Cape Fear High School is a

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in the eastern region of

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in the unincorporated community of

Vander, North Carolina Vander is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,388 at the 2020 census. Geography Vander is located near the geographic center of Cumberland County ...

, to the east of

Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville () is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city. Fayetteville has received the All-America C ...

. The Cape Fear school attendance area is the largest in the county by area size.

Athletics

Cape Fear has varsity teams in 17 sports (13 boys teams, 14 girls teams) and junior varsity teams in 8 sports (6 boys teams, 4 girls teams): *

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 ...

(boys) *

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 ...

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

(no JV) *

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 ...

(only girls Varsity) * Cross country (no JV) *

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 ...

(boys) *

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 ...

(no JV) *

Indoor track and field Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, 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 ...

(no JV) *

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

(no JV) *

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 ...

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 ...

(girls) *

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 ...

(no JV) *

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 ...

(no girls JV) *

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 events ...

(no JV) *

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 ...

(boys) *

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 Summ ...

(girls)

Achievements

Football – State runner-up 2016 (4A) Softball – State runner-up 2014, 2016, 2017 (4A) Girls' tennis – Dual Team State Champions 2021 (3A), 2022 (3A), Individual Doubles State Champions 2021 (3A), Individual Doubles State Runner-up 2022 (3A)

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Natural Science Academy is a program located at Cape Fear that acknowledges students for completing 7 or more sciences throughout their high school career while maintaining a 3.0 unweighted GPA average in these courses.

Extracurricular organizations

Marching band

In 2014, the Cape Fear marching band placed 3rd (regardless of class) in the

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Winston-Salem Regional Championship.

Winter guard

The Cape Fear winter guard placed 18th in the Scholastic World division of the

Winter Guard International Winter Guard International (WGI) is an American performing arts association, governing body, and the producer of regional championship events for three activities: color guard (known as winter guard), percussion ensembles, and small marching bands ...

Color Guard World Championship Semi-finals in 2017 and 20th in 2018.

NJROTC

In 2016, the Cape Fear

NJROTC The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC -- commonly pronounced "JAY-rotsee") is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US military ...

placed 15th in the NJROTC Nationals Drill Championship.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,422 students enrolled in 2020–2021 was as follows: *Male – 51.2% *Female – 48.8% *Native American/Alaskan – 3.4% *Asian – 0.8% *Black – 26.8% *Hispanic – 10.2% *Hawaiian/Pacific Islander – 0.4% *White – 51.5% *Multiracial – 6.9% 51.2% of the students were male, and 48.8% were female. 49.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Administration

Jason Jordan, the current principal of Cape Fear High School, has also served as the principal of

Massey Hill Classical High School __NOTOC__ Massey Hill Classical High School (MHCHS) is a high school in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. The main building of the Massey Hill Classical High School was built in 1925. It is a two-story brick building on a raised b ...

. He is the sixth principal of Cape Fear.

Notable alumni

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member of the

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American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

* Gavin Williams

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for the

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References

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* {{authority control Public high schools in North Carolina 1969 establishments in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Fayetteville, North Carolina Education in Fayetteville, North Carolina Educational institutions established in 1969 Schools in Cumberland County, North Carolina

Athletics

Achievements

Academy of Natural Sciences

Extracurricular organizations

Marching band

Winter guard

NJROTC

Demographics

Administration

Notable alumni

See also

References

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