Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

Coordinates: 43°38′38″N 116°16′55″W / 43.644°N 116.282°W / 43.644; -116.282

Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho. Opened in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A in the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC). The longtime rivals are Boise and Borah. The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972 to 1976.^[5] The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978.^[6]

State titles

Boys

• Football (2): fall 1983, 1991^[7] (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
  • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974,^[8] 1977^[9] (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
• Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977 ^[10]
• Basketball (6): 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2014 ^[11][6]
• Baseball (3): 1989, 2009,^[12] 2014 ^[13] (records not kept by IHSAA)
• Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009 ^[14]
• Golf (1): 1974 ^[15]
• Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

• Cross Country (1): fall 1980 ^[10]
• Basketball (1): 1977 ^[16]
• Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988 ^[17]

Combined

• Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007^[5] (combined until 2008)

Honors

Idaho's Gatorade Player of the Year

• 1986: Steve Scussel, Boys Soccer
• 1988: John Hatten, Boys Soccer
• 1990: Ryan Sawyer, Boys Soccer
• 1990: Justin Smith, Baseball
• 1991: Scott Breckinridge, Football
• 1992: Ryan Slaughter, Boys Soccer
• 1993: Jake Plummer, Football
• 1994: Aaron Smith, Baseball
• 1995: Jim Brekke, Football
• 1996: Cori Feeman, Girls Basketball
• 1997: Nick Marchant, Baseball
• 1998: Crissy Walsh, Girls Soccer
• 1999: Josh Bradshaw, Boys Basketball
• 2007: Brandy Hickcox, Girls Soccer

Notable alumni

• Ron Witt (1972) – international businessman
• Bill Sali (1972) – former congressman
• Gary Stevens (1981) – thoroughbred horse racing jockey
• Curtis Stigers (1983) – musician
• Matthew Barney (1985) – artist
• Jake Plummer (1993) – former NFL quarterback
• Tobias Read (1993) – politician Oregon House of Representatives
• Bryan Harsin (1994) – college football head coach
• Kim Iverson (1998) – radio personality
• Andrew Tinker (2012)
• Ernie Hughes, NFL player^[18]

References

External links

• Official website
• MaxPreps.com – Capital Eagles
• Boise School District