Bonanza High School

For other uses, see Bonanza High School (disambiguation).

Bonanza High School
Address
6665 Del Rey Ave Las Vegas, Nevada, (Clark County), 89146 United States
Coordinates	36°9′12″N 115°14′11″W
Information
Established	1976
Principal	Northey Henderson
Website	http://schools.ccsd.net/bonanza/

Bonanza High School is a high school in the Las Vegas Valley. It was built in the 1970s and was the ninth high school to open in the area.

History

Bonanza opened in 1976, and is built in the same configuration as Eldorado High School, Basic High School and Vo-Tech high schools. Since it opened its doors in 1976 Bonanza has always been a large school with anywhere from 2000-3000+ students. However with the city of Las Vegas growing faster than before, bigger high schools were constructed to help resolve the over-crowding of schools. In the 2004-2005 school year, many former Bonanza students were zoned to attend the newly opened Spring Valley High School.

Athletics

The Bonanza Bengals compete in Sunset 4A Region of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA).

Fall Sports Cross Country Football Women's Volleyball Men's Soccer Women's Golf Men's and Women's Tennis

Winter Sports Basketball Wrestling Women's Soccer Bowling

Spring Sports Lacrosse Track Baseball Softball Men's Golf Boys’ Volleyball Swimming and Diving

Bonanza's mascot is the Bengal. When the school first opened in the 1970s it won many state championships in basketball, wrestling, volleyball, tennis, and golf. Today Bonanza Athletics are best known for its Tennis and Lacrosse programs, with the varsity Tennis team winning the 4A Nevada State Championship in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, the Men's Lacrosse team winning state 3 consecutive times in 2007, 2008, and the Women's Lacrosse team 4 consecutive times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

• Lacrosse (Girls) - 2005, 2006, 2007 , 2008
• Lacrosse (Boys) - 2007, 2008, 2009
• Bowling (Girls) - 2009
• Soccer (Boys) - 1991, 1995, 1996
• Tennis (Boys) - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
• Volleyball (Girls) - 1987
• Volleyball (Boys) - 2011
• Soccer (Girls) - 2004

Notable alumni

• Greg Brower - Senator in the Nevada Senate and former United States Attorney for the District of Nevada
• Jenna Jameson - adult film actress
• Joe Kucan - actor, director, casting director
• Justin Leone - baseball outfielder, currently with the Fresno Grizzlies (SF)
• Gray Maynard - mixed martial artist, UFC veteran
• Frank Mir - mixed martial artist, former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, former undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion
• Scott Piercy - golfer on the PGA Tour
• Jason Reed - actor, musician
• Gerald Riggs - former professional football player
• Adam Seward - professional football player with the Carolina Panthers

External links

• Official site
• IMDB Trivia Site