Belton High School (Texas)

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Belton High School
Address
Belton High School (Texas)
600 Lake Road

Belton
,
Texas
76513

United States
Coordinates 31°05′14″N97°28′13″W / 31.0871°N 97.4704°W / 31.0871; -97.4704
Information
Type Public high school
MottoEvery kid a winner
School district Belton Independent School District
PrincipalClaudia Knox
Staff189.86 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,544 (2021-2022) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.45 [1]
Color(s)   Red & White
Athletics conference UIL Class 5A
Team nameTigers
YearbookThe Lair
Website www.bisd.net/bhs

Belton High School (BHS) is a public high school that serves the city of Belton, Texas, United States, parts of Bell County and classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Belton Independent School District located in south central Bell County. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

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Statistics

BHS's student information for the 2021-2022 school year: [2]

Athletics

The Belton Tigers compete in these sports - [3]

State Titles

Rivalry with Temple

Belton's rival is the Temple High School Wildcats. This is most visible during the yearly Belton-Temple football game. The cities of Belton and Temple in the past have shared years of animosity towards each other, possibly from the founding of Temple by the Santa Fe Railroad.

This spilled over onto the football field during the 1920s and 1930s. It was not uncommon for fights to break out between fans in the parking lot after the game. After the 1936 game this almost turned deadly. Several people were taken to the hospital and one was hospitalized with critical injuries. Given that the fights had increased in violence over the last 3 years and commerce between the two cities was starting to suffer a county judge made a decree that the two schools shall not play each other for a minimum of 50 years. The two schools would not meet again on the football field until 1995.

In general the rivalry is friendly in nature today. Custom shirts are usually printed up by both sides to mark the event. Sometimes pranks, small acts of vandalism and general shenanigans occur in the week prior to the game. Most of this is minor in nature and are perpetrated by the students involved in the games.

The first artificially-lighted football game played in the state of Texas was the 1921 Belton-Temple game played at Wildcat Field.

In 2009, the rivalry with Temple was nationally televised on ESPNU at Wildcat Stadium and the Tigers were victorious over Temple for the first time since 2005.

In 2013 the rivalry died in district play after Temple stayed at 5A and Belton moved up to 6A. However the schools do meet in scrimmages in a variety of sports.

In 2016 the rivalry was renewed through a preseason matchup at Tiger Field (Belton, TX). However, the Wildcats won 28-20, bouncing back from a 17-14 score at halftime. The two schools will meet again next year in preseason at Wildcat Stadium.

In 2018 the Tigers faced off against the Wildcats at Wildcat Stadium. After a thrilling 3OT game, the Tigers went home with a devastating 58-55 loss. Both teams have gone on to compete in the 2018 Texas High School State Playoffs.

Stabbing Incident

On the morning of May 3, 2022, an altercation between two students took place in one of the bathrooms on the school's campus. During this incident, one of the students was stabbed, prompting a lockdown of the school. [8] The victim died at a local hospital, and the alleged perpetrator fled the scene but was apprehended by Belton police later that day and taken into custody. [9]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "BELTON H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "TEA". Texas Education Agency . Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ↑ The Athletics Department
  4. ↑ UIL Baseball Archives Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ UIL Boys Basketball Archives
  6. ↑ UIL Girls Golf Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ UIL Boys Track Archives Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Texas high school student dies after being stabbed by another student, family friends say". WFAA Dallas. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  9. ↑ "Student stabbed at Belton High School dies; fellow schoolmate in custody". KWTX Waco. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  10. ↑ "Khiry Robinson Stats, News and Video - RB". NFL.com .
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