Mounds View High School

Mounds View High School
Location
1900 Lake Valentine Road,
Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112
United States
Coordinates 45°03′54″N 93°10′49″W / 45.064862°N 93.180341°WCoordinates: 45°03′54″N 93°10′49″W / 45.064862°N 93.180341°W
Information
Type Public
School district Mounds View Public Schools
CEEB Code 241-805
Principal Dr. Jeffrey Ridlehoover
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1,676
Color(s) Green and White         
Athletics conference Suburban East Conference
Mascot Mustang
Team name Mounds View Mustangs
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper The Viewer
Yearbook The Vista
Website http://www2.moundsviewschools.org/moundsview

Mounds View High School is a public high school located in Arden Hills, Minnesota. A part of the Mounds View Public Schools district, the high school is located in a suburban area approximately nine miles north of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul and includes seven cities with 76,193 residents. As of 2012-2013, the school had an enrollment of 1,676. The school is predominantly white with 13.5% of students being other races. It includes grade 9-12, and was founded in 1955.[1] It is one of two high schools that are in the 621 school district (the other being Irondale High School). Most residents of Mounds View, Minnesota actually attend Irondale High School.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Football

Despite ranking among the smallest of the 6A schools in Minnesota High School Football, Mounds View Football has been ranked among the top teams, with a high track record of success. Since 2000, Mounds View has served as Section Champs in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and were State Semi-Finalists in the largest class (5A) in 2009 and 2010. Under head coach Jim Galvin, they have averaged nine wins per season since 2007, posting a record of 54-15 during this time. Their key rivals for the SEC Division championship are Cretin-Derham Hall High School and Stillwater Area High School.

Baseball

Several recent MLB draft picks and signees have played at Mounds View High School. In 2013 and 2014 they won state titles..[2]

Basketball

Mustangs have made 13 appearances in the state tournament with two state championships and several conference championships. There have only been two coaches in school history, Jim Geske and Ziggy Kauls. At the end of the 2011-2012 season, Ziggy Kauls will be retiring after 45 seasons. In addition, the home floor for the Mounds View Mustangs will be renamed Kauls court. Ziggy Kauls is 3rd all-time in wins for the state of Minnesota. The program has also produced three Mr. Basketball Award winners since its inception in 1975 (Steve Schlotthauer 1986, Nick Horvath 1999, and Travis Busch 2005).Also one N.B.A. player, Mark Landsberger.

Boys Tennis

Mounds View Boys Tennis has had a very strong tradition of winning. Michael Cartwright is in his 20th season as head coach. The Mustangs have earned 3 State Championships including back to back wins in 2004 and 2005. They have made it to the State Tournament in ten consecutive years. The Mustangs are currently playing in the Suburban East Conference and are the only team from any sport in the conference to never have lost a conference match. In the past five years the Mustangs have placed 2nd in state twice, 3rd once, consolation once, and 6th place once. Currently, Wyatt McCoy is the #1 singles player. He won the individual State Championship as an 8th grader and was a runner up in 7th grade and took third in 9th grade. He took 2 years off high school tennis to pursue national and international tournaments. He received a scholarship from Notre Dame, and is now playing for the Mustangs again in his senior year, hoping to re-claim his state champion status for singles, and also gain his first ever team state championship.

Track and Field

With eight Minnesota True Team State Track and Field championships and five Minnesota State High School League state championships, Mounds View Track and Field is the most successful high school track and field program in Minnesota. The program became a powerhouse in the late 1990s under the tutelage of coach Ross Fleming and Mike Goldman. The program went undefeated in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2007.

The program was created in the spring of 1955, during the school's first year. In 1958, Bob Stewart joined as an assistant. That same year, Stewart founded the school's cross country program and became its first coach. Stewart took over as head coach of the Mustangs in 1963 and maintained that position until 1985, when he stepped aside for Fleming to take the top position. In 22 years, Stewart led the Mustangs to 10 conference championships, six regional championships, eight individual state champions and one relay state championship. Stewart left the program for three years to coach his son at Hamline University before returning to Mounds View as an assistant from 1991 to 2004. Following his retirement, the school named its renovated facilities the Bob Stewart Track. In Mike Goldman's first year of coaching. His prodigy Matt Baker won the State AA 110 Hurdle championship. Mike Goldman will be known as a legend the rest of his life in Mounds View track and field Numerous Mounds View alums have gone on to Division 1 track and field careers. Among them are: Burt Ewing (1961), Brad Buetow (1968), Bart Buetow (1968), Gordy Weaver (1975), Mark Pietrofesa (1984), Ryan Melena (1999), Trent Riter (2001), Sean Duling (2007), Tommy McNamara (2007), Mike Shelendich (2007), Kevin Bradley (2008), (University of Minnesota), Nate Englin (2004) (University of Missouri), Jeff Taylor (1985) (North Carolina State), and Quinn Evans (2007) (University of Wisconsin).

Current Captains for the 2014-2015 year are: Matthew Baker, Jeremy Wiste, Devon McDonald, Matthew Wong and Joey Eggers

Activities

Science Olympiad

The Mounds View Science Olympiad team is the most successful team in Minnesota Science Olympiad history. Since its founding in 2002, Mounds View Science Olympiad has won the Minnesota state tournament eight times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015) and represented Minnesota at the Science Olympiad national tournament in each of those years. The highest that Mounds View has finished at nationals is 2nd, which occurred at the 2014 tournament at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Typically, the team medals (placing top 6) in one to three events at the national level. At the 2014 national tournament, Mounds View received five medals: 2nd place in Anatomy & Physiology, 6th place in Boomilever, 5th place in Dynamic Planet, 4th place in Experimental Design, and 3rd place in Technical Problem Solving.

Math Team

Following a tradition of Mounds View Mustang strength in inter-school competitions, the Mounds View Math Team is also one of the powerhouse teams in Minnesota. Although it competes in several invitational and smaller scale competitions, the team mainly focuses on the two main Minnesota mathematics competitions: the Minnesota State High School Mathematics League (MSHSML) and the Minnesota Math League. Since its beginning as a powerhouse in 1995, Mounds View has accumulated numerous prestigious championships. The biggest target championships of Mounds View (and the majority of top math teams in the state) are the MSHSML regular season championship (the team that has performed the best overall in the season), the MSHSML state tournament championship (the winner of a one-day meet between the top 35 teams of the regular season), and the Minnesota Math League Champions. Mounds View competes in the North Suburban division of the MSHSML, but division champ is more of an expectation than goal, since it has captured the 17 of the last 18 championship titles, only missing it in 1997.

Mounds View's record: 5x MSHSML State Regular Season Champions, 3× MSHSML State Tournament Champions, 18x MSHSML Division Champions, and 14x Minnesota Math League Champions

MSHSML Regular Season 1st place in state: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2006 2nd place in state: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2013 MSHSML State Tournament 1st place: 1995, 2000, 2006 2nd place: 2013 3rd place: 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012

MSHSML North Suburban Division Champions: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Minnesota Math League 1st Place State: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 2nd Place State: 1999, 2007, 2007

Economics Challenge

The Mounds View Economics Challenge Team has been very strong for the past few years. Coach Martha Rush started entering teams into this competition in 2008 at the regional level. The teams have made it to the state competition each year and have been extremely successful. In 2011, the team won the Minnesota state competition and made it to the National Economics Challenge Competition in New York with competitors Andrew Ovshak, David Petersen, Benjamin Rush, and Conrad Zbikowski. The team placed 2nd in the nation at the National Econ Challenge to Phillips Academy. Also in 2011, David Petersen was named the Minnesota Economics Student of the Year by the Minnesota Council on Economic Education. In 2012, the Mounds View team of Connor Duffy, Nicholas Helgeson, Benjamin Rush, and Maximillian Wang once again won the state competition, but barely missed out on the National Competition after finishing 5th in the national semifinal round. Additionally, Connor Duffy was named the 2012 Minnesota Economics Student of the Year. In 2013, the team won the Minnesota state competition with a team of Maximillian Wang, Samuel Rush, Chris Collins, and Emily Ruan. That team placed 3rd nationally behind Iolani School and Choate Rosemary Hall.

St. Thomas Econ Challenge Competition Advanced Level 1st Place: 2013, 2012, 2011

Regular Level 1st Place: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 2nd Place: 2009

Minnesota Econ Challenge Competition Advanced Level 1st place: 2013, 2012, 2011 Regular Level 2nd Place: 2012, 2011, 2010

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Mounds View Senior High 2007" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Education. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  2. ↑ http://moundsviewbaseball.com
  3. ↑ Campbell, Dave (March 1, 2015). "Back with Minnesota, rehabbed Mark Hamburger relishes moment". ESPN.com. Associated Press. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Wicker, Brian (March 21, 1999). "Mounds View Holds on: Horvath Scores 31 as Mustangs Top Last Year's 4A Champion, Minnetonka". Star Tribune. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 1, 2015 – via United States Congressional Record.
  5. ↑ Crowe, Jerry (May 7, 2011). "Mark Landsberger, immortalized by Dr. J, played in 'Showtime' Lakers' background". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Meyer, Heather (December 2, 2014). "North Oaks native Rob McClanahan speaks at Mounds View Schools event". North Oaks News. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ Long, Chris (April 1, 2014). "Shoreview's Rosin Makes MLB Debut, Father Describes His Pride". KSTP-TV. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tomasson, Chris (December 19, 2014). "Former Mounds View player Billy Turner hoping for NFL debut vs. Vikings". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ Walters, Charley (October 13, 2011). "Former Gophers quarterback Adam Weber says he's keeping busy with Denver Broncos". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

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