Eastside High School (EHS) is a

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located in Taylors, a suburb of

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, United States. It is a public school under the jurisdiction of the

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Principals

Eastside has had 14 principals throughout its history. *John Durr: 1970–1973 *Eddie Jones: 1973–1975 *Leonard Pellicer: 1975–1977 *J. Brodie Bricker: 1977–1987 *Betty Workman: 1987–1988 *Lacy Wilkins: 1988–1993 *Ken Peake: 1993–1995 *Dave Quick: 1995–1998 *Buddy Blackmon: 1998–2000 *Sheryl Taylor: 2000–2006 *John Tharp: 2006–2010 *Michael Thorne: 2010–2019 *Tina Bishop: 2019–2024 *Todd Stafford: 2024–present

Athletics

Eastside High School's teams have won over 51 state championships. Eastside's athletics is most noted for wrestling, soccer, cross country, swimming, volleyball, and basketball. *Cheerleading: 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 *Football: 1977 *Boys cross country: 1987, 1988 *Boys golf: 2009 *Boys soccer: 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2022 *Boys swimming: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *Girls cross country: 2011, 2016 *Girls soccer: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2023 *Girls swimming: 2017, 2018, 2019 *Girls tennis: 1980 *Girls volleyball: 2011, 2015 *Wrestling: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 *Boys Tennis 2016, 2018 *Baseball: 2019, 2022

Notable alumni

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, played

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References

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