Yorktown High School (Texas)

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Yorktown High School
Address
331 Main Street
Yorktown , Texas 78164
United States
Coordinates 28°58′46″N97°30′32″W / 28.979518°N 97.508904°W / 28.979518; -97.508904 Coordinates: 28°58′46″N97°30′32″W / 28.979518°N 97.508904°W / 28.979518; -97.508904
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School type Public high school
School district Yorktown Independent School District
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 165 [1]  (2017)
Color(s)         Black & Gold
Athletics conference UIL Class AA
Mascot Wildcats/Kittykats
Website Yorktown High School

Yorktown High School is a public high school located in Yorktown, Texas (USA) and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Yorktown Independent School District located in southwestern DeWitt County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

Yorktown, Texas City in Texas, United States

Yorktown is a city in DeWitt County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,092 at the 2010 census.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

United States federal republic in North America

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Athletics

The Yorktown Wildcats compete in the following sports - [3]

Baseball Sport

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

Basketball team sport played on a court with baskets on either end

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Cross country running sport in which competitors race by running a long-distance course on natural terrain

Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. Sometimes the runners are referred to as harriers (dogs). The course, typically 4–12 kilometres (2.5–7.5 mi) long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points-scoring method. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures.

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References

  1. ↑ Texas Tribune
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency.
  3. ↑ The Athletics Department
  4. ↑ UIL One Act Play Archives
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