Blackhawk High School is a public
high school
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in
Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, United States, with a mailing address for nearby
Beaver Falls. It is the only high school in the
Blackhawk School District
The Blackhawk School District is a tiny, rural public school district that spans portions of two counties in Pennsylvania, United States. Blackhawk School District encompasses approximately . In Beaver County it covers the boroughs of Darlingt ...
. Athletic teams compete as the Blackhawk Cougars in the
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania. It is District 7 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Western Pennsylvania Inte ...
.
Demographics
According to the
Pennsylvania Department of Education
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, Blackhawk High School reported an enrollment of 733 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 25.7% of pupils being regarded as economically disadvantaged.
The school’s student population is 93.6% White, 0.7% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.8% Hispanic, and 3.6% are from two ore more races.
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Extracurriculars
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. Having a rich athletic tradition, the school offers multiple sports, including
wrestling
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,
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
,
soccer,
football,
baseball
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,
softball
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,
volleyball
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,
swimming
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,
tennis
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,
lacrosse
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,
hockey
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, and
track and field
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. It has a Football Mother's Club as well as a Quarterback Club. Blackhawk offers multiple opportunities for the musically talented. In the 2011 season, the Blackhawk men's varsity soccer team went undefeated for the first time, finishing with a record of 16-0-1, and defeating archrival,
Beaver, in the last game of the regular season for the section title. There is an orchestra, concert band, PIMBA championship winning marching band, competitive marching band, jazz band, pit orchestra for the musicals and plays, and indoor competitions consisting of indoor percussion competition and indoor color guard performances for the winter months. BHS also offers the Music Academy for students considering a professional job in the realm of music. These students have the opportunity to take more music related classes instead of academic classes and includes extra band classes. The music academy requires no higher academic achievement but does allow for less state required classes. Blackhawk High School has a proud history, beginning as a merger of the larger
Darlington Area School District, which dated back to the early 1920s as having a reputation in excellence, both on the athletic fields and in the classroom. Blackhawk High School also has a wealth of alumni that have gone on to greatness, and has a high legacy retention rate, allowing for a family friendly atmosphere of familiarity and comfort for its students. BHS is located in a scenic, rural space; surrounded by heavily wooded areas and fields of golden wheat, each morning, the sun rises over the hills to greet coming students. Football games are played on a new field located at the rear of the high school.
Notable alumni
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Greg Best
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, football player
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Dante Calabria, basketball player
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Clayton Hamilton, baseball player
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Brian Omogrosso, baseball player
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Brendan McKay, baseball player
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Archie Miller, basketball player and coach
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Sean Miller
Sean Edward Miller (born November 17, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach of the Xavier Musketeers. He previously was in that position from 2004 to 2009, after which he took the head coach position f ...
, basketball player and coach
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Adam Liberatore
Adam Joseph Liberatore (born May 12, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Career
Amateur
Liberatore is of Italian descent and attended Quigley Catholi ...
, baseball player
Andrew Havranek journalist
References
External links
School website
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Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Schools in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Educational institutions established in 1973
1973 establishments in Pennsylvania