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((Infobox school
 | name                    = Blacksburg High School
 | image                   = 
 | imagesize               = 
 | address                 = 3401 Bruin Lane
 | city                    = [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]]
 | state                   = [[Virginia]]
 | zipcode                 = 24060
 | country                 = USA
 | coordinates             = ((coord|37|14|27.1|N|80|24|30.1|W|type:edu|display=inline,title))
 | pushpin_map             = Shenandoah Valley#USA Virginia#USA
 | district                = Montgomery County Public Schools
 | superintendent          = Bernard F. Bragen, Jr.
 | principal               = Chris Stewart
 | fundingtype             = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
 | schooltype              = [[high school#United States|high school]]
 | grades                  = [[Ninth grade|9]]-[[Twelfth grade|12]]
 | language                = [[American English|English]]
 | rivals                  = [[Christiansburg High School]]<br />[[Pulaski County High School (Virginia)|Pulaski County High School]]<br />[[Radford High School (Virginia)|Radford High School]]<br />[[Salem High School (Salem, Virginia)|Salem High School]]
 | team_name               = Bruins
 | colors                  = ((Color box|blue|border=silver)) ((Color box|gold|border=silver)) Blue and gold
 | conference              = [[Virginia High School League]]<br>[[Section 4A West]]<br>[[Conference 32]]
 | established             = 1952
 | enrollment              = 1,284<ref>((cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5102520&ID=510252001016|title=Blacksburg High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 26, 2019))</ref>
 | enrollment_as_of        = 2019-20
 | website                 = [http://www.mcps.org/bhs/ Blacksburg High School]
))

'''Blacksburg High School''' is a [[high school]] in the [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] public school division.  The school serves the town of [[Blacksburg, Virginia]] and surrounding areas of the county.

==History==
The first Blacksburg High School was located in the former Blacksburg Female Academy building downtown on the block between Draper Road (formerly Water Street) on the east and Otey Street on the west; and between Roanoke and Jackson Streets (on the south and north respectively). The Female academy was created in the 1840s by an act of the Virginia General Assembly. By 1908, the Female Academy had closed and the town had established public school at that location. A yearbook and other published data bearing the name Blacksburg High School exists from the time when the school occupied the Female Academy building. In 1916, a dedicated high school building was constructed in the same block adjacent to Otey Street.<ref>((Cite web |title=Campus Buildings |url=https://history.unirel.vt.edu/content/history_unirel_vt_edu/en/physical_plant/campus_buildings.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Virginia Tech History |language=en |quote=Architecture Annex (built 1916, 15,808 GSF, 140 Otey Street NW) This building was erected in 1916 as 'Blacksburg High School' at a cost of $10,000. It was purchased by the university at auction in 1965 for $310,000 as part of a three-building package of former school buildings. It was initially used as an architecture studio; now houses landscape architecture, urban affairs, urban and regional planning, and environmental design and planning programs of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.))</ref> Photographs in the Virginia Tech collection from the 1920s and 1940s show this building and the structure itself bears a cornerstone dated 1916. Today the building is owned and used by Virginia Tech.

In the 1930s a dedicated Elementary School building was constructed on the corner of Roanoke Street and Draper Road (immediately next to the old Female Academy building). In the early 1950s, the Female Academy building was finally demolished.

The third Blacksburg High School was constructed in 1952 and was located on South Main Street in Blacksburg, VA, The fourth Blacksburg High School  was built in 1974. After moving out, the old building housed Blacksburg Middle School, but Blacksburg High School still returned to use the football stadium behind their original building until a new stadium was constructed in October 2008 behind the new Blacksburg Middle School. The 1952 Blacksburg High School building was demolished in the Summer of 2011, 7 years after the middle school moved out.

In 2002 the mascot of Blacksburg High School was changed from the Indian to the Bruin after extensive debate and controversy. The corresponding middle school mascot, the Brave, was changed to the Titan.

On February 13, 2010, following a snowstorm that dropped two feet of snow on the area, the gymnasium roof of the 1974 Blacksburg High School suffered a catastrophic structural failure and collapsed, causing structural damage to other areas of the school. The school building was condemned and students attended night school on a split schedule with the Blacksburg Middle School students at their school for the remainder of the year. It was determined that repair costs would exceed $18 million and would not be feasible given the age of the school; it was decided not to repair the building. For the next two years, until the school year of 2013-14, Blacksburg High School operated on a normal schedule in the Blacksburg Middle School building at 3109 Prices Fork Road, and the middle schoolers went to school in the old Christiansburg Middle School.

The new school building is located at 3401 Bruin Lane, behind the current Blacksburg Middle School and Bill Brown Football Stadium. It opened in the 2013 fall semester.

== Academic recognition ==
The Newsweek list of "America's Top Public High Schools" lists Blacksburg High School at 617 for 2012, which was down from 2011 where the school ranked 384. Blacksburg High School was ranked at 422 for 2009 while the highest ranking for 2008 was 227.  Blacksburg High School was ranked 164 in 2003. This status is based partially upon how many Blacksburg High School students elect to take the [[Advanced Placement]] Exams.

== Athletics and extracurriculars ==
Blacksburg High School is a member of the Virginia High School League and competes in the AAA [[River Ridge District]], a district in Region IV of Group AA. Blacksburg formerly competed in the AA [[Blue Ridge District]], which it had joined when the AA New River Valley District dissolved.  Blacksburg has captured the Wachovia Cup, later the VHSL Cup, the VHSL's award for overall excellence in athletics a record 15 times, in 1989-90, 1990–91 (tied), 1992–93, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2020–21.<ref name=VHSL />((rp|283, 284))

===Soccer===
Blacksburg has won state championships in boys' soccer in 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2018,  more  than any other high school in Virginia.<ref name=VHSL>((Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_7KGbWzA0LxeHVlbXdYeERsamM/view?resourcekey=0-sLdnRcl0D4SpZL-cjlSYzw |title=Virginia High School League Record Book 26th Edition|date=February 2023|access-date=20 February 2023 |publisher = Virginia High School League ))</ref>((rp|56))

Blacksburg holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak, with 87 wins from 1998–2001. During this streak they 64 consecutive wins, the second most in league history.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|56))

The Blacksburg Girls Soccer program has a state record 78 straight games unbeaten from 2014–2017, including state championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|58,59))

===Tennis===
Blacksburg were boys' state champions in 2015 and 2021,<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|84))

===Football===
Blacksburg High School won state championships in 1977, 1989, and 2016.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|30,31))

===Basketball===
Blacksburg High School won state championships in boys' basketball in class IB for 1965 and 1968.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|11)) The girls won state championships for girls' basketball in 1978, 1982, 1992, 1993, and 2002.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|17))

===Swimming===
Blacksburg High School won state championships in boys' swimming in class 4A in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and runner up in 2022 and 2023. The girls won the state championship in 2021 and have been runner up in 2016, 2019, and 2020.<ref name=VHSL/>

===Cross Country===
The cross country program has won 25 state championships and 11 runner-up state finishes. The Bruin boys won state championships for cross country in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2022.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|21)) The Blacksburg boys have the state record with the most state championships, with 10.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|21)) The girls won state championships in cross country in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,and 2022,<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|25,26)) These wins also give Blacksburg the record for most state championships for girls cross-country with 19, and most consecutive championships with 7 (tied).<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|26)) ((citation needed span|date=February 2023|In 2009, 2013, 2014 the Blacksburg girls xc team was invited to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, OR. The girls were 6th nationally in 2009, 31st in 2013, 7th in 2014. The girls also won the Nike Southeast Championships in North Carolina in 2012 the Blacksburg Boys finished 10th at nationals.  The Roanoke Times has awarded Blacksburg athletes with the Cross Country Athlete of the Year several times.))

===Track===
====Indoor====
Blacksburg holds state championships in boys' indoor track in 1972 (tied with Radford High School), 2013, and 2017<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|95,96)) State  championships in girls' indoor track were won in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015m and 2019.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|113))

====Outdoor====
State championships for boys' outdoor track were won in 1949, 1981, and 1982.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|126)) State championships for girls' outdoor track were won in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, and 2019.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|154, 155))  Blacksburg is ranked #1 for most championships in girls' outdoor track & field for Virginia with twelve.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|155))<ref group=Note name=Note01/>

=====Notes=====
((reflist|group=Note|refs=
<ref name=Note01>Reference actually states that the school has won eleven titles, but the count is missing the 2014 title from the previous page.</ref>))

====Records and national results====
((unreferenced section|date=January 2018))
Blacksburg has five indoor state meet records in the boys 4x800, boys 1600 and 1000 meter runs and in the girls 1600 and 3200 meter runs. The Blacksburg Boys won the Nike Indoor Nationals 4xmile in 2010. In 2014 the Blacksburg Boys 4x800 ran the US #5 time in US history in the 4x800 (7:41) and ran 7:37 in the outdoor season for the #2 time in the nation that year. The Blacksburg girls Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team broke the national high school record at the New Balance Nationals winning in 11:31. Those records have since been broken. Blacksburg has both Virginia AA state meet records in the 4x800 and the girls 3200 meter run. The girls 4xmile team in 2014 Indoor season won the national title in New York.

===Golf===
Blacksburg has won state championships in boys' golf in 1968, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2022.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|40,41))

===Band===
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The BHS Band program (Marching, Concert and Symphonic) is one of the best in the state of Virginia - a 30 time Honor Band. The marching band competes at the AAA Level.

===Choir===
((unreferenced section|date=February 2023))
Blacksburg High School has always offered a variety of vocal musical experiences to its students and alumni. The select vocal ensemble, "Madrigal Singers” along with “Women’s Chorale” and “ManBand” consistently earn superior ratings at VCDA District Performance Assessment.

===Theatre===
((unreferenced section|date=February 2023))
Blacksburg High School is home to thespian troupe 3600. In spring of 2014, BHS Theater put on Legally Blonde. Since then, students have performed Into the Woods, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin Jr., and Annie Get Your Gun, among with other notable plays and musicals.

=== Forensics and debate ===
From 1988 to 2003  the school won 15 consecutive Group AA state titles in forensics.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|223))  The debate team won the 2007 and  2010 VHSL Group AA state titles.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|212)) In 1999 the combined speech and debate teams were named one of the top five teams in the country at the National Catholic League Tournament in Chicago.((citation needed|date=February 2023))

===VHSL Scholastic Bowl===
Blacksburg won the state championship in the [[scholastic bowl]] in 1999 and again in 2010.<ref name=VHSL/>((rp|204)) They tied for 97th in the NAQT National Competition in 2017, their highest ever finish.((citation needed|date=February 2023))

== Notable alumni ==
*[[Josh Kaufman]] — Season 6 winner of [[NBC]]'s vocal competition show ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]''<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/season-6/josh-kaufman/|title=The Voice: Josh Kaufman|work=NBC|access-date=2014-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606195842/http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/season-6/josh-kaufman|archive-date=2014-06-06|url-status=dead))</ref>
* [[Lanto Griffin]] - Professional golfer on the PGA tour
* James Ritchie - Percussionist, Assisstant Principle Timpanist for the [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]]<ref>https://www.dso.org/about-the-dso/meet-the-orchestra/james-ritchie</ref>
* [[Shane Beamer]] - Head football coach, [[University of South Carolina]] [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|Gamecocks]]<ref>((Cite web|title=Shane Beamer - Football Coach|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/shane-beamer/1033|access-date=2021-12-21|website=University of South Carolina Athletics|language=en))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* [http://www.mcps.org/bhs/ Blacksburg High School Website]
* [https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=60&schoolName=945 Virginia Department of Education Report Card]

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