Overland High School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Overland High School

School type	Public secondary school
Established	1978
Students	2089
Colors Mascot	Navy blue and Kelly green Trailblazer
Location	12400 East Jewell Avenue Aurora, CO 80012
Website	http://blazernet.ccsd.k12.co.us/

Overland High School, located in Aurora, Colorado, and part of the Cherry Creek School District, opened in 1978. The school made headlines in 2006 when a lecture given by geography teacher Jay Bennish was recorded by student Sean Allen and broadcasted on talk radio, inciting a nationwide controversy.[1]

1 Alumni
2 Achievements
3 Football Team
4 External links

[edit] Alumni

Scott Bentley, former kicker for the Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and Washington Redskins
T. J. Cunningham, former safety for the Seattle Seahawks
John Grahame, goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes
Brian Kelly, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sean Moran, former defensive end for the Buffalo Bills, St. Louis Rams and San Francisco 49ers

[edit] Achievements

Overland High School has a number of sports teams, and a marching band which took third place at the 2006 State Fair. The band also performed in the 2006 Colorado Parade of Lights.

[edit] Football Team

Overland High School football sports a long tradition of winning, including the Colorado 6A State Championship in 1993, and trips to the 5A state Championship in 1995 and 2004. Coach Tony Manfredi maintains a highly skilled staff, along with a consistently well-executed offense.

Overland runs a split back veer offense. The split back veer typically has two running backs, and runs option out of a varying number of formations. Overland's veer contains two running backs no deeper than 3 yards from the line of scrimmage. The offensive line utilized very wide splits, with 3 feet from center to guard and 5-7 feet between the guard and the tackle. Option plays are run with the intent of opening up play action passing, which enables the offense to suck the linebackers (and oftentimes the safteies) into the run fake, and then pass over the top.