Boone High School is a

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located in

Boone, Iowa Boone ( ) is a city in Des Moines Township, Boone County, Iowa, Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, Boone County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encom ...

, United States. The school's mascot is the Toreadors, and their colors are red and green. It is part of the Boone Community School District.

Athletics

The Toreadors compete in the

Raccoon River Conference The Raccoon River Conference is a nine team high school athletic league in central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class o ...

in the following sports:

Fall sports

*Cross country (boys and girls) *Swimming (girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Football

Winter sports

*Basketball (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1920, 1921, 1931) *Wrestling ** 3-time State Champions (1923, 1924, 1925) *Swimming (boys)

Spring sports

*Track and field (boys and girls) *Golf (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 2-time State Champions (1946, 1970) *Tennis (boys and girls) ** Girls' - 2008 Class 2A State Champions *Soccer (girls) *Baseball ** 2-time State Champions (1965, 1967) *Softball

Notable people

Alumni

Pete Kostelnick Pete Kostelnick (born September 12, 1987) is an American ultramarathon runner most well known for his world record for fastest coast-to-coast crossing of the United States by foot, in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes. He is a two time Badwater Ul ...

, Ultramarathon runner * Joyce Lonergan, former Iowa state legislator * Chad Rinehart, NFL player * Allen C. Winsor, district judge

Faculty

Bucky O'Connor Frank "Bucky" O'Connor (December 21, 1913 – April 22, 1958) was a college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team from 1949 to 1958. Born in Monroe, Iowa, O'Connor spent much of his early life play ...

, former coach and athletic director *

Bob Vander Plaats Robert Lee Vander Plaats (born April 12, 1963) is an American politician and political activist. Since 2010, he has been the president and CEO of The Family Leader, a social conservative organization in Iowa. Active in Republican Party politi ...

, politician, former teacher

References

External links

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