Shelby Valley High School

Shelby Valley High School
Location
125 Douglas Park, Pikeville, KY
Information
Type	Public
Established	1990-1991
Principal	Greg Napier
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	612
Color(s)	Blue and white
Mascot	Wildcat
Information	(606) 639-0033
Website	shelbyvalley.ky.pch.schoolinsites.com

Shelby Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school located in Pike County, Kentucky and situated on flat land in the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky. There are 597 students currently enrolled in grades 9-12. Located approximately ten miles south of Pikeville on US 23, the school receives students from three elementary schools and two middle schools.

In 1990, school administrators decided to merge two local schools, Dorton High School and Virgie High School, which had both been in existence for several decades, into one. Twenty million dollars was spent on the undertaking.

Nearly 3,000 students have graduated and the school boasts an Air Force Academy graduate, as well as a Harvard University graduate. And currently having an Army JROTC.

The high school has also been noted for its boys' basketball sports program. Several players on the Valley team have been selected in university programs throughout Kentucky. Elisha Justice was 2010 Mr. Basketball and has played since for the University of Louisville Cardinals and the University of Pikeville Bears.

History

Shelby Valley is the result of the consolidation of Virgie and Dorton High Schools. The current principal is Greg Napier, assisted by vice principal Mike Tackett and Dean of Students Aaron Stepp. Shelby Valley won the 2010 Boys' Sweet Sixteen tournament in Lexington, Kentucky. Elisha Justice, of Dorton and from SVHS won Mr. Basketball in 2010. The school's logo was conceived and designed by Artist/Designer Mickey Glover in 2001. The school song was written in the first year the school opened by Class of 1991 graduate Darren Branham.

Student activities

The school has excelled in sports of both sexes. Some sports include basketball, football, soccer, cross country, track, various academic teams, marching band and volleyball. Also there is a cheering section, the Blue Crew, which has won several awards.

In 2008, the Marching Band made it to the KMEA State Finals, making it the second Marching Band from Pike County to earn this distinction.

In 1990 the varsity football team made KHSAA history as the first team ever to make the state playoffs in its first year of existence.Known as "The Crunch Bunch" the team finished with a 7-4 regular season record that stood for nearly ten years as the schools winningest season until it was finally bested in 1999 when they finished 9-2.

In 2010, the school won the 2010 PNC Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen basketball championship.^[1] the first school from Pike County to win the title and also the first team in the state to win the Sweet 16 and the All "a" State Title in the same year. The next season Shelby Valley returned to the Sweet Sixteen but lost in the first round to Christian County.

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