North Platte High School (Nebraska)
North Platte High School is a public secondary school in North Platte, Nebraska, United States.
Sports
In 2001, the football team went to the 2001 Nebraska State Championship, but lost 28-14.
North Platte competes in Class A, the highest classification of the Nebraska School Activities Association. It is the westernmost of the 32 Class A schools and thus faces extremely long trips throughout the season, since the next closest Class A school is Kearney High School, 95 miles east on Interstate 80. NPHS has rivalries with nearby Class B schools Cozad, Lexington, McCook and Ogalalla.
Mascot
The bulldog became the school's mascot in the 1921 football season, when coach Jim Keefe, before a game against Bayard, declared, "This game will decide whether you are skunks who spray their perfume and run, or bulldogs who grab and hold on until victory." After North Platte won the game, they telegraphed the news to Keefe, who had been unable to attend; the telegram was signed "The Bulldogs". The next year the name "bull dogs" appeared in the Round-Up yearbook. Several years later, the school song "We’re the Fighting Bulldogs" was introduced.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Nathan Enderle (2006), professional football quarterback; selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft[1]
- Roland Locke (1922), set a world record in the 220-yard dash when he ran it in 20.6 seconds in 1926;[2] Jesse Owens broke the record 10 years later by running the race in 20.3 seconds[3]
- Elaine Mardis (1980), professor in genetics at Washington University in St. Louis; co-director of The Genome Institute; her work as the director of the technology development group has helped create methods to sequence the human genome[4]
- Daryl Mundis (1982), Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the Hague appointed in 2013; previously a senior prosecuting officer for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague[5]
- Zane Smith (1979), former Major League Baseball player; pitched in the majors 1984-1996; played for the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Red Sox[6]
- Danny Woodhead (2004), running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League; won the Harlon Hill Trophy twice at Chadron State College for NCAA Division II school football players and donated one trophy to North Platte High School[7]
References
- ^ "Nathan Enderle #4 QB". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ "Locke Again Nicks World Dash Record". St. Petersburg Times. May 23, 1926. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Smith, Wilfrid (January 13, 1954). "I Was There". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "Elaine R. Mardis, Ph.D". The Genome Institute at Washington University. Washington University in Saint Louis. 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Registrar Daryl A. Mundis". Registrar Daryl A. Mundis. Special Tribunal for Lebanon. August 1, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Zane Smith". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ "Danny Woodhead #39 RB". NFL Enterprises LC. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
External links
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