Fort Benton High School

Fort Benton High School

Type	Public
Established	1921
Principal	Mr. Scott Gragg
Students	115
Address	1820 Washington Street , Fort Benton, Montana , USA 47°49′23″N 110°40′03″W
Campus	Rural
Colors	Cardinal Red, White, and Gold
Affiliations	Cheerleading, Majorettes, Speech & Drama, Band, Choir, News paper/Annual, B Club, Student Council, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, and Pep Club
Mascot	Longhorns
Website	fortbenton.k12.mt.us

Fort Benton High School is a high school in Fort Benton, Montana. Home of the Mighty Longhorns, the Fort Benton School District serves students living in: Fort Benton, Loma, and Carter, with total population nearing 2,000 people. It is located 36 miles (58 km) north east of Great Falls.

About the school

Total 2010-2011 enrollment is 553 students, grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The high school currently has 115 students, making Fort Benton a Class C school in the Montana High School Association.

Fort Benton's goals are that each student:
1. Students are the first priority at Fort Benton Public Schools

The high school building was built in 1943. after a Fire destroyed the original building that was built in the summer of 1920

The Fort Benton School district has had 5 separate building in the history of the district with the Original building built 1856 and then the separate building after the fire was built in 1920 the Elementary and High School that housed Chouteau County High School and then the current Elementary and High School that houses Fort Benton High School built in 1963

Athletics

The Fort Benton Longhorns have had to move with the economy with what District, Division, and Classification they are placed in. Being one of the original founding schools in the MHSA, Original Classification: Class AA 1891-1931 Class A 1932-1977 Class B 1978-1982 Class A 1983-1988 Class B 1989-2008 Class C 2009-Current

Central A
Northern A
Northeast B
Northern B
Southern B
South/Central B
Northern C
District 1B
District 6B
District 7C/8C

Football

The Fort Benton Longhorn Football team holds the longest running state playoff record out of all Class A' B' and C' Schools 20 state playoff shows from the Longhorns, Under Retired Coach Kevin Smith and Current Coach Pat Munson

Head Coach: Pat Munson
Assistant Coach: Skip Ross
Assistant Coach: Colton Kassmeier
Assistant Coach: Adam Olson

State Championships: 2002,
State Runner-Up: 2003, 2004

Volleyball

Fort Benton Volleyball

Head Coach: Christa Sprout
Assistant Coach: Julie McGinnis
Manager: Austin McGrann

State Champions:
State Place:
Division Champions: 2010, 1993, 1992
Division Place: 4th-2009, 4th-2008, 3rd-2007
District Champions: 1993, 1992, 1991
District Place: 3rd-2010 2nd-2009, 4th-2008, 3rd-2007, 2nd-2006

Boys' Basketball

Head Coach: Kevin Shaw
Assistant Coach: Hardy Ohara

State Champions: 1953, 1952, 1951
State Place: 3rd-1973, 2nd-1972, 2nd-1956, 2nd-1955, 2nd-1954, 2nd-1950
Division Champions: 1973, 1972, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950
Division Place: 4th-2006
District Champions: 2010, 2006,
District Place: 3rd-2009, 4th-2008, 2nd-2007, 2nd-1996, 2nd-1992, 2nd-1991,

Girls' Basketball

Head Coach: Robert Schoonover
Assistant Coach: Marta Ferguson

State Place: 3rd-2003, 2nd-2000
Division Champions: 2002, 2000
Division Place: 2nd-2003, 2nd-1999, 3rd-1998
District Champions: 2014, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999
District Place: 4th-2010, 4th-2009, 3rd-2007, 2nd-1998

Wrestling

Head Coach: Kevin Lefurgey
Assistant Coach: Dan Holskey
Assistant Coach: Tyler Starmen

State Championships:

Boys' and Girls' Track

Head Coach: Kevin Shaw
Assistant Coach: Christa Sprout

Boys' State Championships: 2003, 2001, 1987, 1986, 1985
Girls' State Championships: 1997, 1983, 1982

Golf

Head Coach: Skip Ross
Assistant Coach: Rosemary Koch

Boys' State Championships: 2011, 2010, 2000
Girls' State Championships: 2011, 2010, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992

Tennis

Head Coach: Brian Scott
Assistant Coach: Sheril Scott

State Champions:
State Runner-up: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Divisional Champions: Many list coming soon

Gymnastics

Program Retired

State Championships: 1973
State Runner-ups: 1972 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980

Activities

Cheerleading

Coach: Diane Lehman

B Club

Advisor: Pat Munson

B Club plays a large part throughout the school. They are responsible for creating banners supporting the classes and sports teams that are displayed in the gymnasium. They are also responsible for creating locker signs for participants in athletics and activities to show support.

National Honor Society

Advisor: Pat Munson
National Honor Society is a group of students who have shown exemplary academic performance.

Band

Director: Evan Goldhaughn

The Pep band plays at almost all FBHS athletic events Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling

Choir

Director: Evan Goldhaughn

Speech and Drama

Fort Benton S & D has been a very competitive team that is contention for the state and division championships. Fort Benton now stands as a single team. Placing first in divisional standing alone for the first time in three years [2014].

Divisional Championships: 2014, 2013, State Championships: 2010, 1953

Newspaper/Annual

Advisor: Carley V.
This group is responsible for the production and quality of the Annual yearbook.

Chouteau County High School

Fort Benton High School was originally named back in 1891 when the first building was built Chouteau County High School which served all towns in Chouteau County which the high school first had about 200 students and then after the first building burnt to the ground in 1920 and the new building currently housing the high school was built the school split into 4 high schools Highwood, Geraldine, Big Sandy, and Fort Benton

Currently Fort Benton has two buildings. Big Sandy two, Highwood one, and Geraldine has one.