Kent Island High School

Kent Island High School

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Location
Stevensville, Maryland
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1998
School district Queen Anne's County Public Schools
Principal John Schrecongost
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Blue and silver
Mascot Buccaneers
Yearbook Fore & Aft
Information 900 Love Point Rd
Stevensville, MD 21666
410-604-2070
Website www.kihigh.org

Kent Island High School (KIHS) is a public high school in Stevensville, Maryland that first opened in 1998 to accommodate the growing population of Queen Anne's County. The school takes its name from Kent Island, the location of the school (and the entire census-designated place of Stevensville).

The school is often seen as the successor to Stevensville High School, which closed in 1966, and was renovated and reopened as Stevensville Middle School. The two schools have similar school colors and mascots (SHS's colors and mascot were blue and gold and the Pirates, compared to blue and silver and the Buccaneers of KIHS). Between 1966 and 1998, residents of Kent Island attended Queen Anne's County High School, with which KIHS now shares a sports rivalry.

Grades 10-12 are located at Kent Island High School, while 9th graders who would otherwise attend the high school instead attend at an annex of the high school located at Matapeake Middle School.

A common rumor exists that the school was intentionally designed to resemble a ship when viewed from above, in honor of Kent Island's rich Chesapeake Bay heritage. However, the resemblance to a ship is not obvious to the observer at first and is more likely a coincidence.

Kent Island High School's sports teams are members of the Bayside conference and 2A East region in Maryland where they have garnered multiple conference and regional championships as well as team state championships in dance, baseball, field hockey, and lacrosse. Kent Island has also had individual state champions in swimming, track and field, and wrestling.

History

A fire broke out in a boys' bathroom at Kent Island High School on 26 September 2012.[1] Nearly twenty-five volunteer firefighters, of the Kent Island Volunteer Fire Company, responded to the blaze; a police investigation valued damages to approximately $5,000.[2]

Athletics

FALL:

Cheerleading 
  V: Laura Schroyer
Corollary Tennis
  V: Leanna Boyer
Cross Country
  V: Diane Adelsberger
Dance
  V: Amy Waskey
Field Hockey
  V: Jami Wilt

Bayside Champions: 2008, 09 North Bayside Champions: 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Football
  V: Bryon Sofinowski
Golf
  V: Rocco Barletta
Men's Soccer
  V: Phil Johnson
  JV: David Jones
Women's Soccer
  V: Lynda Kepley
Volleyball
  V: Patrick Hopkins

WINTER:

Basketball
  Boys Coach: Mr. Hopkins
  Girls Coach: Ms. Levy
Indoor Track 
  Boys Coach: Mr. Holland
  Girls Coach: Mrs. Adelsberger
Swimming
  V: Ms. Traver
Wrestling
  Coach: Mr. Rusty Smith
    Asst: Mr. Justin Callas
    Asst: Mr. Mulligan
Ice Hockey
  Coach:Fred Christie
    Asst: TJ Callahan
    Asst: Amanada Hauck

SPRING:

Baseball
  V Coach: Tony Lewis
    Asst: Doug Haymans
  JV Coach: Brad Chester
Lacrosse
  Boys Coach: 
    V Coach:Tim Kerr 
      Assistant: James Claborn
    JV Coach: Bob Woolley
  
  Girls Coach: 
    V Coach: M.C. Rossing
      Assistant: Bev Altig 
    JV Coach: Katie Schenker
Softball
  V: Brendan Schulte
    Assistant: Hannah Knisely
  JV: Robert Reading (JV)
Tennis 
  Boys Coach: Pete Bendel
  Girls Coach: Rick Tyng
Track and Field
  Coaches: Justin Holland
           Diane Adelsberger
           Rick Unger
Bocce Ball
  Coaches: Leanna Boyer
           Renee' Kinder

All-Year

Dance: 
  Coaches: Amy Waskey

Sports Championships

State Championships

State Finalists

State Semi-Finalist

References

  1. Price, Angela, "MyEastern Shore", 26 September 2012, "", 08 December 2012
  2. Hoey, Morgan, "WBOC", 15 October 2012, "", 08 December 2012

External links

Coordinates: 38°59′27″N 76°18′34″W / 38.9909°N 76.3094°W