Minico High School, also known as Minidoka County High School, is a four-year

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in Minidoka County,

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, operated by the Minidoka County Joint School District #331. The

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are red and gold and the mascot is a

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History

Minico High School opened in 1955, consolidating four high schools: Rupert, Paul, Heyburn, and Acequia. Towns in the MHS jurisdiction include:

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, Burley (Minidoka Co. portion), Heyburn, Minidoka,

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, and Rupert. The campus is located on State Highway 25 (West 100 South) between the cities of Rupert and Paul, just west of the Rupert Country Club. The name Minico is a contraction of "Minidoka County." The only traditional high school in the county, its jurisdiction includes the entire county, as well as the rural Yale area in the panhandle of southeastern Blaine County and the very northeastern part of Lincoln County, near Kimama. MHS is fed by two middle schools: East Minico in Rupert and West Minico in Paul. The

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of the campus is above

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Activities

Minico offers a variety of clubs and student oriented programs including:

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, Student Body/Council Government, Business Club,

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, Young Democrats, French Club, Spanish Club,

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, Speech Arts Club, Ski Club, Mountain Bike Club, and FFA. Minico also features a cheerleading squad and the Spartan Dance Force. The school's student newspaper is ''The Spartan Chronicle''. Minico also offers three music organizations: band, choir and orchestra.

Athletics

Minico competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A and is a member of the Great Basin (West) Conference with Burley,

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, and

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, all located in the

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region of Idaho.IDHSAA School Information
/ref> In August 2009, the conference added Twin Falls and just-opened Canyon Ridge, both located in Twin Falls. Minico has many varsity sports including boys and girls

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, boys and girls

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, cross country,

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, and

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. Minico teams have had recent success in several sports. Spartan wrestlers won 4A state championships in several weight classes in 2006 and took the team title. MHS had previously won the state title in 1962 (one class) and 1969 (large school).idhsaa.org
- Wrestling champions - through 2012 The Spartan

team has recently been a power at the state level, with 4A state titles in 2005 and 2009 and was runner-up in 2007, losing the final 10–9 to Columbia of Nampa. It was the third time the Spartans were one run short in the state championship game. The 1982 team rallied to win the A-1 (now 5A) state title 7–4 over Lewiston, returning to the final after an 11–10 loss to Borah of Boise the previous year. The 2000 team made the A-1 final, but fell to Timberline of Boise in 11 innings. Baseball coach Ben Frank's teaching position (biology) at MHS was one of 19 eliminated in budget cuts by the school district in 2012. In ten seasons as head coach he had a record, with seven 4A state tournament trophies, including two state titles (2005, 2009). The 2007 football team went undefeated (8–0) in the regular season and won the Great Basin (West) conference. The Spartans defeated Rigby in a playoff to qualify for the 4A state tournament, but lost by three points in the quarter finals to

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, the eventual champions. Minico's main predecessor, Rupert High School, won three state titles: one in basketball (1925) and two in track (1924, 1947).

State titles

Boys * Basketball (1): 1925 (as Rupert H.S.) idhsaa.org
- Basketball champions - through 2012 *Wrestling (4): 1962, 1969 (co-), 1970; (4A) 2006 *Baseball (3): (A-1, now 5A) 1982; (4A) 2005, 2009 ''(records not kept by IHSAA, A-1 state tourney introduced in 1971, A-2 in 1980)'' * Track (2): 1924, 1947 (as Rupert H.S.)idhsaa.org
- Track champions - through 2012 Girls * Cross Country (1): ''fall'' (A, now 5A) 1992 idhsaa.org
Cross Country champions through 2011 ''(introduced in 1974)''

Notable graduates

* Lou Dobbs - journalist, television & radio host - Class of 1963 *

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- American-Israeli basketball player; won two Euroleague championships with Israel's

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- Class of 1970 *

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- actor, voice actor - Class of 1975 * Dan Barrera -

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References

External links

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Minico County Joint School District #331
{{authority control Public high schools in Idaho Educational institutions established in 1955 Schools in Minidoka County, Idaho 1955 establishments in Idaho