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Rensselaer Central High School
Address
Map
1106 East Grace Street

Rensselaer
,
Indiana

USA
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalWilliam Zimmer
Grades9-12
Number of students522
Color(s)Red, Black and White
Team nameBombers
WebsiteRCHS 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 522. 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 their 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 outstanding football program.

On November 28, 2014, the Football Bombers won the ISHAA Class 2A State Football Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN, by defeating Evansville Mater Dei 45-21. The game pitted undefeated teams against each other. Coach Chris Meeks' Bombers, ranked second by the Associated Press, finished 15-0, with a Class 2A-leading average of 52.21 points per game. Mater Dei, top-ranked by AP, completed its season 14-1. Rensselaer set a record of 67 rushing attempts, while amassing a record 383 rushing yards in the title game. The Bombers set yet another record by rushing for 22 of their 24 first downs, compared to seven for the Wildcats. Rensselaer also held a time-of-possession advantage of 32 ½ minutes to 15 ½.

At the conclusion of the championship game, the IHSAA Executive Committee named Rylan Arihood of Rensselaer Central High School as the winner of the Class 2A Phil N. Eskew Mental Attitude Award.

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 2011–12 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 2011–12 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 2010–11 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.

See also

1. http://www.bps.k12.in.us/HighSchool/index.cfm 2. http://www.city-data.com/school/rensselaer-central-high-sch-in.html 3. http://dyestat.rise.espn.go.com/search.jsp?athID=193036 4. http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/rensselaer-central-bombers-%28rensselaer,in%29/sports.htm 5. http://www.almanacsports.com/football/history.php?media=&team=REN_CEN 6. http://www.saintjoe.edu/about/fast_facts.html 7. http://www.saintjoe.edu/ 8. http://www.bishopluers.org/ 9. http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=205054546 10. http://www.ihigh.com/school8642/ 11. http://www.wolframalpha.com/entities/cities_population/what_is_the_population_of_rensselaer,_indiana%3F/ly/cd/qe/

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