York High School (Maine) Explained

York High School
Motto:"Knowledge is Power"
Established:1889[1]
Grades:9–12
Faculty:107 [2]
Students:573 (2016-17)[3]
Athletics:football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, Ice hockey wrestling, track and field, lacrosse, tennis, golf, cheerleading, field hockey[4]
Conference:Western Maine, Class B
Colors:Columbia Blue and white[5]
Mascot:Wildcat
Campus Type:suburban
Campus Size:small
Free Label:Newspaper
Free Text:Agamenticus Sun
Location:1 Robert Stevens Drive
Country:United States
Coordinates:43.155°N 70.6292°W

York High School is a public secondary school in York, Maine, United States.

Athletics

York High School has an athletic program with four coed sports, 11 female sports, and 10 male sports. The coed sports teams include golf, skiing, unified basketball and wrestling. The female sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, ice hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The male sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, ice hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis.[6]

The golf team, girls' basketball, indoor track and soccer teams won the state championships in 2010. The boys' ice hockey team won the Western Maine title in 2010 and the wrestling team has also had 6 state champions since 1995. Rick Clark, the girls' basketball head coach, was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2016 the school won its third straight Maine Class B Field Hockey title, having gone undefeated for each of the three years.[7] The boys indoor track team has seen particular success in the past eight years, winning five of the last eight Maine State Class B championships, the most recent being in 2019.[8]

Library

The Ethel "Babe" Sewall Library was named after Ethel Sewall, the first district librarian for the York School Department. Sewell was a leader in school libraries, having pioneered the integration of media and books, to support all learning styles. The library is staffed by Nicole Masterson and Alyssa Skaves.[9] The school provides students and staff with a variety of materials and databases to support the school curriculum and personal growth.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. May 29, 2019. York High School.
  2. Web site: Staff Directory . York High School . 7 May 2020.
  3. Web site: York High School. National Center for Education Statistics. February 19, 2019.
  4. YHS Profile - Web site: Archived copy . May 29, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509095823/http://www.yorkschools.org/yhs/documents/0708%20YHS%20Profile.pdf . May 9, 2008 .
  5. Home Page - Web site: Archived copy . May 29, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612201930/http://www.yorkschools.org/yhs/ . June 12, 2008 .
  6. Web site: York School Department. yorkathletics.rankonesport.com. 2019-02-23.
  7. Web site: Field hockey: York wins third straight Class B state title . 3 November 2016 . . 29 October 2016.
  8. Web site: HS boys track: York boys win fifth Class B state title in eight years. Pinsonnault. Jay. seacoastonline.com. en. 2019-02-23.
  9. Web site: CONTACT. yhslibrary. en. 2019-02-23.

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