Becker High School

Becker High School
Location
United States
Information
Type Public high school
Grades 9–12
Color(s) Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, and White
Athletics conference Granite Ridge Conference
Minnesota State High School League
Mascot Busse the Bulldog
Team name Bulldogs

Becker High School is a public high school in Becker, Minnesota. Becker High School enrolls grades 9-12 and has an enrollment of approximately 800 students. It is the only high school in located in Minnesota Public School District 726.

Other schools in the district are Becker Primary School, Becker Intermediate School, and Becker Middle School.

Sports

The Becker Bulldogs compete in the Granite Ridge Conference of the Minnesota State High School League. The teams are nicknamed the Bulldogs, their mascot is Busse the Bulldog and the school colors are Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, White. The Bulldog football team completed the 2005 season undefeated and won the Class AAA State Championship. The Bulldog girls basketball team completed the 2006-2007 season with record of 31-1 and won the Class AAA State Championship.

As of September 27, 2010 Becker remained in the Mississippi 8 Conference for the 2011-2012 school year. Becker was the smallest school in a pool of very large outer ring of suburbs schools. In 2010 and 2011, Becker High School competed in the Mississippi 8 Conference, M8, consisting of 8 other central Minnesota schools. Becker is the second smallest school (Zimmerman being the smallest) in the Mississippi 8. Starting in 2011, the Mississippi 8 Conference changed to a seven school conference which left out Princeton and Zimmerman. Becker is now a member of the Granite Ridge Conference.

FIRST Robotics Competition

As of 2012, Becker High School has been competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).[1] The FRC Team 4607 - The Coalition of Independent Students (CIS) has been successful during its first two seasons qualifying for two MSHSL berths in its first two years.[2] Their first year saw them winning the Minnesota State Championship, their second year saw them finishing as the Minnesota State Tournaments' Runners-up.

In its first season, Team 4607 CIS won the North Star Regional to confirm a bid to the FRC World Championships in St Louis, Missouri. CIS 4607 was also named 'Rookie All Star' at the North Star Regional and the team's Safety Captain won All-Star at the regional.[3]

The team competed in the Second MSHSL Robotics Tournament where it competed against a field of 30 other teams at the Williams Arena. Team 4607 CIS won the State Tournament to give Becker its 3rd team State Championship in Becker School history.[4]

The 2014 FRC campaign saw the CIS team compete again at the North Star Regional against 60 other teams from across 4 states. This year's robot (Liberty Xcelerator 2.0-GUMDROP) was a vast improvement in terms of offensive prowess over the previous year's robot. The team finished 15th after the qualifying rounds and were awarded with a berth into an alliance with FRC Teams 2175 and 967. The alliance posted a Quarterfinal win before being eliminated by the eventual champions.[5]

The 2014 team defended their 2013 State Title. After the qualification rounds, FRC 4607 was ranked #2 behind 'The Fighting Calculators'- FRC 2175. During the Alliance Selection process, FRC 2175 chose FRC 2052 to the #1 Alliance. CIS would go this Elimination without the Calculators for the first time.[6] CIS chose FRC team 3018 the Nordic Storm from St Peter and FRC 2530 'Inconceivable' from Rochester. Both the #1 Alliance and the #2 Alliance headed by FRC 4607 weeded through the competition. When the two alliances met in the finals, it was determined that there would be a two-time state champion - either the FRC Teams of 2175 and 2052 from the #1 Alliance would repeat, or FRC 4607 would repeat. After two matches, the #1 Alliance prevailed - CIS would be bringing home hardware - just not a match set.[7]

Theater

The school is home to an active theater department and in addition to one and three-act plays the school has produced an annual musical theatre production since 2006. Past shows include Fiddler on the Roof (2006),[8] Bye Bye Birdie (2007),[9] Guys and Dolls (2008),[10] Oklahoma! (2009),[11] Grease (2010),[12] The Sound of Music (2012),[13] How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2012)[14] and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2013).

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/becker-robotics-team-launch-mode
  2. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/news/robotics-team-qualifies-state
  3. ↑ http://beckerrobo.weebly.com/ FRC 4607 Minnesota State Champions!
  4. ↑ http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/robotics.asp
  5. ↑ http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/4607
  6. ↑ http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/news/2014_Finals_bracket.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/news/2014_Finals_bracket.htm
  8. ↑ http://citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7990&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
  9. ↑ http://citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=10291&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
  10. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=63&ArticleID=12980
  11. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=15331&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
  12. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=16902&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
  13. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=18903&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
  14. ↑ http://www.citizennewspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=19457&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1

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