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43°38′38″N 116°16′55″W / 43.644°N 116.282°W / 43.644; -116.282

Capital High School
Location
Map
8055 Goddard Rd.

Boise
,
Idaho

U.S.[1]
Information
TypePublic
Established1965 [4]
School districtBoise S.D. (#2)
PrincipalJohn Ruzicka [1]
Faculty87
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,310 [2] (2012–13)
Color(s)Gold, Silver, & Black [3]      
AthleticsIHSAA Class 5A
Athletics conferenceSouthern Idaho (5A) (SIC)
MascotGolden Eagle [3]
RivalsBoise, Borah, Timberline
NewspaperFlight
YearbookTalon
Feeder schoolsFairmont Junior High
Riverglen Junior High
Information(208) 854-4490
Elevation2,670 ft (814 m) AMSL
WebsiteCapital High School

Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho. Opened in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A in the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC). The longtime rivals are Boise and Borah. The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972–76. The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978..

State titles

Boys

  • Football (2): fall 1983, 1991[5] (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
    • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974,[6] 1977[7] (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  • Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977 [8]
  • Basketball (5): 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 [9]
  • Baseball (2): 1989, 2009 (records not kept by IHSAA)
  • Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009 [10]
  • Golf (1): 1974 [11]
  • Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

  • Cross Country (1): fall 1980 [8]
  • Basketball (1): 1977 [12]
  • Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988 [13]

Combined

  • Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007[14] (combined until 2008)

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b "Capital High School" (PDF). Boise School District. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  2. ^ "Capital High School profile" (PDF). Boise School District. 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Idaho High School Activities Association" (PDF). IHSAA. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  4. ^ "Capital High School". Capital High School. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. ^ idhsaa.org - Idaho high school football - state champions
  6. ^ "Capital, Homedale, win mythical state grid titles". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 15, 1974. p. 2B.
  7. ^ "Capital unanimous choice as No. 1 large school". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 27, 1977. p. 3B.
  8. ^ a b idhsaa.org Cross Country champions through fall 2011
  9. ^ idhsaa.org - Boys Basketball champions - through 2012
  10. ^ idhsaa.org - Boys Track champions - through 2012
  11. ^ idhsaa.org - Golf champions - through 2012
  12. ^ idhsaa.org - Girls Basketball champions - through 2012
  13. ^ idhsaa.org - Girls Track champions - through 2012
  14. ^ idhsaa.org - Tennis champions - through 2012
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