Warrenton High School (Missouri)

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The logo of Warrenton High School.

Warrenton High School is a secondary school located in Warrenton, Missouri in Warren County. It is part of the Warren County R-3 School District.^[1] The current building was built in 1996. Prior to that period, the high school was housed in the current Black Hawk Middle School/Daniel Boone Building. Warrenton High School has approximately 950 students enrolled.

It was not until 2005 that the school was officially called "Warrenton High School" by the district. Prior to that time there was a very-often-brought-up (and sometimes heated) debate as to whether the school's official name was "Warrenton High School" or "Warren Co. R-3 High School." This confusion is still present, as MSHSAA officially calls all sports teams "Warren County."^[2] Following the tradition of students, however, district superintendent John Long decided to call the school "Warrenton High School" officially as of '05.

Warrenton High School's colors are red and white (and not including black). Its mascot is the Warrior. Prior to 1967, the school's colors were maroon and white. However, according to the story which is told, in 1967, the then-new basketball uniforms came in red and white instead, and the school voted to change its colors.

1 Activities
2 School Color Debate
3 See also
4 External links
5 References and notes

[edit] Activities

The school offers Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling, Dance Team, Baseball, Golf, and Track and Field for athletics^[3], and Marching and Concert bands, Choir, Speech and Debate, Math Team, Drama Productions which are a fall play and spring musical, and many other various clubs, including FFA, DECA, and FCA.

Warrenton is the smallest school in the Gateway Athletic Conference which is made up of schools mostly from St. Charles County. Its largest rival, however, is county foe Wright City High School.

Despite having records of teams back to 1968 (the first recorded district championship, in Basketball), the school does not have a state title in any sport. Through the 1990s, the school recorded many district and sectional championships when it was classified a 3A school and was a member of the Eastern Missouri Conference, its first conference affiliation. However, in the 2002-2003 year, the school became a member of the GAC and did win the conference title in Men's Basketball. Warrenton is now a class 4A school and currently has sports teams which are struggling to compete, although the teams are getting more competitive every year. For example, in 2004 and 2005, the Football team went 0-10 and went 1-9 in 2003. They had not won at home since 2001 and had not ever won in GAC conference play. In 2006, the team went 2-8, defeating first the Pacific Indians for Homecoming night, and then winning their first conference game later against the St. Charles Pirates.

[edit] School Color Debate

Although the school's colors are red and white, many people have put silver and black on different uniforms. While it is considered acceptable as a trim color, it is held that black should not be a dominant part on any athletic uniform. The reasoning for this is that Bowling Green High School, Elsberry High School, and Union High School all have red and black as their colors. The height of this debate occured when the 2004 Football Cheerleading squad wore black warmups during a cold game. Many believed that this was a disgrace to the school colors.