Newport High School is a

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

Newport, Oregon Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. Newport was named for Newport, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

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. It is one of five high schools in the Lincoln County School District. As of 2008, the school offers the

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into ...

Academics

In 2008, 67% of the school's seniors received a

high school diploma A high school diploma or high school degree is a North American academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically obtained after a course of study lasting four years, from grade 9 to gra ...

. Of 211 students, 141 graduated, 44 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 21 were still in high school in 2009. Newport also offers a teen parent program, which provides child care for children of high school students while they continue to attend school.

Sports

State champions

Team

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 ...

: 2005 (Division 3A Large), 2006 (Division 3A Large), 2019 (4A/3A/2A/1A) *

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 ...

: 1964 (Class A-2), 1965 (Class A-2), 1967 (Class A-2), 1974 (Class AA), 2008 (Class 4A) * Girls'

track & 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 ...

: 2011 (Class 4A) * Boys'

: 2019 (Class 4A) * Girls'

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 ...

: 1978 (Class AA) * Boys'

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 ...

: 2016, 2017(Class 4A) * Boys'

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

2018, 2019, 2020 4A/3A/2A/1A

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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 ...

: 1969 (Class A-2) * Boys' basketball: 1959 (Class A-2) * Girls' basketball: 1982 (Class AA) * Boys'

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

: 2005 (Class 3A/2A/1A), 2013 (Class 4A/3A/2A/1A), 2014 (Class 4A/3A/2A/1A) * Baseball: 1975 (Class AA), 1986 (Class AA), 2007 (Class 4A) *

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 ...

: 1995 (Class 3A), 2001 (Class 3A) * Cheerleading: 2000 (Class 3A/2A/1A Coed), 2002 (Class 3A), 2003 (Class 3A Large), 2004 (Class 3A), 2007 (4A Small)

Individual

* Boys' cross country individual: 1996 (Class 3A) - Rhy Reynolds, 15:37, 5000 meters * Girls' cross country individual: 1996 (Class 3A) - Melinda Campbell, 18:50, 5000 meters * Boys' swimming individual: ** 1952 - Diving: Bill Dixon ** 1998 - 100-Yard Breaststroke: Scott Cole, 1:01.92 ** 2004 - 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: David Morley, Casey Teague, Dustin Capri, and Michael Mpitsos - 1:33.30 ** 2005 - 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Morley, Teague, Capri, and Mpitsos - 1:33.19 ** 2006 - 100-Yard Backstroke: Michael Mpitsos, 54.01 ** 2007 (Class 4A) *** 100 fly: Michael Mpitsos, 51.87 *** 100 back: Michael Mpitsos, 53.59 ** 2011 (Class 4A) *** 200 Medley relay: Austin Turner, Tom Graves, Clayton Jacobson, Kellen Wood - 1:42.11 ** 2013 (Class 4A) *** 200 yard Individual Medley: Austin Turner- 1:58.59 *** 100 yard backstroke: Austin Turner- 53.77 *** 100 yard freestyle: Kellen Wood- 48.69 *** 200 yard freestyle relay: Austin Thompson, Tanner Schipper, Kellen Wood and Austin Turner- 1:31.91 *** 400 yard freestyle relay: Austin Thompson, Tanner Schipper, Kellen Wood and Austin Turner- 3:21.47 *** OSAA Male Swimmer of the Meet- Austin Turner (2013) ** 2014 (Class 4A) *** 100 yard butterfly: Austin Turner- 51.83 *** 100 yard freestyle: Tanner Schipper- 49.98 *** 200 yard freestyle relay: Austin Thompson, Leland Wood, Tanner Schipper, Austin Turner- 1:32.46 *** 100 yard backstroke: Austin Turner- 53.03 **2018 (Class 4A) ***200 Yard Medley Relay: Caden Shanks, Kai Daniels, Nick Topar and Sean O'Meara- 1:40.73 ***400 yard Freestyle Relay: Lucas Ellingson-Cosenza, Luke Bachart, Caden Shanks and Sean O'Meara- 3:19.46 ***500 Yard Freestyle: Lucas Ellingson-Cosenza- 4:44.27 * Girls' swimming individual: ** 1971: Diving: "Dede" Deidra Cherzan, 381.03 ** 1972: Diving: "Dede" Deidra Cherzan, 385.85 ** 2000: 200-Yard Individual Medley: Katie Chapman, 2:11.87 ** 2001 *** 200-Yard Freestyle: Katie Chapman, 1:56.17 *** 500-Yard Freestyle: Katie Chapman, 5:11.68 ** 2002 *** 100-Yard Butterfly: Katie Chapman, 58.99 *** 100-Yard Backstroke: Katie Chapman, 1:01.64 *

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 ...

individual: ** 1999: 145 pounds: Jake Albinio ** 2005: 215 pounds: Paul Collins * Girls'

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 ...

individual: 2008 (4A/3A/2A/1A) - Kate Bigelow, ( TIE) 76-77 – 153 (+9) * Boys' and girls' track & field individual: many

League champions

* Baseball: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019 * Boys' basketball: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1975, 1977, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2018 * Girls' basketball: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2007, 2008 * Boys’ soccer: 2016 * Boys' cross country: 1995, 1996, 2011 * Girls' cross country: 2006 * Football: 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006 * Girls' golf: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009 (co-champion) * Boys' swimming: 1996, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 * Girls' swimming: 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2020 * Boys' track & field: 1952, 1956, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018 * Girls' track & field: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 NHS gym banners

Notable alumni

Nathan Ball Nathan "Nate" Ball is an American mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, TV host, children's author, pole vaulter, and beatboxer. Early life He was born May 13, 1983, and grew up in Newport, Oregon. He moved to Boston in 2001 to attend Massachusetts ...

, host of the PBS Kids show ''

Design Squad ''Design Squad'' is an American reality competition television series targeted towards children ages 10–13. Contestants are high school students who design and build machines to compete for a $10,000 college scholarship from Intel. The series a ...

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Brent Barton Brent Barton (born March 11, 1980) is a Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon. He was elected in 2008 to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 51, which encompasses parts of Clackamas County and Multnomah Coun ...

, Oregon House of Representatives, District 51 * Jamie Kovac, 'Fury' of American Gladiators *

Randall Woodfield Randall Brent Woodfield (born December 26, 1950) is an American serial killer, serial rapist, kidnapper, robber, and burglar who was dubbed the I-5 Killer or the I-5 Bandit by the media due to the crimes he committed along the Interstate 5 corr ...

, the I-5 Killer

References

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