Simley High School

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Simley High School

Established	1960
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Gerald Sakala
Students	approx. 1,200
Grades	9–12
Location	Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, USA
District	Independent School District 199
Colors	Columbia Blue, Scarlet, White
Mascot	The Spartans

Located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Simley High School had its first graduating class in 1961. The school was named after I.T. Simley, the retired Superintendent of Schools from South St. Paul who served as a consultant to Inver Grove Heights during the district’s transition years. Simley’s first graduating class was the Class of ’61, with 19 graduates.

I.T. Simley

I.T. Simley was superintendent for South St. Paul schools. After retiring from this position he became a consultant for the Inver Grove Heights School District. He helped in the building of Inver Grove's first high school. Before this, students from Inver Grove's middle schools would attend South St. Paul High School.

Athletics

Baseball:
The 1990 Simley baseball team finished runner-up in the Section 3AAA tournament, losing to Cretin-Derham Hall in the finals. The 1991 Simley baseball team won the St. Paul Suburban Conference championship and played in the annual Twin Cities Championship game at the Metrodome, where they were subsequently drilled by Hill-Murray.

Boys Hockey: The Boys Hockey team won the Section 3A Championship in 1996, and went on to Consolation Championship at the Minnesota State Tournament that same year.^{[citation needed]}

Football:

In the fall of 2007, the football team won the nine school Classic Suburban Conference championship ^[1] for the first time in school history.^[2] They shared it again with St. Thomas Academy in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Wrestling:

The Simley Wrestling team won the 2008 state championship in Class AA, then defended its title in 2009, 2010 and 2011.^[3]

Boys Swimming and Diving:

The Boys' swimming and diving team has been conference and section runners-up for the past seven years and has been Top 10 at the Minnesota State Tournament for the past 11 years.^{[citation needed]} In 2010 the team defeated St. Thomas Academy, Simley's first win over the Cadets, and then went on to defeat them at the state tournament, placing 2nd behind Blake/Breck.

Boys Soccer:

In 2009, the Simley boys soccer team finished 18-2-5 and placed 3rd in the state tournament. They also won the Classic Suburban Conference title.^[4]

Academic Activities

First Roboticshttp://www.team2518.org/
Speech
'Composition for College Writing Team'
Math Team
Simley Theatre Guild:http://simleytheater.org/page8.php
Spartan Surfing Team
Spartan Homework Team
Spartan Rollerblading Team
The Spartan Spotlight: A school news show put on by students each week.

References

↑ "Classic Suburban Conference". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ "2008 high school football preview: Classic Suburban Conference". Star Tribune.
↑ http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wusa%20web%20root/highschoolnews/Minnesotathechampions03.html
↑ http://net.minnesotasportsonline.com/brackets/bracket.php?bid=5&yid=0910

External links

v t e Classic Suburban Conference teams

Henry Sibley High School Hill-Murray High School Mahtomedi Senior High School North High School Richfield High School Simley High School South St. Paul High School St. Thomas Academy Tartan Senior High School

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