In 2010, Rensselaer did exactly the same thing accept this year Rensselaer had gone undefeated all the way up to the semi-state game. The Regional Game was won against the Bremen Lions, by a score of 35-28. The Bremen Lions (1) were 9-3 before they were beaten for their fourth loss, which ended there run for a state championship. This led to Rensselaer advancing to the semi-state game against the Fort Wayne Luers, which was a tough team. Fort Wayne Luers were 13-1 heading into this game (8). Fort Wayne was also ranked number two in the state right behind the Rensselaer Bombers who were ranked number one. This was a game that one could say to be clash of the titans. A number one team versus a number two team, two of the best teams in the state going head to head. The Fort Wayne Luers ended up beating the Rensselaer Bombers in this semi-state game 21-42.

Baseball

Rensselaer Baseball has had rough patches throughout the years, but is sticking with it. Rensselaer has been doing some rebuilding when it comes to the sport of baseball. Rensselaer has struggled in the past, but have started to turn things around in 2010 Rensselaer went 11-12. Rensselaer would end up losing to Griffith 7-3 in the first round of Sectionals. Rensselaer has hired a new head coach for the 2011-2012 season, Ed Schlueter(6). Ed Schlueter is a St. Joseph's College Graduate, who also played baseball for the Saint Joe Pumas. Rensselaer's Baseball Team will open up their 2011-2012 season on March 31, 2012, against rival school Kankakee Valley Kougars.

Track & Field

Rensselaers Track & Field is 2A, and is running towards another year of track season. Rensselaers Boys Track Team is coached by Daniel Yeager, who is also the Rensselaer Central Middle Schools Cross Country coach, and a Saint Joseph's College Graduate. Dan Yeager Graduated from Saint Joseph's with his teaching degree, and is currently teaching at Van Rensselaer Elementary School. The Girls Track coach is Linda Kaufman, Miss Kaufman is also the Girls Varsity Volleyball coach and Middle School Physical Education Teacher. In 2010, Rensselaer had a senior graduate by the name of Braylon Gagnon (9). He is currently on the Indiana State University Track and Field Team. Braylon is a Discus Thrower for Indiana State, and did not compete in the 2011 season. In 2010-2011 seasons the Rensselaer Girls Track Team had Chelsea Meeks make it the State Meet in Discus Throwing. She ended up placing 5th at the state meet, and is only a junior for Rensselaer.

Cross Country

Rensselaers Cross Country teams placed 3rd (men) and 6th (women) in their Sectionals in 2011, and are bringing back some exceptional runners for the 2012 season. John Urbano, and Sam Madson will be leading the boy’s team after Trent Nagel, a senior at Rensselaer who will be graduating in June. The Girls Cross Country team is bringing back some other great runners, Rachel Dobson, and Morgan Garrity. These four young runners for Rensselaer will be running for Coach Sid Dobson for a few more years. Sid Dobson is the Varsity Boys/Girls Cross Country coach, and is Rensselaer Middle Schools 7th and 8th grade Wrestling coach.

External links

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