Red Wing High School

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Red Wing High School
Location
Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
Website
http://www.redwing.k12.mn.us/schools/rwhs.htm
Information
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Team name	Wingers
Colors	purple and white
Enrollment	1000

Red Wing High School is the local high school for Red Wing, Minnesota with an enrollment of approximately 1,000 students. The present school opened in 1995 and serves students in grades 9-12. The school has a history dating back to 1886, the year that Red Wing built its first public high school.

1 Sports
2 Notable alumni
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Sports

The school colors are officially purple and white, though uniforms and school logos typically include a red accent, and the sports teams are known as the Wingers. The school's hockey program was started in 1974. Led by John Pohl, the Wingers won the boys' state championship in 1997. Pohl holds the all-time scoring record for Minnesota high school hockey.

[edit] Notable alumni

Patrick Flueger, actor in the television series The 4400
Lauris Norstad, Air Force General, commander Nato forces
John Pohl, professional hockey player, now plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs

[edit] References

Mary Schmitt, "Red Wing's Long Roads Led To State-Coach-Turned-Parent Pohl Built Program From Scratch", St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN), March 8, 1995, Sec. Sports, Pg. 1D.
Robert C. Doty, "Norstad of NATO: 'Philosopher in Uniform'; The Allied commander in Europe sees himself as the human symbol of the alliance, required to popularize it at a time of severe strain and wide misunderstanding", New York Times, May 26, 1957, Pg. 12.