Public school in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States
Sandpoint High School is a four-year public secondary school[5] in the northwest United States, located in Sandpoint, Idaho. It is the larger of the two high schools in the Lake Pend Oreille School District; the other is Clark Fork in Class 1A. The SHS school colors are red and white and the mascot is a bulldog.
Athletics
Sandpoint competes in IHSAA Class 4A,[3] the second-highest classification in the state. It is a member of the Inland Empire League (4A), along with Lakeland (in nearby Rathdrum) and Moscow, 135 miles (220 km) south.
SHS formerly had rivalries with Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston; both are in IEL 5A.
State titles
Boys
- Soccer 13: fall (A-1 Div II, now 4A) 2000, (4A) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 [6][7] (introduced in 2000)
- Football (1): fall (A-1 Div.II, now 4A) 1997 [8][9]
- Wrestling (6): (A-1, now 5A) 1994, 1995, 1996; (4A) 2001, 2002, 2003 [10] (introduced in 1958)
- Track (1): (4A) 2003 [11]
- Baseball (1): (4A) 2006 [12]
Girls
- Soccer (8): fall (A-1 Div II, now 4A) 2000, (4A) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2019 [7][13] 2014 (introduced in 2000)
- Volleyball (14): fall (A-1, now 5A) 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984,[14] 1985, 1986,[15][16] 1994, 1995, 1999;
(A-1 Div II, now 4A) 2000, (4A) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 [7] (introduced in 1976)
- Cross Country (3): fall (4A) 2002,[17] 2013,[17][18][19] 2014,[17][20][21](introduced in 1986)
Academic Decathlon
The school's Academic Decathlon program has been successful in statewide and national competitions. The 2006 team placed first at the Idaho Academic Decathlon State Competition and traveled to San Antonio for the national finals, placing 17th overall and earning the title "Rookie of the Year" in Division II.[citation needed] In 2008, Sandpoint won six of the nine overall individual medals and placed second in the state; SHS scored its highest team score ever, with more than 43,000 points out of a possible 60,000.
The 2009 team represented Idaho in the online nationals competition for medium-sized schools and placed first overall.[22]
In 2010, the state competition was hosted by Sandpoint, the first time it was held outside the Boise area in its 26-year history. SHS defeated Centennial of Boise in March. represented Idaho at the national championship in April at Omaha, Nebraska,[23] and finished fifth in Division II.[24]
Historic building
The previous SHS building of 1922, located less than a mile northeast at 102 S. Euclid Avenue, was later used as an office building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999,[25] it is now the Sandpoint campus of North Idaho College for residents of Bonner County.[26]
