Spartanburg High School Among America’s Best High Schools

Each year Newsweek chooses the best high schools in the USA. The picks are based on the school's advancement placement courses and test scores. This year Spartanburg High School made the list of America's Best High Schools and was chosen based on the continuation to excel in academics, athletics, and the fine arts.

Spartanburg High School Alumni Inducted Into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame

Spartanburg High School Alumni, Wayne Tolleson, was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame on Monday, May 24, 2010. Tolleson played baseball and football for the Vikings and then went on to play both sports for Western Carolina University. He was later drafted by the Texas Rangers and played 10 years in the major leagues.

Crystal Smith Recognized as 2010 Peer Leader of the Year

Crystal Smith, an SHS Viking Academy senior, was recently one of ten students recognized by College Summit-SC as a 2010 Peer Leader of the Year.

SHS Envirothon Teams Place in State Competition

The Spartanburg High School Envirothon teams placed first and second in the State Envirothon Competition on Friday, May 7, 2010 in Columbia, SC. The Vikings beat 22 other teams in the process and have swept the top two places 4 years in a row. The A-Team consisting of Mary Frances Babrowicz, Philip Chambers, Grace Anne Martin, David Stevens, and Vincent Wideman won the competition by having the top scores in the areas of forestry, aquatics, and the oral presentation and the top score overall. The B-Team of Hannah Brown, Sara Freeman, Jake Henderson, Courtney Ketchen, and Martha Nayfa were led by Hannah's top score in the area of Groundwater Resources and Protection and took second in the competition. The A-team will now go on to California this summer to compete in the Canon Envirothon.

Coach Hal McManus Named SHS Head Basketball Coach

Spartanburg High School is pleased to announce Hal McManus as the new Head Basketball Coach.Coach McManus is native of Spartanburg and a 1994 graduate of Lander University, where he played basketball and led the nation in free-throw shooting. McManus has served as head basketball coach and athletic director at Broome High School, where he coached three region titles, two upper state championships, and one state championship (2005).

SHS Receives Closing the Achievement Gap Silver Award

Spartanburg High School, Chapman Elementary, and E.P. Todd Elementary were recognized with a Closing the Achievement Gap (CAG) Silver award for substantial improvement in the achievement of African-American students and those eligible for reduced meals. Honoring a high school with a Silver CAG award recognizes growth in on-time graduation rate and means their graduation rate meets or exceeds the rate needed to meet the state's graduation goal of 88.3 per cent by 2014.

4th Annual SHS Football Golf Benefit

The 2010 Denny's Viking Open

Plans have been made for the 4th Annual Spartanburg High School Football Golf Benefit. This year, the benefit sponsored by Denny's, Spartanburg Coca Cola, and Wakefiled Buick-Pontiac-GMC, will be held on Friday, July 9, 2010, at The Creek Golf Course. All proceeds from the tournament will be used for the enhancement of the Viking Football program. For more information and tournament entry please click this pdf file:The2010VikingOpen.pdf

Boys Lacrosse Team Receives Honors

The Spartanburg High School Boys Lacrosse team had two players named to Second Team All State. John Blackman and Khal Khoury of the Boys Lacrosse Team were named to the team the weekend of April 10-11, 2010.
Coach Dan Minkin was named Coach of the Year at the same meeting.

Coach Doug Lowe Announces Retirement

Doug Lowe, long-serving head basketball coach from Spartanburg High School, announced he will retire at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Over the past 34 years, Coach Lowe has mentored thousands of young athletes inspiring them to produce the caliber of play that made Viking basketball one of the powerhouses in the state.

Class of 2009

The Seniors of the Class of 2009 were accepted to 101 Colleges and Universities throughout twenty-one states and the District of Columbia.