Blackfoot High School

Blackfoot High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Blackfoot, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Blackfoot School District #55 in south central Bingham County.

History

Founded in the early 1890s, the current BHS building was built in the 1950s. It was given a new science wing in the mid-1990s and in the early 2000s, a new auditorium and gymnasium. The school, sitting adjacent to Stoddard Elementary, has full athletic grounds and a fine arts wing.

In July 2012, Blackfoot High School announced it would offer Shoshoni language classes.

Athletics

Blackfoot competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, the second-highest classification in the state. It is a member of the High Country Conference (4A) with Rigby and Bonneville. The 2012 football team successfully defended its 4A state title, the Broncos' third in four years.

State titles

Boys

• Football (4): fall <small>(4A)</small> 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012<small> (official with introduction of A-1 playoffs in fall 1979, A-2 in 1978)</small>
• (unofficial poll titles - 0) <small>(poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)</small>
• Cross Country (4): fall <small>(A, now 5A)</small> 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 <small>(introduced in 1964)</small>
• Soccer (1): fall <small>(4A)</small> 2011 <small>(introduced in 2000)</small>
• Basketball (1): <small>(A, now 5A)</small> 1939
• Wrestling (4): <small>(A-1, now 5A)</small> 1999, 2000; <small>(4A)</small> 2007, 2008 <small>(introduced in 1958)</small>
• Baseball (1): <small>(4A)</small> 2015 <small>(records not kept by IHSAA)</small>

Notable people

• Marion Jones Callister, attorney and federal judge
• David Cannon, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
• Josh Hill, NFL player
• Dustin Manwaring, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
• Luke Nelson, ski mountaineer
• Mike Simpson, congressman

References

External links

• Blackfoot School District #55