Eunice High School
Eunice High School is a public high school located in Eunice, in the far western end of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is operated by the St. Landry Parish School Board.[1] Eunice High graduated its first class in 1910; the current building was built in 1966. In 1969, St. Landry Parish's former Charles Drew High School for African-American students was merged into Eunice High as part of desegregation.[2] The address is 301 S Bobcat Dr. Eunice, LA 70535
Eunice High School athletics
Eunice High is a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.
The Eunice High School Battling Bobcats are in District 4-4A and participate in football, baseball, softball, track, basketball, and tennis.
Championships
Football championships
- (2) State Championships: 1982, 2018
Notable alumni
- Danneel Ackles (Class of 1997) - actress
- Kyries Hebert - professional football player[3]
- Curtis Joubert - former mayor of Eunice and member of Louisiana House of Representatives, was a teacher, basketball coach, and assistant principal at Eunice High School in early 1960s[4]
- Elwyn Nicholson - Louisiana state senator from Jefferson Parish from 1972 to 1988; grocery chain owner[5]
- Keith Ortego - football player[6]
- Tharold Simon - former NFL defensive back, played NCAA football at LSU, drafted by Seattle Seahawks
- Dale Sittig (Class of 1959) - director of Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority; former member of Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives
- Stuart Turner - MLB catcher for Cincinnati Reds, won national championship at LSUE in 2012, attended Ole Miss where he won Johnny Bench Award for best NCAA catcher; drafted by Minnesota Twins and claimed by Reds in Rule 5 draft
References
- Eunice High Student Handbook Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- History of Eunice High Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Kyries Hebert". databaseFootball.com 1. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- "From the Files of The Eunice News, November 1962". eunicetoday.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- "Sen. Elwyn Nicholson, a West Bank grocer, Jean Lafitte National Park proponent, dies at 90". New Orleans Times-Picayune. October 10, 2014. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- "Keith Ortego". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
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