Randolph-Henry High School
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Randolph–Henry High School is a public high school, and the only high school located in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. The high school has been recognized by numerous sources as a high standard achieving rural high school.[1] Notable aspects of the school include the school agricultural farm, on which students in agriculture classes "work", as well as Statesmen Computers, a company that provides computers to colleges and universities throughout Virginia; these computers are built and distributed by students as well.[2]
scoobert In 1965, Randolph–Henry High School began the integration process by admitting the first black students after court mandate.[3]
Athletics
Randolph-Henry is classified as a Double A school by the Virginia High School League and is part of the A James River District and A Region B.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Their mascot, the Statesmen was inspired by the patriotism of the country's early leaders, such as John Randolph and Patrick Henry, for whom the school is named.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The school's baseball team has won two state championships in 2002 and 2005 and has won the Regional Championship eight times.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Over fifty former baseball players from Randolph-Henry have gone on to play college in the past 40 years. Over that span of time, three coaches (Dick Bankston, Donnie Reebals and Billy Catron) combined to produce over 600 Varsity victories.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The school's golf team, coached by Kelly Powell, is one of the best in the state, winning the state in 2005. They also placed third in the state in 2006, and second in the state in 2016. The varsity boys tennis team, coached by Kenny Howard, is also extremely talented, winning the A James River District for seven consecutive years, and being the A Region B runners-up during each of those years. In 2007, Zack Pack became the A State Boys' Tennis Singles Champion, following three years of being the Region B runner-up. Chris Boyd won the State Title for Randolph-Henry as a Junior in the 215 division of wrestling.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Three Randolph-Henry athletes have signed with NCAA Division I football teams since 2000: John McCargo and Ryan Hathaway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". John McCargo of Drakes Branch, VA signed with the North Carolina State Wolfpack in 2002.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After being a redshirt as a freshman, McCargo played three years with the Wolfpack until entering the NFL draft in 2006, and signing with the Buffalo Bills as a defensive lineman.[4] Ryan Hathaway of Keysville, VA signed with Norfolk State University in 2007.[5][6] Joe Reed played for University of Virginia from 2016 to 2019 and was listed as a first-team all-ACC player.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Academic teams
Randolph-Henry has several excellent and award-winning academic teams including theatre, forensics, ACE, and yearbook. The ACE, or Scholastic Bowl team has won the James River District Championship in the All-Around category for six consecutive years, and competed in the State Championship in 2001-2002, and also for the 2008–2009 school year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Forensics Team claimed a 14 year James River District Tournament Championship title from 1999-2012. In addition, the forensics team was VHSL State Champion in 2004 and 2011 and was State Runner up in 2009, 2010, and 2012. The team has had seventeen individual state champions: William Deford (1965), Ann Roger (1965), Brian Gard (1988, 1989 & 1990), William Collins (1992), April Hamilton (2001), Josh Goff (2003), Lewis Tedesco (2004), Sam Catron (2006), Sameera Gadiyaram (2007), Katie Cross (2009), Savannah Ketchum (2010), Mary Margaret Watkins (2010 and 2011), Ryan Larson (2011), Dayton Dunnavant (2011), and Brittany Guill (2011), Josh Lacks (2012).[7]
References
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- ↑ "Randolph Henry High School". greatschools.net. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
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