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| name = Spring Valley High School
| image = Spring Valley High-WV.jpg
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| motto = Learn. Grow. Succeed.
| streetaddress = 1 Timberwolf Drive
| city = [[Huntington, West Virginia|Huntington]]
| state = [[West Virginia|WV]]
| zipcode = 25704
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|38.37865|-82.52725|type:edu_region:US-WV|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] [[High school#United States|Secondary]]
| established = 1998
| district = Wayne County
| superintendent = Todd Alexander
| director = 
| principal = John Hayes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svhs.wayn.k12.wv.us/staff/?page_no=2|title=Spring Valley High School - Staff|publisher=Spring Valley High School|accessdate=November 15, 2024}}</ref>
| teaching_staff = 64.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 15.39<ref name=NCES/>
| grades = 9-12
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| nickname = Timberwolves
| website = http://svhs.wayn.k12.wv.us
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| enrollment = 985 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=540150001023|title=Spring Valley High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
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| colors = [[Carolina blue]], [[Silver (color)|silver]], [[Navy (color)|navy]]
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'''Spring Valley High School''' is a [[high school#United States|high school]] located in an unincorporated portion of [[Wayne County, West Virginia|Wayne County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]], with a postal address in the nearby city of [[Huntington, West Virginia|Huntington]]. It is part of the Wayne County Board of Education system.

==History==
Spring Valley High School opened due to Buffalo High School, Ceredo-Kenova High School, and Vinson High School consolidating.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile: Spring Valley High School|date=November 17, 2007|url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/profile-spring-valley-high-school/article_b0999759-314a-52ee-bcbc-310572feb906.html#:~:text=History%3A%20Spring%20Valley%20High%20School,Kenova%20and%20Vinson%20high%20schools.|publisher=Herald Dispatch|access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

==Athletics==
===State championships===
====Pre-Consolidation State championships====
Listed below are all championships won by Buffalo High School (B), Ceredo-Kenova High School (C), and Vinson High School (V). The three schools were sorted into two different classes for most sports, Ceredo-Kenova High School and Vinson High School being in A, and Buffalo High School in AA.<ref name=champ>{{cite web|title=West Virginia - State Champion History|url=http://www.wvssac.org/state-champion-history/|publisher=West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>
{| border="1"
|-align=center style="background: #c0c0c0; color: white"
!
! State championships
! State runners-up
|-
! Sport
! Year(s)
! Year(s)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Baseball
|1976 (V), 1986 (V), 1995 (C), 1997 (V)
|1977 (B), 1985 (V)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Boys basketball
|1966 (V), 1968 (C), 1969 (C), 1976 (V), 1986 (V), 1995 (V), 1997 (V)
|1974 (V), 1983 (V), 1987 (V)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Girls basketball
|1993 (B)
|1992 (B), 1996 (B), 1989 (V)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Cheer
|1997 (C)
|1995 (B), 1995 (C), 1996 (V)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Boys cross country
| 
|1987 (C)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Football
|1948 (V), 1950 (V), 1951 (V), 1956 (V), 1957 (V), 1963 (C), 1965 (C), 1967 (C), 1971 (C), 1974 (C), 1975 (C), 1978 (C), 1981 (C), 1992 (B), 1994 (C)
|1966 (C), 1973 (C), 1979 (B), 1982 (C), 1983 (C), 1985 (B)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
|Golf
|1988 (V), 1991 (V)
|1987 (V), 1990 (V), 1992 (V)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
|Boys track
|1967 (C), 1975 (C)
|
|}

====Post-Consolidation State championships====
Listed below are all championships Spring Valley High School won after 1998.<ref name=champ/>
{| border="1"
|-align=center style="background: #c0c0c0; color: white"
!
! State championships
! State runners-up
|-
! Sport
! Year(s)
! Year(s)
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Cheer
|2010, 2017
|2003, 2013, 2015
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Football
|  
|2016, 2017, 2018
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Golf
|2001
|
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Softball
|2006
|
|-style="background: #000080; color: white"
| Volleyball
|2009, 2011, 2018
|2017
|}

== Clubs and Organizations ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*4H Club
*Chess Club
*Concert Band
*Esports Club
*[[Future Educators Association|FEA (now known as Educators Rising)]]
*HATS
*[[International Thespian Society]]
*Interact Club
*Jazz Band
*[[JROTC]]
*[[Lego]] Club
*Marching Band
*[[National Honors Society]]
*SOAR - Science Club
*Spanish Honors Club
*Speech and Debate Club
*TGIM
*Younglife
}}

===The Bands===
Spring Valley High School originally had a marching band during the summer/fall and a concert band during the winter/spring with most members participating in each.  Additionally, a Jazz Band was held as an after-school club.  Including auxiliary members, the band had nearly 200 members.  Over time the school has adjusted the music program, currently with a total of six different bands. The first band is the "Freshman Band", limited to freshmen. The "Symphonic Band" consists mainly of sophomores and juniors. The "Wind Ensemble" consists of juniors, seniors, and a few sophomores. The award-winning "Jazz Ensemble" was chosen to play at the West Virginia State Music Convention, the highest recognition a West Virginia jazz band can receive. In 2008–09, the program developed a Secondary Jazz Band along with a "Non-Marching Band" class. Students who are not in the marching band are required to enter the new class.

Since the school's inception, the "Marching Timberwolves" have won numerous awards in many competitions including their first time on the competition field in Hurricane, WV during the fall of 1998. In fact, the color guard went undefeated in 2010, winning first place at every competition including the biggest one held at Marshall University. Composed of approximately 15% of the school's total enrollment, the band's performances include appearances at the [[Gator Bowl]], [[Sugar Bowl]], [[Walt Disney World]], [[MGM Studios]], James Madison "Parade of Champions", and many amusement parks.

== Notable alumni==
===As Spring Valley High School===
*[[Michael Amos (politician)|Michael Amos]], [[West Virginia House of Delegates]], from the 27th district
*[[List of Jeopardy! contestants#Adriana Harmeyer|Adriana Harmeyer]], won $351,600 during her 15-day win-streak in June and has qualified three times over for the Tournament of Champions on ''[[Jeopardy!]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colegrove |first=Andrew |date=2024-06-07 |title=Huntington native wins 7th straight game on Jeopardy! |url=https://www.wsaz.com/2024/06/07/huntington-native-wins-7th-straight-game-jeopardy/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=[[WSAZ]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rather |first=Joey |title=West Virginia native ends 15-day Jeopardy! winning streak with $350,000+ |url=https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-native-ends-15-day-jeopardy-winning-streak-with-350000/ |website=[[WBOY]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maggie |first=Susa |date=2024-06-19 |title=Adriana Harmeyer earns more than $300K in 'Jeopardy!' winning streak |url=https://www.waynecountynews.com/news/adriana-harmeyer-earns-more-than-300k-in-jeopardy-winning-streak/article_079845ea-7630-596c-8bf6-faf72000843e.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Wayne County News |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Wyatt Milum]], college football offensive tackle for the [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia Mountaineers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvnstv.com/goldandbluenation/milum-stayed-home-found-early-success-with-wvu/amp/|publisher=[[WVNS-TV]]|title=Milum stayed home, found early success with WVU|date=2022|author=Decker, Ryan}}</ref>

===As Ceredo-Kenova High School===
*[[Don Robinson (baseball)|Don Robinson]], former [[MLB]] 3x [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robindo01.shtml|publisher=Baseball Reference|title=Don Robinson - Baseball Reference|access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Brad D. Smith]], former CEO of [[Intuit]], President of [[Marshall University]]<ref>{{cite news |date=May 11, 2010 |title=How Did I Get Here?, Brad Smith, Chief executive officer and chairman, Intuit|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-did-i-get-here/brad-smith.html|access-date=July 21, 2023 }}</ref>
*[[Michael W. Smith]], three-time [[Grammy Award]] and multiple [[GMA Dove Award|Dove Award]] winner who has charted in both [[contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]] and mainstream charts; his biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "[[Place in This World]]" hit No.&nbsp;6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; has sold more than 18 million albums{{citation needed|reason=no mention of this school in his article|date=November 2024}}

===As Vinson High School===
*[[Buzz Nutter]], former [[NFL]] [[Pro Bowl]] center and linebacker for the [[Baltimore Colts]] and [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], [[Virginia Tech]] sports hall of fame (class of 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/high_schools.cgi?id=93bf1b5e|publisher=Pro Football Reference|title=Buzz Nutter - Pro Football Reference|access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:Schools in Wayne County, West Virginia]]
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