South Oldham High School

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1 Basic Info
2 Academics
3 Athletics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Basic Info

South Oldham High School is located in Crestwood, Kentucky and serves pupils in 9th-12th grade. The principal is Dorenda Neihof and the school's mascot is the Dragon. South Oldham opened in 1989 because Oldham County High School became overcrowded.

[edit] Academics

The school has produced numerous National Merit Finalists.
The school annually sends several students to the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program and the Kentucky Governor's School For The Arts.
The Dragon's Tale, the student-run newspaper, has won numerous Kentucky High School Journalism Association awards under the direction of Cindi Reedy.
The school's Advanced Placement BC Calculus Course, taught by Larry McCloskey, regularly has 100% of students score a 3 (passing is 3 and above) or better on the exam.^[1]

[edit] Athletics

The girls' soccer team has won 6 (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001) Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) championships under head coach Cy Tucker.^[2]. The girls' soccer team has also produced 3 consecutive Miss Soccer award winners: Jennifer Gibson (1999), Kristal Menard (2000), and Emily Cobb (2001).
The boys' cross country team won the 2001 KHSAA AAA team championship in 2000 under head coach Houston Barber.^[3]
Alli Sauer won the KHSAA AAA individual cross country championship in 1999.^[4]
The wrestling team won the KHSAA team championship in 2003. The wrestling team has also produced 5 individual state champions: Daniel Murner (2006), Nick Fiser (2003), Steven Lovewell (2003), Derek Scott (2005, 2006) and Taylor Scherer (2004, 2005, 2006).^[5]
Eric Quigley won the KHSAA boys' individual tennis championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.^[6]
Daniel Murner won the individual state cross country title in 2005