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Humboldt, Kansas Humboldt is a city in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Neosho River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,847. History 19th century Humboldt, named after Baron von Humboldt, was founded in 1 ...

, United States, and operated by Humboldt USD 258 school district. As of the 2014–2015 school year, Humboldt High School has an enrollment of 182 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 91:9.

Academics

Humboldt High School operates on an 7:55 am to 3:25 pm schedule, which includes eight periods. Classes follow traditional scheduling. Although there are eight available periods, students may only take a maximum of seven classes. Students attend the same classes Monday through Friday.

Extracurricular activities

The extracurricular activities offered at Humboldt High School are small and fairly limited due to the school's small size. The Cubs are classified as a 3A school. Throughout its history, Humboldt has won two state championships.

Athletics

The Humboldt Cubs compete in the Tri-Valley League. Humboldt High School offers several sports including football, basketball, baseball, track, volleyball, cross-country, cheerleading, and many more. Due to the small school population, many students are multi-sport athletes.

Basketball

The Cubs boys' basketball team won the state championship in 1969 under Coach Don Walburn.

Football

The Cubs football team was named Tri-Valley League Champions in 2006 and 2007. Humboldt won the Tri-Valley League championship in football in 1968 as well and went undefeated.

Boys' Golf

The boys' golf team won the 2002 state championship at Turkey Creek Golf Course in Burrton, Kansas.

State championships

Non-athletic activities

Scholar's Bowl

The Cubs Scholar's Bowl team won four straight TVL titles from 1998 to 2001, and was the State runner-up in 2001, losing the lead on the last question of the championship round.

Journalism

Humboldt High School's Journalism Department has won 30 Kansas Scholastic Press Association regional journalism championships and 14 state championships (1975, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009), and has retired two separate traveling trophies by winning three-straight championships in a row twice. Journalism students at HHS have won 61 individual state championships. The school newspaper ''Cub Tracks'' has been continually published since 1973. It was inducted into the National Scholastic Press Association's Hall of Fame at that association's Fall Convention in 2000, and won 3rd place in the National Best of Show competition at that same event. Since the All-Kansas Competition began in 1991, ''Cub Tracks'' has won a top rating 14 times. The Cub yearbook has also won numerous top ratings from the KSPA.

Notable alumni

George Sweatt George Alexander "Sharky" Sweatt (December 7, 1893 – July 19, 1983) was an American second baseman in Negro league baseball. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs and Chicago American Giants from 1922 to 1927. Life During his youth, Sweatt w ...

, former baseball player for the

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

and the

Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...

, the only player in the league to play in all of the first four

Negro League World Series The Negro World Series was a post-season baseball tournament that was held from 1924 to 1927 and from 1942 to 1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east-coast counterparts. The series was a ...

while with those two teams

References

External links

Official school website

Humboldt City Map
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