Marshalltown High School (MHS) is

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located in

Marshalltown, Iowa Marshalltown is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa, United States, located along the Iowa River. It is the seat and most populous settlement of Marshall County and the 16th largest city in Iowa, with a population of 27,591 at ...

and is home to 1,600 students in grades 9–12. It is a part of the

Marshalltown Community School District Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Marshalltown, Iowa. Entirely located in Marshall County, the district serves almost all of Marshalltown, Albion, and Haverhill. , the superintendent ...

. The district, and therefore the high school, serves almost all of Marshalltown,

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, and Haverhill.

History

The first Marshalltown High School was located north of downtown Marshalltown on Grant Street before moving to the present Miller Middle School. In 1965, the present Marshalltown High School building opened and has experienced minor additions including a

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, weightroom,

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and classroom wings. The Marshalltown High School athletics facilities include both outdoor and indoor sports accommodations. The outdoor facilities include

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and softball fields, as well as a track. The indoor facilities include a swimming pool, and a gymnasium, known as the "Roundhouse", which has accommodations for basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and track. All areas are served by concessions, restrooms, parking and men's and women's locker rooms. The Roundhouse was renovated in 2015 to include additional sports locker rooms and the wooden bleachers were replaced with ADA-approved plastic bleachers. The MHS swimming pool area was also renovated to include windows to be able to view from the hallway and additional pool deck space. The Marshalltown Court Complex, consisting of twelve tennis courts and three

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courts, was completed in October 2020 and is used by the Boys and Girls Tennis teams.

Activities

Students at Marshalltown High School have a wide array of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to choose from, including athletics,

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, music, speech, drama, foreign language clubs, color guard and cheer.

Athletics

Marshalltown High School sports teams are known as the Bobcats; their uniforms display the school's colors of

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and

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. The school fields athletic teams in 21 sports including: * Summer: Baseball and softball **Baseball (1964 Baseball State Champions) * Fall: Football, volleyball, girls' swimming and diving, girls' cross country **Boys' cross country (6-time State Champions - 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986) **Boys' golf (5-time State Champions - 1958, 1959, 1960, 1979, 1980) **Volleyball (1994 State Champions) * Winter: Boys' swimming, boys' bowling, girls' bowling **Boys' basketball (4-time State Champions - 1956, 1960, 1961, 1966) **Girls' basketball (1986 State Champions) **Wrestling (3-time State Champions - 1924, 1925, 1926) * Spring: Girls' track and field, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, boys' tennis, girls' tennis **Boys' track and field (1985 State Champions) **Girls' golf (4-time State Champions - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005)

Notable alumni

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player, played for the school in 1869. * George C. Armstrong, Illinois state senator, newspaper editor, and businessman *

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. He formerly played for the

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. He played both 1st base and catcher, however he enjoyed little success at the professional level. *

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, the only midwife for whom an obstetric maneuver is named, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1958. * Rick Glenn, professional

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Featherweight * John Hurlburt (1898-1968), NFL player * African American educational innovator Laurence C. Jones graduated in 1903. *

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Darwin Judge, 1974 graduate of Marshalltown High School & United States Marine Corps MSG was KIA April 29, 1975 being one of the last two Americans killed in Vietnam. *

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, the American television commercial and feature film director, best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work. graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1992. Mr. Kosinski made his big-screen directorial debut with the Disney Digital 3-D science fiction film Tron: Legacy in December 2010. * Coach

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began his coaching career with the Marshalltown wrestling team, leading them to a state championship during the 1925–26 school year.Adolph Rupp: Kentucky's Basketball Baron By Russell Rice / *

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and in Europe, including '' Saint Joan'', '' Bonjour Tristesse'', '' Breathless'', ''

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