The Damonte Ranch High School (DRHS) opened in the Fall of 2003. Located in the

Truckee Meadows The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley. Truckee Meadows is also colloquially used as a name for the Reno–Tahoe-Fernley CSA area, even though the metro a ...

, the school is the newest public high school in the

Washoe County School District The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a public school district providing public education to students in all parts of Washoe County, Nevada, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, and the unincorporated communities of Verdi, Incline V ...

. Located in southeast

Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...

, the High School is named for the

Damonte Ranch The Damonte Ranch started in 1939 when Louis Damonte, an Italian immigrant farmed alfalfa and raised cattle. The original Damonte Ranch included about known as the Peleg Brown Ranch, at 12945 Old Virginia Road in Reno, Nevada, back in 1864. A ...

development during the rapid expansion of Reno NV. The Damonte Ranch High School DRHS opened as a combined middle school and high school, to help alleviate the overcrowding at Pine Middle School until Depoali Middle School was built. Depoali opened in 2009.

Athletics

Damonte Ranch competes in the Sierra League of the Northern Nevada 4A Region (large school). Damonte won its first state title in any sport when the girls' volleyball team defeated Las Vegas' Silverado High School in five games in 2006. The Wrestling team were the 2007-2008 Northern Regional Champions. The girls' swimming team, as well as both ski teams were the Sierra League Champions. Damonte Ranch High School's boys Track & Field team won the 2008 Nevada state title. The Baseball team had a 13-game winning streak in the beginning of the season, and in 2008 have had their first 20 win season in the history of that program. The girls' track team claimed a share of the Region Championship in 2011. The football field at Damonte is an artificial turf field, installed in 2006. The swimming team at Damonte is small and generally does not place within the competitions. The freshman cheer squad was undefeated at all competitions during the 2014–2015 season.

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