| Cave Spring High School | |
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| Address | |
| 3712 Chaparral Drive Roanoke, Virginia, 24018 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public school |
| Established | 1956 |
| School district | Roanoke County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Lorraine Lange |
| Principal | Steve Spangler[1] |
| Assistant principals | Fiona Hill[1] Tracey Lange[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 894 (2010) |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Athletics conference | Virginia High School League AA Region IV River Ridge District |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Rival | Hidden Valley High School Salem High School Patrick Henry High School Blacksburg High School |
| Website | http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/cshs/ |
Cave Spring High School is a public secondary school in Roanoke, Virginia. It is under the jurisdiction of Roanoke County Public Schools. Cave Spring is one of two high schools that serve southwest Roanoke County and one of five high schools that serve the Roanoke County school district. Cave Spring High School was also named as the #1 public high school in the Roanoke Valley by the Roanoker magazine in 2009 for academic performance.
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Cave Spring High School opened in 1956. In 1968, the high school was moved to its current site, while its original building became Cave Spring Junior High School, which would later become Cave Spring Middle School in 2002. Cave Spring held grades 10-12 for a large number of years until 2002, when it fed approximately half of its 10-12 population into Hidden Valley High School after it was completed and first opened.
Currently, renovations are being done to improve the track, football, and soccer practice fields in celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. These renovations are called Project 50 and were thought up by Coach Loesel, one of the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track coaches.
Tiki Barber, alumni of CSHS and former NBC News anchor, honored former coach and current principal Steve Spangler on the Today Show on November 14, 2007 as a part of a continuing Today Show segment about heroes in someone’s life. Barber said about Spangler, "At a time when I was impressionable and vulnerable to negative peer pressure, Coach Spangler was a father figure and a motivator who pushed me to be the best at anything I tried, whether on the field or in the classroom."[2]
Cave Spring High School's student body is 7% Asian; 6% Black; 5% Hispanic; 82% White.
| School Year | Number of Students* |
| 1995-1996 | 1,207 (1.622 in 9-12) |
| 1996-1997 | 1,240 (1,696 in 9-12) |
| 1997-1998 | 1,248 (1,670 in 9-12) |
| 1998-1999 | 1,188 (1,607 in 9-12) |
| 1999-2000 | 1,205 (1,612 in 9-12) |
| 2000-2001 | 1,204 (1,629 in 9-12) |
| 2001-2002 | 1,248 (1,687 in 9-12) |
| 2002-2003 | 996 |
| 2003-2004 | 800 |
| 2004-2005 | 817 |
| 2005-2006 | 887 |
| 2006-2007 | 904 |
*Note that Cave Spring High School was a 10-12 high school until the 2002-2003 school year. Before then, 9th graders in the Cave Spring High School pyramid attended either Cave Spring Junior High School or Hidden Valley Junior High School.
The Class of 1978 is the largest graduating class from Cave Spring with over 430 graduates. They celebrated their 30th class reunion on September 20, 2008 at the Hunting Hills Country Club.
The mascot is a knight and the sports teams currently play in the AA River Ridge District and Region IV. Before Hidden Valley opened, Cave Spring was an AAA school, playing in the AAA Western Valley District and before that in the AAA Roanoke Valley District until its dissolution.
The Knights football team went undefeated (10-0) during the regular season in 1978 winning the Roanoke Valley District for the first time in school history and advancing to the state AAA playoffs. Cave Spring defeated Heritage High School (Lynchburg) in an overtime thriller 21-20 in the first round of the Northwest Region playoffs. The Knights lost in the Northwest Region final to GW Danville. Both playoff games were played at Roanoke's Victory Stadium.
The Knights have won 14 Virginia High School League state championships, seven in AA which are five girls volleyball titles won in the 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2011-2012 seasons and the two AA Boys Basketball titles in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010; one unclassified title in boys golf in 1964; and six AAA titles, which are two girls' gymnastics titles in 1976 and 1981; two boys swimming titles in 2000 and 2001; one girls swimming title in 2001; and one boys basketball title in 2002.
David Garlow (Class of 1981) 1980 AAA Cross Country State Champion.
In 1989, the Knights were the VHSL AAA State Runners-Up in baseball.
In 2004, the Knights were the VHSL AA State Runners-Up in baseball.
The Knights were the 2008 VHSL Scholastic Bowl runners-up, falling to Charlottesville High School in the final at the College of William and Mary. The team was coached by Bob Powers and included Heidi Fredstrom, Kevin Zhang, Kathryn Lawryszek, Paul Fariss, Alex Berry, and Kristen Robinson. In 2009, they returned to Williamsburg with Lawryszek, Fariss, and Berry being joined by two freshmen, Michael Zhang (Kevin's brother) and McKennon Flint, in a fourth place finish.
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