Preston High School (Idaho) Explained

Preston High School
Principal:	Russ Lee
District:	Preston Joint School District 201
Type:	Public^[1]
Location:	151 East 200 South
City:	Preston
State:	Idaho
Country:	US
Grades:	9 - 12
Enrollment:	760 (2022–23)
Faculty:	37.71 (FTE)
Ratio:	20.15
Feeders:	Preston Jr. High
Athletics:	IHSAA Class 4A^[2]
Conference:	Great Basin (East)
Mascot:	Indian
Colors:	Blue, White, & Gold
Yearbook:	Quiver
Information:	[phone]
Free Label:	Elevation
Free Text:	4710feet AMSL
Pushpin Map:	Idaho#USA
Website:	Preston High School

Preston High School is a four-year public secondary school in Preston, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Preston School District #201. The school colors are blue, white, and gold and the mascot is a Native American.

PHS was one of the primary filming locations for the 2004 hit movie Napoleon Dynamite, where movie director Jared Hess graduated in 1997.

Athletics

Preston competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A in the Great Basin (East) Conference with Pocatello and Century of Pocatello. Longtime in Class A-2 and its successor 3A, Preston moved up to 4A in 2004.^[3]

State titles

Boys

• Football (1): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1993 (official with introduction of A-2 playoffs, fall 1978)^[4]
  • (unofficial poll titles - 0) (poll introduced in 1963, through 1977)
• Cross Country (4): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1994, 2000; (3A) 2001, 2002 ^[5] (introduced in 1964)
• Basketball (9): (A, now 5A) 1946; (A-2, now 3A) 1968, 1989, 1990; (3A) 2001, 2003 ^[6] (4A) 2016,^[7] 2017, 2018, 2020
• Wrestling (1): (A-2, now 3A) 1979 ^[8] (introduced in 1958)

Girls

• Cross Country (6): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1994, 2000; (3A) 2001; (4A) 2008, 2022, 2023^[5] (introduced in 1974)
• Soccer (1): fall (4A) 2015 (introduced in 2000)
• Volleyball (5): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1981, 1983, 1994, 1995; (3A) 2002 ^[9] (introduced in 1976)
• Basketball (1): (A-2, now 3A) 1986 ^[10] (introduced in 1976)

External links

• • Preston School District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Preston High School. Public School Review. 2009-04-29.
2. Web site: Idaho High School Activities Association. IHSAA. 2009-04-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034723/http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf. 2011-07-17.
3. News: ADs advance plans for new 4A league. Idaho Mountain Express. Cordes. Jeff. October 29, 2003.
4. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf idhsaa.org
5. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/CrossCountry.pdf idhsaa.org
6. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org
7. http://idhsaa.org/manage/articlefiles/118-Boys%204A%20Championship.pdf idhsaa.org
8. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Wrestling.pdf idhsaa.org
9. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/SoccerVolleyball.pdf idhsaa.org
10. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org