Northwest Cabarrus High School

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Northwest Cabarrus High School, commonly referred to simply as Northwest and abbreviated as NCHS, is a comprehensive public high school located in Kannapolis, North Carolina. (Despite its location inside the Kannapolis city limits, the school has a Concord address and phone number.) The school is a part of the Cabarrus County Schools system and opened, along with Central Cabarrus High School, in 1966.

Contents 1 Academics 2 Athletics 3 Notable Alumni 4 Principals

[edit] Academics

Northwest's academic coursework falls in line with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in all core subject areas. Advanced Placement courses are offered in United States History, American Government and Politics, Biology, Studio Art, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, English language, English Literature, Statistics, and Calculus.

Northwest was honored as a North Carolina "School of Excellence" under the state's ABC standards for public education in 2000, and is consistently recognized as a "School of Distinction."

[edit] Athletics

Northwest's athletic teams are known as the Trojans. The school is in the 3A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and has competed in the North Piedmont Conference since 2001. The school sponsors boys' football, tennis, cross country, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, baseball, track, and golf; and girls' tennis, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming, softball, track, and cheerleading.

The Trojan athletic program has won three team state championships - one in baseball (1971), and two in girls cross country (1990 and 1991). As Northwest's wrestling team is a perennial powerhouse, many individual wrestlers have won state championships in their weight classes. The Northwest baseball team has enjoyed recent success, reaching the 3A State Championship series in 2005.

For years Northwest was known for its horrible football program. The Trojans won an average of two games a year between 1990 and 1997, and suffered an infamous 97-0 defeat at the hands of A.L. Brown in 1998. However, Northwest's gridiron fortunes were lifted in the late 1990's, including a three-game-deep run in the 3A Playoffs in 1999 under then-coach Glen Padgett. The 1999 season marked Northwest's first playoff appearance since 1987. In 2005 Northwest posted a 10-1 record, an all-time best for the school, and hosted a playoff football game for the first time since 1976. In 2006 the team went an unimpressive 5-6 in the regular season, but advanced to the 3AA West regional final before losing 25-14 to Charlotte Catholic. The 2006 playoff run resulted in the first regional final appearance for Northwest since 1976, when the Trojans lost 40-8 at Pisgah.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Skeet Ulrich, film actor and current star of CBS series Jericho.
• Chuck Chitwood, author.

[edit] Principals

(since 1986)

• Glenda Poole (1986-1991)
• Ken Cartrett (1991-1997)
• Walter Hart (1998-2000)
• Phil Hull (2000-2003)
• Dan Meehan (2003-2006)
• Sharon Abercrombie (2006-present)

Cabarrus County Schools
Central Cabarrus • Concord • Hickory Ridge • Jay M. Robinson • Mount Pleasant • Northwest Cabarrus