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in
Nampa
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Idaho
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, the oldest of three high schools operated by the Nampa School District #131. The
school colors
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are red white and blue and the mascot is a
bulldog
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Rivalries
Nampa has rivalries with Skyview (1996) and Columbia (2006) within the school district. Its traditional rival is
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to the west and Vallivue to the west all three are also members of the Southern Idaho Conference. In the summer of 2014, Nampa and Columbia moved up to 5A, while Skyview and Caldwell remained in 4A. Prior to the 1960s, Nampa had a strong rivalry with
Boise
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.
1949-50 streak
During the 1949-50 school year, Nampa's football, basketball, and baseball teams had a combined winning streak of 55 games. The football team won all nine games and the southern Idaho (Big Six) title, and the Bulldog basketball team, led by captain Wayne Blickenstaff, won all 29 games, concluded with an 18-point victory in the state title game. Both undefeated teams were coached by Babe Brown, formerly at the
University of Idaho
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. The Nampa baseball team won its first 17 games before its only setback of the season, a 4-2 loss to Boise on May 11. In addition, they most recently added a swim team to their array of sports combined with the other high schools in the area.
The Bulldogs were set to host the four-team state baseball tournament in late May, which included
Pocatello
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, Twin Falls, and defending champion Lewiston. The day before it was to start, an early morning automobile accident after a graduation party south of Lewiston killed three members of the LHS Bengals' team, and the tournament in Nampa was canceled.
State titles
Boys
* Football (1): ''fall'' (A-1 Div II, now 4A) 1984idhsaa.org - Idaho high school football - state champions
**''(unofficial poll titles - 0)'' - ''(poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)''
* Cross Country (5): ''fall'' 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1978idhsaa.org Cross Country champions through 2011 ''(introduced in 1964)''
* Basketball (1): 1950, and co-title in 1943 (south)idhsaa.org - Basketball champions - through 2012
* Wrestling (4): (A-1, now 5A) 1979, 1980, 1988, 1993 ''(introduced in 1958)''
* Baseball (2): (A-1, now 5A) 1974, 1975 ''(records not kept by IHSAA, state tourney introduced in 1971)''
* Track (3): 1951, 1952, 1959
* Marching Band (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017http://yea.org/programs/usbands - Marching Band Champions - 2007
Combined
* Tennis (1): 1982idhsaa.org - Tennis champions - through 2012 ''(introduced in 1963, combined until 2008)''
* Marching Band (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017
Notable alumni
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Jeff Agenbroad
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, state senator
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Justin Eilers
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for Idaho (1954–88)
* Dr. Karl W. Edmark (1924–94), cardiovascular surgeon and inventor of DC defibrillator, founder of
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Mike Kyle
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, wrestler; current
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, once fighting for the
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Indianapolis Colts
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