Mountain Crest High School

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Mountain Crest High School
Location
255 South 800 East
Hyrum, Utah, U.S.
Information
Type Public
Established1983, 41 years ago
School district Cache County School District
PrincipalTeri Cutler
Grades9–12
Number of students1,126 (2020-21) [1]
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  Orange
  White
SongWe Salute You Mountain Crest
Athletics13 boys sports and 13 girls sports sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association (2023-2024 School Year)
Athletics conference UHSAA Class 4A Region XI
Mascot Mustang
Rivals Logan High School (Utah), Sky View High School, Ridgeline High School, Green Canyon High School, Box Elder High School, Highland High School (Utah) (Football), Timpview High School (Football)
Newspaper Mountain Crest Express
YearbookCavalier
Mission StatementMountain Crest High School is dedicated to excellence in critical thinking, communication, and character for future success. [2]
Website ccsdut.org/mc

Mountain Crest High School (MCHS) is a four-year public high school in Hyrum, Utah. Established in 1983 as part of the Cache County School District, its campus is in the southeast part of Hyrum, a city in the Southern part of Cache County. Mountain Crest High is currently in the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) class 4A Region 11 and its mascot is a mustang. The school was split for the 2016-2017 school year after the completion of Ridgeline High School; new boundaries were drawn and a portion of the student body and faculty were assigned to the new school. [3] Students residing in the cities and towns of Hyrum, Wellsville, Mendon, Petersboro, Paradise, Avon, and Mount Sterling are within its geographical jurisdiction.

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Academics

Mountain Crest incorporates classes from Bridgerland Technical College. These classes are only available to juniors and seniors. In the mornings and afternoons, these classes take up two hours and count as one full class credit instead of the normal .5 credit assigned for classes.

Mountain Crest has a Model United Nations team, which took the top two awards at the Regional High School Model United Nations 2007. [ citation needed ] Mountain Crest's Scholastic Olympiad team also places in competition every year.

Athletics

Mountain Crest is a member of the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) and competes in Class 4A, Region XI. Starting in the 2023-2024 school year, Mountain Crest will compete in 26 UHSAA-sanctioned sports, thirteen for boys, and thirteen for girls, that are played throughout the year. They are:

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

Football

From 1983 through the end of the 2022 season, the Mustang football team has compiled an overall record of 261-183-0 (.588). This includes a regular season record of 210-153-0 (.579) and a playoff record of 51-30 (.630). Over 40 seasons, Mountain Crest has qualified for the state playoffs 33 times. However, as of the 2019 football season, every team qualifies for the state playoffs. They won the state championship in 1987, 2001 and 2005 and were runners-up in 1991, 1992, 2010, 2012 and 2017. In addition, Mountain Crest has made it to the semi-finals of the state tournament on eight other occasions (1986, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2022) in which they subsequently did not advance to the final. Mountain Crest has played Sky View High School of Smithfield, Utah every year since Mountain Crest opened. The Mustangs have a 23-19 (.548) record over the Sky View Bobcats, including a state championship victory in 1987. [4]

State championships

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State Championships [6]
SportNo. of ChampionshipsYear
Baseball21999, 2009
Cross Country (Boys)31996, 1997, 1998
Cross Country (Girls)91990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014
Football31987, 2001, 2005
Golf (Boys)21992, 1993
Soccer (Boys)12011
Soccer (Girls)31998, 2021, 2022
Swimming (Boys)32010, 2011, 2013
Swimming (Girls)12003
Volleyball (Girls)31986, 1995, 1998
Wrestling (Boys)92002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
Wrestling (Girls)32021, 2022, 2023
Total42 

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References

  1. ↑ "Mountain Crest High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "About Us / Mission Statement".
  3. ↑ Sean Dolan (Nov 5, 2016). "Feeling the split: High school experience has changed for many on south-end". Utah: The Herald Journal . Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hyrum Mountain Crest Mustangs Utah High School Football Scores, Schedules, and Analytics".
  5. ↑ "UHSAA Championships".
  6. ↑ "UHSAA Championships".

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  1. ↑ "Hyrum Mountain Crest Mustangs Utah High School Football Scores, Schedules, and Analytics".
  2. ↑ "UHSAA Directory".
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