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. Tara High School is located at 9002 Whitehall Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. The school opened during the 1970–71 school year.

Communities served

Tara serves portions of Baton Rouge, as well as all or portions of several

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Athletics

Tara High athletics competes in the LHSAA. Tara High School fields several individual and team sports including

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 s ...

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 t ...

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 ...

, and

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Championships

Football Championships *(1) State Championship: 1974

References

External links

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* Public high schools in Louisiana Schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1970 {{BatonRougeLA-struct-stub