White Bear Lake Area High School

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White Bear Lake Area High School

Motto	Strive for Excellence
Established	1983
Type of institution	Public
Principal	Tim Wald
Enrollment	2900+
Location	White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA
Colors	Orange and Black
Mascot	Bear
Website	South Campus North Campus

White Bear Lake Area High School, abbreviated WBLAHS, is a high school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The school was formed by merging White Bear High School and White Bear Lake Mariner High in 1983, and currently consists of two campuses: North Campus, with grades nine and ten; and South Campus, with grades eleven and twelve. WBLAHS is the only school in the state of Minnesota with grades 9-10 and 11-12 in different buildings.

Contents 1 North Campus 2 South Campus 3 Athletics 4 Other Activities 5 References

[edit] North Campus

North Campus was built in 1964, and was formerly known as White Bear High School. The building's unique tri-circular architecture won awards when it was constructed. One circle contains the gymnasium and technology education facilities, another holds the theater and musical arts, and the final has academic classrooms. Currently, the building holds grades nine and ten, but originally housed grades ten through twelve.

[edit] South Campus

What is now known as South Campus was built in 1972, and opened as White Bear Lake Mariner High. In contrast to North Campus, South's building consists of a more traditional floor plan based on squares. The building was remodeled to hold grades eleven and twelve in 1983, when the schools were merged. ^[1]

[edit] Athletics

White Bear High School won the Minnesota State Class AA Football Championship in 1976. The team posted a 12-0 record and finished the season with a 14-13 overtime win over Cloquet. The team held opponents to an average of less than one touchdown per game and ended the year as the only undefeated large school football team in Minnesota. The varsity basketball team won Minnesota state titles in 1984 and 1985, posting identical 26-0 records in both seasons, and beating Minneapolis North High School in both finals. Math teacher and varsity basketball coach Jim Galvin, who had a bald spot on the top of his head, much like a medieval friar, approved the distribution of paper "bald spots" for WBL faithful who donned them as part of their fan gear. Coach Galvin painted "Go Bears" inside his bald spot to show his school spirit during the tournaments. The fifty-two game win streak came to and end in the first game of the 1986 season with a loss to conference rival Woodbury High School. A perennial powerhouse in hockey, WBLAHS has never won a first-round game in the State High School Hockey Tournament either as WBL HS or its current iteration, a streak that as of a loss in the first round of the 2005 tournament stood at 0-17. WBLAHS did take the consolation championship in 2005. Mariner HS did advance to the 1982 State Hockey Championship game where they were beaten by Edina, 6-0. The Boys Golf team has also won the 1971, 2000 and 2004 State Championship with Grant Lissick (2000) and Andy Paulson (2004) winning the individual title. The 2004 State Championship came with the distinction that all of the players hailed from public (rather than private) courses.

[edit] Other Activities

White Bear Lake has the 3rd ranked classic debate team in Minnesota.

Other notable athletes include; Joe Regnier (NDSU basketball hall of fame), Larry Ogden (Texas Rangers), Jamie Ogden (Minnesota Twins), Bill Butters (U of M and NHL), Jon Anderson (U of M hockey), Brian Bonin (Hobey Baker winner), Gary Rinehart (NAIA All-American baseball), Tony Benshoof (Olympic luge) and Kyle Mork (Mariner).

[edit] References