East Nicolaus High School
East Nicolaus High School (ENHS) is in East Nicolaus, California in Sutter County, California. It has about 300 students. About 2/3 are white, a quarter hispanic, and the rest other ethnicities. It is on Nicolaus Avenue.[1] It is in the East Nicolaus Joint Unified High School District. The school is 25 miles north of Sacramento.[2] The small school has been known as a football powerhouse.[3] In 2015, its football team became the first from Northern California to win a state championship.[4] The school is in an agricultural area of rice fields and almond orchards.[5]
In 1931, the principal and some students visited the California Senate and were given the privilege of the floor.[6]
Spartans are the school mascot. The school colors are red, white, and black. From 1964 to 1998 Geoff Wahl was the school's football coach.[7] The team won four sectional titles and was palyong for a fifth in 2019.[8] The school's volleyball team competes in the Sacramento Valley League of the Northern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The team won three straight sectional titles.[9]
In 2017 the football team beat Durham High School to win the sectional championship.[10]
Alumni
[edit]- James Gallagher (California politician), Republican Minority Leader in the California Assembly
- Wally Herger[11] former U.S. Representative for California
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/east-nicolaus-joint-union-high/east-nicolaus-high-school-2079
- ^ https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/joe-davidson/article187755868.html
- ^ Maas, Phil (August 18, 2020). The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters. Hugo House Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-948261-32-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article50745575.html
- ^ https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article222104085.html
- ^ Senate, California Legislature (February 16, 1931). "The Journal of the Senate During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California" – via Google Books.
- ^ "East Nicolaus High School Football Coaching History". MaxPreps.com.
- ^ Appeal-Democrat, Mike Bush / Correspondent for the (November 22, 2019). "Spartans ready to attempt 5-peat, defeat Mt. Shasta 48-20". Appeal-Democrat.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ jlarson@appealdemocrat.com, Jeff Larson / (August 8, 2024). "East Nicolaus High reloading for possible 4-peat in NSCIF girls volleyball: Tagala, Hoffman return for senior prep seasons". Appeal-Democrat.
- ^ Dapper, Michelle (November 28, 2017). "East Nicolaus battles in the fog to win section championship" – via www.kcra.com.
- ^ Congress, United States (February 16, 1989). "Official Congressional Directory". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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