South Davidson Middle and High School
| South Davidson High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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14956 S. NC Highway 109 , | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1989 |
| Oversight | Davidson County Schools |
| Principal | Mike Lawson |
| Teaching staff | 34 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 423 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Blue White |
| Athletics | 1A |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Yearbook | The Lair |
| Website | South Davidson High |
South Davidson High (SDHS) is located near Denton, North Carolina. South's points of pride are: Meeting Acceptable Yearly Progress (AYP) under Federal No Child Left Behind Act for 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06. They have been nicknamed the Wildcats. They are adjoined to South Davidson Middle School.
History
South Davidson High School started originally as Denton High School. Denton High School started in 1929, as part of a plan to bring a public high school to southern Davidson County. Denton Elementary School now stands where the old high school was in the 1920s. Denton High School remained in the town of Denton, NC until 1988. Due to being outdated and overcrowded the building was changed to an elementary school, and a new high school was built one mile north of town to its current location, and opened in 1989. It was named South Davidson High School. When the new high school opened, Silver Valley Elementary which was a feeder school for nearby Central Davidson High School, became a feeder school for South in addition to Denton. In 2009, a new wing was opened, including a new band room, new administrative offices, and eight new classrooms.
Administration
- Principal – Mike Lawson
- Assistant principal – Rhonda Gallimore
Feeder schools
- South Davidson Middle
- Denton Elementary
- Silver Valley Elementary
Athletics
SDHS is in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, a part of the Yadkin Valley 1-A Conference and has teams in Wrestling, soccer, basketball, football, tennis, softball, baseball, track and field, cross country, and golf. South is known for have a very good wrestling team, especially in the early 2000s, under direction of former coach Mike Crowell. Cowell lead the Wildcats to a 2003 state championship in wrestling. The girls basketball team won 3 straight Yadkin Valley Conference tournament titles between 2011–13, as well as being ranked in the top 10 in 1A constantly. The boys basketball team had a lot of success the past couple seasons as well. On December 21, 2010, the Wildcats beat Central Davidson High School 70–69 in double overtime, this was the first time South had beaten Central in almost 20 years. They won their 1st ever NewBridge Bank Christmas Classic over East Davidson High School 96–72. The Wildcats also scored 113 points on Gray Stone Day School on January 17, 2012, which is a conference record for margin of victory. The SDHS Cross Country Team won the state title in 2000,[1] The SDHS Track and field 3200 meter relay team won the state title in 2001.[2] as well as a state runner-up in the 4×800 relay in 2015.
South (known then as Denton High School) was home to former baseball player Max Lanier. Lanier played for the St. Louis Cardinals from April 20, 1938 to July 4, 1953. He was 108–82, with a .196 slugging %. He had a 3.77 ERA all time.
Caroline Smith, a former swimmer for South Davidson, was a 2008 Olympic Trial qualifier. She was a 5x North Carolina state high school champion, high school All-American, and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She earned a scholarship to Florida State University, where she was a 2-time ACC Honor Roll student, as well as holding swimming records at FSU.
South has inter-conference rivalries with North Moore High School and Chatham Central High School.
Notable alumni
- Chris Cook - NASCAR producer