Eunice High School

Eunice High School is a public high school located in Eunice, in the far western end of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. It is operated by the St. Landry Parish School Board.^[1] Eunice High graduated its first class in 1910; the current building was built in 1966. In 1969, St. Landry Parish's former Charles Drew High School for African-American students was merged into Eunice High as part of desegregation.^[2]

Eunice High School athletics

Eunice High School is a member of the LHSAA or Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The Eunice High School Battling Bobcats are in District 4-4A and participate in football, baseball, softball, track, basketball, and tennis.

Notable alumni

• Kyries Hebert - American football player^[3]
• Curtis Joubert, former mayor of Eunice and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, was a teacher, basketball coach, and assistant principal at Eunice High School in the early 1960s. He was the "Southwest Louisiana Coach of the Year" in 1961-1962. He graduated in 1948 from the former Lawtell High School in St. Landry Parish.^[4]
• Keith Ortego - American football player^[5]
• Dale Sittig (Class of 1959) - Director of the Louisiana Offshore Termninal Authority; former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Stuart Turner - baseball player^[6]

References

1. ↑ Eunice High Student Handbook
2. ↑ History of Eunice High
3. ↑ "Kyries Hebert". databaseFootball.com 1. Retrieved November 26, 2012. 
4. ↑ "From the Files of The Eunice News, November 1962". eunicetoday.com. Retrieved December 9, 2013. 
5. ↑ "Keith Ortego". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012. 
6. ↑

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