Killeen High School is a 5A

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located in Killeen,

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. It is one of seven high schools in the

Killeen Independent School District Killeen Independent School District is a public school district based in Killeen, Texas ( USA). In addition to Killeen, the district serves the cities of Harker Heights and Nolanville as well as all students residing at Fort Hood. The district ...

, which is located in western Bell County. In 2011, the school was rated "

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" by the

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Athletics

The Killeen Kangaroos compete in the following sports: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

* Cross Country *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* Swimming and Diving *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

State titles

* Football - 1991 (5A/D1) * Boys Track - UIL Centennial Webpage
1978 (4A), 1979 (4A), 1980 (4A), 1981 (5A), 1991 (5A)

State finalists

* Football – 1954 (2A) * Volleyball – 1976 (4A) * Girls Water Polo – 1981, 1982, 1983 * Cheerleading — 2018 (6A) * Boys Swimming – 1979

Notable alumni

* Mark Adickes, former NFL player * Brandon Bernard, murderer *

Don Hardeman Donald Ray Hardeman (August 13, 1952 – June 2, 2016) was an American football running back in the National Football League. He has 5 sons, Don Hardeman Jr. (Hou), Eric Hardeman (Hou), Cedric Hardeman (Hou), Demetrius Hardeman (DC) and David Har ...

, former NFL player *

Juaquin Iglesias Juaquin Iglesias (pronounced Hwah-KEEN; born August 22, 1987) is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. Early years ...

, former NFL player * Anthony McDowell, former NFL player * David McMillan, former NFL player *

Gerald McNeil Gerald Lynn McNeil (born March 27, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers. He also played in the Unite ...

, former NFL player * Pat McNeil, former NFL player * Chris Morgan, current NFL coach *

Darrol Ray Darrol Anthony Ray (born June 25, 1958) is a former American football player for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Early years Ray spent his early years in Belgium, Germany, and France while his father served in the Unite ...

, former NFL player *

TaShawn Thomas TaShawn Thomas (born February 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the University of Houston and the University of Oklahoma before playing profession ...

(born 1993), basketball player in the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

* Craig Watts, former NFL player and coach

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