North Henderson High School is a

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located in

Hendersonville, North Carolina Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It is south of Asheville and is the county seat of Henderson County. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leona ...

. It is one of four public high schools located in Henderson County. North Henderson was founded in 1993, as the majority of students were moved from the now closed Edneyville High School. North is located adjacent to Apple Valley Middle school which inherited the vast majority of their students from Edneyville Junior High. As of 2016, North Henderson had 1,023 students enrolled and 64 teachers on staff. The school

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is a Knight, and the

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are purple and gold.

History

In this 1993, the Hendersonville City School System merged with the Henderson County Schools to form the Henderson County School System. Many alumni of Edneyville High School fought to bring the name and mascot of the school to the new facility to no avail. (The current site of Edneyville High School is now the home of the Justice Academy, a North Carolina law enforcement training center.) While the Edneyville Yellow Jackets name only remains with the community elementary school, the awards, banners, and trophies from the high school are on display at North Henderson. In 2013, the Henderson County Education History Initiative held a fundraiser to raise funds to memorialize the former Edneyville High School site. The Edneyville Initiative was spearheaded by former Edneyville and North Henderson teachers Rosemary Pace and Nancy Edwards.'Calling All Yellow Jackets'
/ref> North Henderson's first, and longest tenured, principal was Charles Edward Thomas, who was also the last serving principal of Edneyville High School (1986–1993). The school held a student body vote for the school mascot, with the Knights winning the tally. Thomas drove to

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to haul in an enormous Knight that still sits in the school's Commons Area. The current principal of North Henderson High School is Dr. John Shepard.

Athletics

North Henderson is a member of the Western North Carolina Athletic Conference. As of 2016, North Henderson competes as a 3-A school in the statewide competition. North Henderson currently sponsors the varsity competition for men and women in

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, cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field, and

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. Varsity men's sports offered are

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, wrestling, and

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. Varsity women's sports offered are volleyball and

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. The following teams won team state championships, sponsored by the

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: * Cross Country (men): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 * Cross Country (women): 1997, 2000 * Track & Field (men): 1999, 2001, 2002 * Wrestling: 1994 The Knights play home football games at Glenn C. Marlow Stadium, and host basketball, volleyball, and wrestling at Tom Pryor Gymnasium, named in honor of legendary Edneyville High School Women's Basketball Coach. Pryor died in 2010, and he holds the record for most wins in state history in Women's Basketball.

Track & field and cross country

North also claimed relay championships in the men's 3200-meter relay (2001, 2002, 2003), the women's 3200-meter relay (2002), and the women's 1600 meter relay (2006). Individually, the Boys' Track & Field claimed 22 individual championships, and the Girls' Track & Field won 5 individual championships. North also claimed seven state cross country championships and seven individual state titles.

References

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