Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

Coordinates: 43°38′38″N 116°16′55″W / 43.644°N 116.282°W

Capital High School
Location
8055 Goddard Rd. Boise, Idaho U.S.[1]
Information
Type	Public
Established	September 1965 [2] 51 years ago
School district	Boise S.D. (#2)
Principal	Sandy Winters
Faculty	87
Grades	10–12
Enrollment	1,310 [3] (2012–13)
Color(s)	Gold, Silver, & Black [4]
Athletics	IHSAA Class 5A
Athletics conference	Southern Idaho (5A) (SIC)
Mascot	Eagle [4]
Rivals	Boise, Borah, Timberline
Newspaper	Flight
Yearbook	Talon
Feeder schools	Fairmont Junior High Riverglen Junior High
Elevation	2,670 ft (814 m) AMSL
Website	Capital 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 to 1976.^[5] The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978.^[6]

State titles

Boys

• Football (2): fall 1983, 1991^[7] (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
  • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974,^[8] 1977^[9] (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
• Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977, 2004, 2013 ^[10]
• Basketball (6): 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2014 ^[6][11]
• Baseball (3): 1989, 2009,^[12] 2014 ^[13] (records not kept by IHSAA)
• Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009, 2015 ^[14]
• Golf (1): 1974 ^[15]
• Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

• Cross Country (1): fall 1980 ^[10]
• Basketball (1): 1977 ^[16]
• Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988 ^[17]

Combined

• Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007^[5] (combined until 2008)

Notable alumni

• Bill Sali (1972) – former congressman
• Gary Stevens (1981) – thoroughbred horse racing jockey
• Curtis Stigers (1983) – musician
• Matthew Barney (1985) – artist
• Jake Plummer (1993) – former NFL quarterback
• Tobias Read (1993) – politician (Oregon House of Representatives)
• Bryan Harsin (1994) – college football head coach
• Ernie Hughes, NFL player^[18]
• Hailey Duke, alpine ski racer^[19]
• Geraldo Boldewijn, American football player

References

1. "Capital High School" (PDF). Boise School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
2. "Capital High School". Capital High School. Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
3. "Capital High School profile" (PDF). Boise School District. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
4. "Idaho High School Activities Association". IHSAA. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
5. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - Tennis champions - through 2012
6. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - Boys Basketball champions - through 2012
7. idhsaa.org - Idaho high school football - state champions
8. "Capital, Homedale, win mythical state grid titles". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 15, 1974. p. 2B.
9. "Capital unanimous choice as No. 1 large school". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 27, 1977. p. 3B.
10. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Cross Country champions through fall 2011
11. "5A state basketball tournament: 2014 bracket". Idaho HSAA. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
12. "5A state baseball tournament: 2009 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 16, 2009. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
13. "5A state baseball tournament: 2014 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
14. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - Boys Track champions - through 2012
15. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. - Golf champions - through 2012
16. idhsaa.org Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - Girls Basketball champions - through 2012
17. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - Girls Track champions - through 2012
18. "ERNIE HUGHES". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
19. "GO HAILEY GO". Townsquare Media Group. Retrieved June 3, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• MaxPreps.com – Capital Eagles
• Boise School District