Bonanza High School
| Bonanza High School | |
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| Address | |
| 6665 Del Rey Ave Las Vegas, Nevada, Clark County, 89146  United States | |
| Coordinates | 36°9′12″N 115°14′11″W / 36.15333°N 115.23639°WCoordinates: 36°9′12″N 115°14′11″W / 36.15333°N 115.23639°W |
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| Established | 1976 |
| Principal | Northey Henderson |
| Website | http://schools.ccsd.net/bonanza/ |
Bonanza High School is a high school in the Las Vegas Valley. It was built in the 1970s and was the ninth high school to open in the area.
History
Bonanza opened in 1976, and is built in the same configuration as Eldorado High School, Basic High School and Vo-Tech high schools. Since it opened its doors in 1976 Bonanza has always been a large school with anywhere from 2000-3000+ students. However with the city of Las Vegas growing faster than before, bigger high schools were constructed to help resolve the over-crowding of schools. In the 2004–2005 school year, many former Bonanza students were zoned to attend the newly opened Spring Valley High School.
Athletics
The Bonanza Bengals compete in Sunset 4A Region of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA).
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Bonanza's mascot is the Bengal. When the school first opened in the 1970s it won many state championships in basketball, wrestling, volleyball, tennis, and golf. Today Bonanza Athletics are best known for its Tennis and Lacrosse programs, with the varsity Tennis team winning the 4A Nevada State Championship in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, the Men's Lacrosse team winning state 3 consecutive times in 2007, 2008, and the Women's Lacrosse team 4 consecutive times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships
- Lacrosse (Girls) – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Lacrosse (Boys) – 2007, 2008, 2009
- Bowling (Girls) – 2009
- Soccer (Boys) – 1991, 1995, 1996
- Tennis (Boys) – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Volleyball (Girls) – 1987
- Volleyball (Boys) – 2011
- Soccer (Girls) – 2004
Notable alumni
- Greg Brower ('82) – Senator in the Nevada Senate and former United States Attorney for the District of Nevada[1]
- Kris Bryant ('10) – professional MLB player, Dick Howser Trophy winner
- Mark Hutchison ('81) - Senator in the Nevada Senate and former Chairman of the Nevada Commission on Ethics
- Jonathan Jackson ('94) - former professional NFL and defunct XFL player
- Daniel Kucan ('88) – actor, designer, and television personality
- Joe Kucan ('83) – actor, director, casting director
- Justin Leone ('95) – former professional MLB player
- Gray Maynard (transferred) – mixed martial artist, UFC veteran
- Frank Mir ('98) – mixed martial artist, former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, former undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Scott Piercy ('96) – PGA Tour professional golfer
- Jason (J.R.) Reed ('86) – actor, musician
- Dan Reynolds ('05) – singer for major label band Imagine Dragons
- Robert Reynolds ('92) – entertainment lawyer and manager of major label band The Killers
- Gerald Riggs ('78) – former professional NFL player
- Lee Scrivner – ('89) - writer, artist, musician, professor
- Adam Seward ('00) – former professional NFL player
- Jason Zucker (transferred) – first professional NHL player from Nevada.
References
- ↑ "Greg Brower". Nevada Senate. Retrieved 4 May 2011.