Kilgore High School

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Kilgore High School
Address
Kilgore High School
711 North Longview Street

Kilgore
,
Texas
75662

United States
Coordinates 32°23′36″N94°52′24″W / 32.39341°N 94.8732°W / 32.39341; -94.8732
Information
School type Public high school
School district Kilgore Independent School District
SuperintendentAndy Baker
PrincipalMarcus Camp
Associate PrincipalTimothy Banks
Assistant PrincipalRonnie Garvin
Staff84.69 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,168 [1]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.79 [1]
Color(s)   Red & White
Athletics conference UIL
MascotBulldogs
NewspaperMirror
YearbookReflector
Football Sports District4A D1-9
All Other Sports District4A-16
Website Kilgore High School

Kilgore High School is a public high school located in the city of Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Kilgore Independent School District located in southwest Gregg County. In 2022, the school was given an Accountability Rating of 'B' by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

Contents

The district includes the majority of Kilgore and a section of Lake Cherokee. [3] [4]

Athletics

The Kilgore Bulldogs compete in the following sports: [5]

The football and soccer teams play their home games at R.E. Saint John Memorial Stadium, sharing the facility with the Kilgore College football team.

Football Records Table
SeasonConfDistOverall
Record		District
Record		Playoff
Record		CoachNotesRef
1931B5-3H.P. Gaston
1932165-3Johnny Wright
(9-7-1)
19334-4-1
19341A102-4-2Bob Waters
(13-24-4)
19350-8
193694-4-1
19374-3-1
19383-5
19398-2I.B. Hale
(14-3-2)
19402A116-1-2
19417-2-1R.E. St. John
19426-3Floyd Wagstaff
(17-10-1)
19435-3-1
19446-4
19451-8-1Wilson McKewen
(7-11-2)
19466-3-1
19476-2-2Harold Neal
(10-8-2)
194884-6
19491-8-2M.A. Hopson
(7-20-4)
195093-5-2
19513-7
19523A45-5Ty Bain
(68-34-3)
19538-1-20-1 [6]
19544-6
19557-3
1956710-20-1 [7]
19578-3
19586-3-1
19598-3
19607-3
19615-5
19623-6-1Prince Scott
(12-16-2)
19635-5
19644-5-1
19657-3Jim Hess
(11-9)
19664-6
19673-7Raymond Haas
(9-20)
19682-8
19694-5
197084-6John Blocker
(27-13)
19717-3
197298-2
19738-2
19742-8 Buddy Humphrey
(3-16-1)
19751-8-1
197688-1-1Kyle Gantt
(15-4-1)
19777-3
19786-4Lawrence Kalmus
(24-17)
19797-3
19804A87-4
19814-6
19826-4James Cameron
(47-20-1)
19834-6
19848-2
19858-3
19869-3-10-1 [8]
198712-22-1State Quarterfinalist [9]
1988169-2-12-1 [10]
19895-5Jack Rushing
(6-13)
19901-8
19916-51-1Billy Rhodes
(22-17-3)		 [11]
1992157-3-10-1 [12]
19934-4-2
1994175-5
19957-51-1Mike Vallery
(138-42-1)		 [13]
19964A II1610-2-12-1 [14]
19979-31-1 [15]
1998179-31-1 [16]
19999-20-1 [17]
2000166-50-1 [18]
20017-40-1 [19]
2002138-30-1 [20]
200312-23-1State Quarterfinalist [21]
20041716-07-06-0State Champion [22]
200511-26-12-1 [23]
2006126-44-3
20079-36-11-1 [24]
2008149-34-11-1 [25]
200910-15-00-1 [26]
20103-72-50-0Mike Wood
(102-37)
20119-55-23-1State Quarterfinalist [27]
20123A I1612-25-14-1State Semifinalist [28]
201314-16-05-1State Finalist [29]
20144A I910-15-01-1 [30]
201511-15-01-1 [31]
201610-26-01-1 [32]
201710-45-22-1 [33]
2018104-82-30-1 [34]
20198-33-20-1 [35]
2020911-35-13-1State Quarterfinalist [36]
202111-26-12-1Clint Fuller
(46-11)		 [37]
202210-45-13-1State Quarterfinalist [38]
202312-26-03-1State Quarterfinalist [39]
202413-35-15-1State Finalist [40]
Totals628-359-30104-2556-34

Table references: MaxPreps, [41] Texas High School Football History, [42] and Lone Star Football. [43]

    Athletic titles

    Fine arts

    Kilgore's high school band won the UIL Sweepstakes award in the 2011-2012 school year, and scored highly in the Area C marching contest in 2012.[ citation needed ]

    Notable alumni

    Notable faculty

    Retired teacher John Heffner is a Young Earth Creationist and many-time co-host to Carl Baugh television program Creation in the 21st Century [60] who taught pre-calculus at Kilgore [61] and chaired the school's math department. [62] He rose to notoriety as some popular skeptics have criticized his understanding of mathematical application to the real world as lacking, flawed, and overly cavalier, [63] [64] [65] in particular his use of the Malthusian growth model, which he uses to teach creationism to his audience.

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