Raytown South High School

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Raytown South Senior High School
Location
Raytown South High School
8211 Sterling
Raytown, MO 64138
Coordinates 38°58′23″N94°26′58″W / 38.97312°N 94.44953°W / 38.97312; -94.44953
Information
Type Public
Established1961
School district Raytown C-2 School District
PrincipalShunton Hammond
FacultyLori Flaherty (activities)
Dr. Earl Donalson
Teaching staff67.95 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment1,185 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.44 [1]
Color(s)   Red and White
MascotCardinal
YearbookPolaris (1966-1986) [2]
Putting the Pieces Back Together (1993) [3]
Take a Closer Look (1996) [4]
All (1997) [5]
By Invitation Only (1999) [6]
Polaris (2000-2001) [7]
Information(816) 268-7330
Website Raytown South H.S.
Raytown South High School - Raytown Missouri 08-31-2013.jpg
Aerial view

Raytown South Senior High School is a high school located in Raytown, Missouri. The school was established in 1961, and graduated its first class of seniors in 1964. As Raytown became less of a "destination-suburb" in the 1990s, the enrollment fell drastically.

Contents

Extracurricular activities

Debate

The forensics program has had several national champions in various styles of debate, public forum, expository speaking and poetry reading.

Choir

From 1984-2009, the choir program saw several dozen student attain All-State status.[ citation needed ] The choir program performed throughout Kansas City,[ citation needed ] including Crown Center, Arrowhead Stadium and Royals Stadium. Every May, thousands came to an annual variety show called Southern Comfort.[ citation needed ] In November 2005, the choir sang at Carnegie Hall along with several other show choirs from across the country.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

Boys basketball

From the inception of the school until March 2006, the program was under the direction of the legendary Bud Lathrop. His career record was 955-300, going 924-267 at South. As of his retirement, Lathrop was ranked No. 7 all-time in high school career coaching victories in the United States. He also went to the Final Four six other times in 1974, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 2003.

Lathrop his teams to the state playoffs 23 times and won 35 conference championships. A total of 254 of Lathrop's former players went on to play college basketball at various levels. Lathrop was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Lathrop's teams won Missouri state titles in:

  • 1970 - Squad went 27-1 led by Randy Culberson 6'2"
  • 1972 - Led by John Harrison 6'5" and Ed Stoll 6'6"
  • 1977 - led by the F-Troop, better known as Bill Fennelly, Kevin Fromm and Larry Frevert
  • 1990 - Went 31-0 and were led by Jevon Crudup

Boys golf

The Raytown South boys golf team have qualified for the Missouri State Championship as a team eight times (1964, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 2002). [8]

In 1976, Doug Maddox won the individual state championship with a 136 total score (68-66) at Grandview Golf Course in Springfield, Missouri.

Notable alumni

Notable former staff

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "RAYTOWN SOUTH SR HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ "1966-1986 Yearbooks of Raytown South High School" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1993 Raytown South High School Yearbook" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ "1996 Raytown South High School Yearbook" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "1997 Raytown South High School Yearbook" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ "1999 Raytown South High School Yearbook" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2001 Raytown South High School Yearbook" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Missouri High School All-State Golf 1934-2015 by Jack Garvin
  9. ↑ "Mara Brock Akil". Raytown South High School. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jason Belser". Raytown South High School. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ "John Carmaсk". Top Speaker. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Greg Echlin (March 14, 2017). "Raytown South's Basketball Success Masks District's Legal Troubles" . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ Justin Unell (October 1, 2012). "Olympic sprinter Maurice Mitchell is back in Raytown after competing in London". KSHB-TV . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Lawyer says he'll ask judge to give Crudup job back". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
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