Brentwood Middle and High School is a

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in Brentwood, St. Louis County,

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that is part of the

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. Brentwood High School was selected as a National

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in 2006. Brentwood High School opened in 1927, and in 1961, the school district added a

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addition to the building.

Activities

For the 2013–2014 school year, the school offered 15 activities approved by the

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(MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, field hockey, 11-man football, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls track and field, girls volleyball, and wrestling In addition to its current activities, Brentwood students have won several state championships, including: *Football: Runner up 2009 *Baseball: 1978, 1986 *Girls basketball: 1985 *Boys track and field: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1987, 1991MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport
/ref> *Winter Color Guard: 2012 The school also has had two state individual champions in wrestling, Rodney Carr (1973) and Greg Carr (1983).

Alumni

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: World-record-setting sprinter *

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: Co-founder of

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References

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