Goose Creek High School

Goose Creek High School is a public high school located just outside Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA.

Goose Creek High School offers grades 9-12. The current principal is Jimmy Huskey. The school is a public high school that was founded in 1970. Former principals include John Fulmer and Sam Brant. Their rival is Stratford High School. The school's colors are Black and Gold. The "Gator" is the mascot of Goose Creek High School.

Academics

As of 2014, Goose Creek High School has an enrollment of 1864 students. The teacher to student ratio is 16.89 students to every teacher. The school employs a total of 98 teachers. Sophomores were 88.8 percent proficient in language arts and 84.6 percent proficient in math.^[1] The school is 49.97 percent female, and 50.03 percent male.^[1] Goose Creek High is the only school in Berkeley County that offers the Berkeley Center for the Arts program. This program includes visual arts, creative writing, drama, dance, voice, strings, as well as wind and percussion studies.^[2]

Athletics

As of 2012, sports offered at Goose Creek High include baseball, boy's basketball, girl's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, track and field, soccer, softball, swimming, girl's tennis, girl's volleyball, and wrestling.

Football

As of the 2015 football season, the head coach of the Goose Creek Gators is Chris Candor, the Goose Creek defensive coordinator from 2006-2014. Goose Creek's former head coach from 2002-2014 who is responsible for Goose Creek's emergence as a state power is Charles "Chuck" Reedy. He coached at a number of colleges including Baylor University, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina. Before Reedy took over in 2002, the Gators had eight consecutive losing seasons. In 2001, the team was 0-11. When Reedy took over in 2002, the team had its ninth consecutive losing season going 1-10. In 2003, the Gators had another losing season, but still advanced to the playoffs. In 2004, the losing streak was snapped with a final record of 8-5. In 2008, winning started to become normal for the Gators. The 2008 team finished 9-4, the 2009 team finished 10-4, and the 2010 team finished 13-1.^[3] The 2009 and 2010 teams both lost in the state semifinals. The 2010 team's lone loss was to Northwestern High school. The 2011 football team finished with a final record of 14-1 and won the first AAAA Division 2 State Football Championship in school history. The team's lone loss came in the second game of the season in a double overtime game against University School out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[4] On average, the Gators outscored opponents by 36 points. Over the entire season, the Gators averaged just under 48 points a game. The defense had three shutouts in this 2011 season and also held 10 different opponents to under a touchdown or less during the game.^[3] On October 12, 2012, the Gators played a game against the Cane Bay Cobras on ESPNU. The game kicked off at 6 o'clock p.m., and at the time, the Gators were ranked as the #23 team in the ESPN 25 Power Rankings.^[5] The game ended in a final score of 55-0, with Goose Creek winning.

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National rankings

The 2011 varsity football team ranked nationally in multiple polls. In MaxPreps the Gators finished the season ranked as the #30 team in the nation.^[7] In the Rivals high school rankings, the Gators finished the season as the #48 team in the nation.^[8] As of October 23, 2012, the 2012 varsity football team is also ranked nationally throughout many different polls. The Gators are ranked #16 nationally in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 Poll.^[9] The Rivals High rankings has the Gators coming in at #28 nationally.^[10] Finally, the USA Today national high school rankings have the Gators ranked as the #12 team in the country.^[11] In all of these polls that Gators are ranked #1 in the state of South Carolina.

State Championships

Boy's Basketball

In 2009 the varsity Boy's Basketball team won the AAAA South Carolina Boy's Basketball State Championship. The head coach of this team was Brad Dobbles who, as of 2012, is an assistant coach at Charleston Southern University.^[12] in the post-season playoffs, the team defeated the following high schools: West Florence, Summerville, West Ashley, and Fort Dorchester. The team defeated Gaffney High School 63-58 in the State Championship.^[13]

Girl's Basketball

In 2012 the varsity Girl's Basketball team won the AAAA South Carolina Girl's Basketball State Championship. The head coach was Tim Baldwin and, as of 2012, remains the head coach of girl's basketball. The team went 22-1 in the regular season with the lone loss coming from Redan High School from Stone Mountain, Georgia.^[14] In the post-season playoffs, the team defeated West Florence HS, North Augusta HS, Hartsville HS, Dutch Fork HS, and finally beating Spring Valley HS 52-51 in the State Championship.^[15] The team ended the season with an overall record of 27-1.^[14]

Football

Under head coach Chuck Reedy, the 2011 Varsity Football team won the AAAA Division 2 State Championship. This was the first football state championship in school history. The team ended the regular season 10-1 and entered the playoffs as the number 1 seed.^[16] The team started the playoffs by playing Lancaster High school. Goose Creek won the game 49-12 and advanced to the second round. There, the Gators beat Northwestern High school (who eliminated the Gators the previous year) 41-7. In the third round the Gators played North Augusta and beat them 49-6.^[17] In the state championship the Gators faced the Greenwood Eagles. The game was played at Memorial Stadium at Clemson University and was a noon kickoff time. The Gators won the game and the state championship by a score of 37-21.^[16]

School layout

Goose Creek High is constructed into eight different "wings". The eight wings include the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 wings. Each wing consists of classrooms with wing specific room numbers. For example, room 211 is located on the 200 wing. Located in the 100 wing is the main cafeteria, guidance offices, nurse, library, and teachers service center. The school's second cafeteria, the L.A. cafeteria, is located in between the 500 and 600 wings. The L.A. office is located in the 500 wing. The main office is also placed temporarily on the 500 wing. The school gym is its own separate building. This building includes the basketball court, weight room, locker rooms, training room, coaches offices, and equipment room. Currently, Goose Creek High is undergoing major renovations, expected to be completed late 2016 or early 2017. Upon being finished, Goose Creek High will be a single, multiple story building. Every wing excluding the 100 wing is being demolished.

School song

Clubs and organizations

• Academic Team
• Ambassadors for Christ
• Art
• Band
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Beta
• Black History Bowl
• Cheerleading
• Creative Writing
• Chess
• Cross Country
• DECA
• Drama
• FBLA
• Football
• French
• GCATS
• Golf
• HOSA
• Ice Hockey
• JROTC
• Junior Board
• Mu Alpha Theta
• National Honor Society
• Orchestra
• Quest
• Science
• Scuba
• Senior Class
• Skills USA
• Soccer
• Softball
• Spanish
• Step Team
• Student Council
• Swimming Team
• Teacher Cadet
• Track
• Voices of Praise
• Volleyball
• Wrestling
• Yearbook

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 32°58′27″N 80°00′59″W / 32.97417°N 80.01639°W / 32.97417; -80.01639

References

1. 1 2 "Goose Creek High". Home Facts. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
2. ↑ Mitchell, Octavia (10 September 2012). "Cool School: Goose Creek High School". Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
3. 1 2 Gantt, Rob (8 December 2011). "Chuck Reedy's Recipe for Winning". Goose Creek Gazette. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
4. ↑ "Goose Creek 2011 Football Schedule". MaxPreps. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
5. ↑ Adams, Kipp. "Showdown in the Palmetto State". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 
6. ↑ Goose Creek Football http://www.berkeley.k12.sc.us/webpages/gfootball. Retrieved 2014-07-31.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. ↑ "Goose Creek High School". Max Preps. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
8. ↑ "2011 - RivalsHigh 100". Rivals High. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
9. ↑ "High School Football Rankings Central". Max Preps. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
10. ↑ "2012 - RivalsHigh 100". Rivals High. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 
11. ↑ "2012 Super 25 Rankings". USA Today. Retrieved 24 October 2012. 
12. ↑ "Charleston Southern University". Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
13. ↑ "Class AAAA Boys Basketball". South Carolina High School League. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
14. 1 2 "Goose Creek 2009-10 Girls Basketball Schedule". Max Preps. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
15. ↑ "Brackets and State Finals". South Carolina High School League. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
16. 1 2 "Class AAAA - Division II" (PDF). South Carolina High School League. Retrieved 23 October 2012. 
17. ↑ Rob, Gantt (8 December 2011). "Chuck Reedy's Recipe for Winning" (PDF). Goose Creek Gazette. Retrieved 23 October 2012.