Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

Capital High School
View from northwest in 2019
8055 Goddard Road Boise , Idaho United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	September 7, 1965 [1] 60 years ago
School district	Boise S.D. #1
Principal	Derek Gardner
Teaching staff	72.71 (FTE) [2]
Grades	10–12
Enrollment	1,162 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.98 [2]
Color(s)	Gold, Silver, & Black [3]
Athletics	IHSAA Class 6A
Athletics conference	Southern Idaho (6A) (SIC)
Mascot	Eagle [3]
Newspaper	Flight
Yearbook	Talon
Feeder schools	Fairmont Junior High Riverglen Junior High
Elevation	2,680 ft (820 m) AMSL
Website	Capital High School

Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho, United States. ^[4] Opened 60 years ago in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

The Capital High boundary includes sections of Eagle and Garden City. ^{[5] [6]}

Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 6A in the Southern Idaho Conference (6A) (SIC). The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972 to 1976. ^[7] The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 6A) state titles from 1975 to 1978. ^[8]

State titles

Boys

• Football (2): fall 1983, ^[9] 1991 ^[10] (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
  • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974, ^[11] 1977 ^[12] (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
• Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977, 2001, 2004, 2013 ^[13]
• Basketball (6): 1968, ^[14] 1975, ^[15] 1976, ^[16] 1977, ^[17] 1978, ^[18] 2014 ^{[8] [19]}
• Baseball (3): 1989, 2009, ^[20] 2014 ^[21] (records not kept by IHSAA)
• Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009, 2015 ^[22]
• Golf (1): 1974 ^[23]
• Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

• Cross Country (1): fall 1980 ^[13]
• Basketball (1): 1977 ^[24]
• Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988 ^[25]

Combined

• Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007 ^[7] (combined until 2008)

Notable alumni

• Matthew Barney (1985), artist
• Geraldo Boldewijn, American football player
• Randy Davison, American actor
• Ben Driebergen, former U.S. Marine, winner of Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
• Hailey Duke, alpine ski racer ^[26]
• Annette Glenn, Michigan House of Representatives. ^[27]
• John Grant (1968), NFL defensive lineman
• Bryan Harsin (1994), college football head coach
• Ernie Hughes, NFL player ^[28]
• Marques McFadden (1995), former NFL offensive guard
• Jake Plummer (1993), former NFL quarterback
• Tobias Read (1993), politician (Oregon House of Representatives)
• Bill Sali (1972), former congressman
• Gary Stevens (1981), thoroughbred horse racing jockey
• Curtis Stigers (1983), musician
• Gary Wimmer, American football player

References

1. "Capital High School". Capital High School. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
2. "CAPITAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
3. "Idaho High School Activities Association". IHSAA. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
4. "Capital High School" (PDF). Boise School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ada County, ID" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 21, 2022. - Text list
6. "Sr High School Boundaries" (PDF). Boise School District . Retrieved July 21, 2022.
7. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Tennis champions - through 2012
8. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Boys Basketball champions - through 2012
9. "Eagles stop Vikings 14-10 for A-1 title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 27, 1983. p. 2B.
10. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Idaho high school football - state champions
11. "Capital, Homedale, win mythical state grid titles". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 15, 1974. p. 2B.
12. "Capital unanimous choice as No. 1 large school". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 27, 1977. p. 3B.
13. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Cross Country champions through fall 2011
14. "State A-1 crown goes to Capital". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 10, 1968. p. 12.
15. "Capital tops A-1; Bears 4th". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 1975. p. 1B.
16. "Capital repeats as state's top team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 14, 1976. p. 1B.
17. "Capital wins third A-1 title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 12, 1977. p. 11.
18. "Capital wins fourth title by nipping Coeur d'Alene". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 12, 1978. p. 4B.
19. "5A state basketball tournament: 2014 bracket". Idaho HSAA. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
20. "5A state baseball tournament: 2009 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 16, 2009. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
21. "5A state baseball tournament: 2014 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
22. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Boys Track champions - through 2012
23. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Golf champions - through 2012
24. idhsaa.org Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Girls Basketball champions - through 2012
25. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Girls Track champions - through 2012
26. "GO HAILEY GO". Townsquare Media Group. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
27. Idaho Press Staff (January 20, 2019). "Town Talk". Idaho Press. Retrieved January 22, 2024. Glenn, a graduate of Capital High School ...
28. "ERNIE HUGHES". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• MaxPreps.com – Capital Eagles
• Boise School District Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine

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