Warren Central High School (Kentucky)

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Warren Central High School
Truth, Honor, Loyalty

School type	High School
Established	1968
Principal	Kathy Goff
Faculty	64
Students	1,150
Mascot	Dragons
Location	Bowling Green, KY, 42101
Information	Phone: 270-781-2401

Warren Central High School (often referred to as, WCHS) is a 4-year high school in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is presently one of three high schools serving the Warren County Public School System.

1 History
2 Athletics
3 Clubs and Organizations
4 Noted Alumni
5 External links

[edit] History

Warren Central High School was established in 1968 with the merger of Warren County High School and Alvaton High School. The "new" school was located at the site of Warren County High School. With the school's population rising to over 2,000 students by 1990, a new high school, Greenwood High School, was created in the district to alleviate the strain. In 1995, a nickel-tax was passed that would enable for renovations of the school. The original building was built during the 1940s and additional spaces were added in the 1970s and all were showing signs of age. Over the next three years the original building was replaced and upgrades were made to the newer portions of the school. The new building opened in 1998. Since that time, the population of Warren Central has again grown to nearly 1,200 and there are plans for a new high school in the Rich Pond area of Warren County that will again divide Warren Central and Greenwood high schools.

[edit] Athletics

Warren Central High School participates in the following Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) sanctioned varsity athletics: Boys and Girls Basketball, Baseball, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Football, Boys and Girls Golf, Boys and Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys and Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Track and Field and Girls Volleyball.

Many of the varsity sports are a part of a rivalry with the cross-town Bowling Green High School. The varsity football team competes in KHSAA Class AAAA, Region 1, District 1. The team was state runner-up in 1989 and 1990 and has won their region seven times, most recently in 2005.

The varsity men's basketball team competes in the 14th District within the 4th Region. The team has had recent success having won the 4th Region six straight years from 2002 through 2007, a feat that has never been accomplished in 4th Region history. The team won the KHSAA Sweet 16 state basketball championship in 2004 and finished runner-up in 2005 despite the loss of four senior starters from the state champion team. They advanced to the final four of the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years in 2007, falling to Louisville Ballard in the state semifinals. They have won ten total 14th District championships and ten total 4th Region championships. They have additionally been 14th District runners-up seven times and 4th Region runners-up three times.

The varsity women's basketball team competes in the same district and region as the men's teams. The 1983 women's team won the KHSAA state basketball championship, a culmination of many years of outstanding women's teams. Several WCHS womens players played their college basketball at Western Kentucky University (Clemette Haskins, Melinda Carlson), and helped Western achieve national status, playing in Women's NCAA Final 4 tounaments in the mid 1980s.

[edit] Clubs and Organizations

Warren Central has a variety of both academic and non-academic clubs and organizations. Some of these organizations include local chapters of national organizations like National Beta Club, National FFA Organization, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of America, and Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.

Other organizations include the Academic Team, Afro-American History Club, Art Club, Astronomy Club, Bosnian American Club, Drama Club, French Club, Math/Computer Club, Physics Un-club, PRIDE Team, Spanish Club, Spanish Chorus, and Student Council

'Central' also has a comprehensive fine arts department with a full range of music offerings that has produced generations of musicians and teachers. Several alumni are leaders in the field in Kentucky and throughout the nation.

[edit] Noted Alumni

Lonnell DeWalt (2004), former University of Kentucky football player
SeSe Helm (2001), former University of Kentucky women's basketball player
Anthony Grundy (1995), N.C. State basketball player and pro basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
Damon Hood (1990), former University of Kentucky football player and 1990 Kentucky Mr. Football
Chris Turner (1987), former Western Kentucky University and Major League baseball baseball player
Clemette Haskins (1983), former Western Kentucky University basketball player and 3-time All-American, former head women's basketball coach at University of Dayton, member of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame