Vega High School is a
public high school located in
Vega, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the
UIL. It is part of the
Vega Independent School District located in southeastern
Oldham County.
Athletics
The Vega Longhorns compete in the following sports
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
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Cross Country
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Football
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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 ...
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Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effo ...
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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Track and 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 eve ...
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
Team State Titles
*Boys Basketball -
**1979(1A)
*Girls Basketball -
**1999(1A)
Individual State Titles
Academics
Individual State Titles
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Accounting
** 2022
** 2021
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Computer Applications
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These pr ...
** 2022
** 2019
* Headline Writing
** 2022
* Prose Interpretation
** 1992
* Science-Chemistry
** 2002
** 1993
Team State Titles
* Accounting
** 2022
** 2019
* Science
** 2004
** 2002
** 1997
AG Mechanics/FFA
The Vega FFA operates as a chapter of the Future Farmers of America. The Ag department focuses heavily on building Agricultural Mechanics projects and shows at different shows across Texas.
FCCLA
NHS
Vega High School operates a chapter of the National Honor Society
Student Council
Vega High School operates a chapter of the Texas Association of Student Councils
Band
The Heartbeat of the Horns marching and concert band serves as the schools only musical arts extracurricular.
VHS Fight Song
Go Longhorns Go
We're going on to football fame
Fight Longhorns Fight
We're gonna fight to win this game
Win Longhorns Win
We're gonna know that score is right
Fight, with all your might
We're gonna win this game tonight
V-H-S
GO-FIGHT-WIN
VHS ALMA MATER
Our strong bond shall ne'er be broken, it shall never die.
Far surpassing wealth unspoken, sealed by friendship nigh.
Lift the chorus ever onward, Black and Gold tonight.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater, HAIL TO VEGA HIGH.
References
External links
Vega ISD
Schools in Oldham County, Texas
Public high schools in Texas
Public middle schools in Texas
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