Twin Falls High School
Twin Falls High School
Address
1615 Filer Avenue East

Twin Falls
,
Idaho
83301

United States
Coordinates42°34′19″N 114°27′11″W / 42.572°N 114.453°W / 42.572; -114.453
Information
TypePublic[1]
Established1907[1]
PrincipalRyan Nesmith [2]
Faculty53.18 (FTE)[3]
Grades9–12 [1]
Enrollment1,208 (2019–20)[3]
Student to teacher ratio22.72[3]
Color(s)Columbia blue, navy blue, white[2]      
AthleticsIHSAA Class 4A
Athletics conferenceGreat Basin (West)
Team nameBruins[2]
RivalCanyon Ridge
NewspaperThe Bruin News
YearbookBruin
Websitewww.tfhsbruins.com

Twin Falls High School is a public secondary school in Twin Falls, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools operated by the Twin Falls School District #411.[4]

School history

Twin Falls High School was founded in 1907. Citizens passed a bond in 1909 to construct the high school building and a supplemental bond in 1911 to complete construction. Formal dedication of the original high school, located on Shoshone Street next to the Twin Falls County Courthouse, occurred in February 1912.

The current Twin Falls High School on Filer Avenue opened in September 1954. The original high school building became Twin Falls Junior High School (now O'Leary Middle School). The original building was condemned and torn down in the early 1980s after O'Leary moved to a new location in 1979.

Athletics

Until 2009, TFHS was among the largest high schools in the state, classified as 5A (enrollment over 1,280 students) by the IHSAA. With the opening of Canyon Ridge High School in western Twin Falls in August 2009, both schools were classified as 4A (four-year enrollment between 640 and 1,279).[5] A crosstown rivalry between TFHS and CRHS has since developed.[6]

With the move to down to 4A in 2009, TFHS also changed conferences. It is currently a member of the Great Basin (West) Conference, competing against Canyon Ridge, Burley, Jerome, Minico, and Wood River, all located in south central Idaho's Magic Valley.[7]

Twin Falls won the 5A state championship in football in 2004 and in boys' basketball in 2006. After dropping to Class 4A, the Bruins won the boys' state basketball championship in 2010, and the state baseball championship in 2011[8] and 2014.[9]

The water polo team and bowling team won state championships in 2007. The boys' cross country has won three state titles in a row since 2007, and both golf teams have won many state titles, as well. The Bruin track team won many championships in the 1970s and continue to be a state power. The last state team track championship was in 1997. The boys' soccer team became state champions in 1992, only three years after the team was founded.

State titles

Boys

  • Football (1): 2004[10]
  • Cross Country (6): fall 1970, 1971, 1976, 2007, 2008; (4A) 2009 [11]
  • Soccer (1): 1992 (unofficial until 2000) [12]
  • Basketball (3): 1974, 2006; (4A) 2010 [13]
  • Baseball (4): 1988, 1990; (4A) 2011,[8] 2014[9]
  • Track (11): 1925, 1928, 1948, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1993, 1997 [14]
  • Golf (18): 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2007; (4A) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 [15]

Girls

  • Cross Country (8): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2016 [11]
  • Track (9): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1987 [16]
  • Golf (11): 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 [15]

Coed

  • Tennis (1): 2000 [17]

Enrollment

Twin Falls High School's final year as the only regular public high school in Twin Falls was 2008–09. The year also represented the final year Twin Falls High School did not include 9th grade. Beginning in August 2009, both Twin Falls and Canyon Ridge included grades 9 through 12. Twin Falls High School draws its students from the eastern half of the city.[18]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Twin Falls Senior High School". Public School Review. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Idaho High School Activities Association" (PDF). IHSAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ Twin Falls School District – Schools (accessed 29 August 2001)
  5. ↑ IDHSAA School Information
  6. ↑ Twin Falls-Canyon Ridge Rivalry (accessed 24 December 2011)
  7. ↑ Hicks is here CRHS football coach meets players
  8. 1 2 "2011 4A State Baseball Bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 21, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  9. 1 2 "2014 4A State Baseball Bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Idaho high school football – state champions
  11. 1 2 idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Cross Country champions through 2011
  12. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Soccer champions – through 2011
  13. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Basketball champions – through 2012
  14. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine – Track champions – through 2012
  15. 1 2 idhsaa.org Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine – Golf champions – through 2012
  16. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Girls Track champions – through 2012
  17. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Tennis champions – through 2012
  18. ↑ Twin Falls School Board sets zones for high schools
  19. ↑ "Twin Falls' Easley wins game against Phillies". The Times-News. Associated Press. 24 April 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  20. ↑ Bashore, David (June 2, 2011). "Twin Falls' Cy Sneed earns Gatorade Player of the Year honors". Twin Falls Times-News. Retrieved May 21, 2016.


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