Harbor High School (California)

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Located at 300 La Fonda Avenue, Harbor High School is a high school located in Santa Cruz, California, and has a student body of roughly 1200 students.

1 Activities
2 Sports
3 The Shell
4 Notable Grads
5 See also

[edit] Activities

Harbor High is well known for Escapade (its dance team) and its drama department. Harbor also features a Mock Trial Team.

[edit] Sports

Harbor competes in the SCCAL for athletics along with Aptos High School, Santa Cruz High School, Scotts Valley High School, Soquel High School, and St. Francis Catholic School. Harbor's colors are green and gold and their mascot is the pirate. Perhaps the greatest Harbor Dynasty was that of Girl's Soccer who won 9 CCS Championships in 14 years under head coach Gerald Pleasant who retired in 2004. The Harbor High School boys swim team has won 26 SCCAL Championships in the 40 years that the school has been open. Though it is essentially just three miles down the same road as Soquel High School, Harbor's greatest rivalry is with Santa Cruz High.

[edit] The Shell

As Harbor and Santa Cruz are the only two teams within the City of Santa Cruz, the Pirates and Cardinals annually compete for the City Championship in football represented by a large Conch Shell trophy. Beginning in 2004. Harbor won the Shell 3 consecutive times. Santa Cruz won the last game. 2004: Santa Cruz 21, Harbor 23; 2005: Harbor 35, Santa Cruz 15; 2006: Santa Cruz 6, Harbor 28; 2007: Santa Cruz 49, Harbor 0;