Clinton High School (Iowa)

Clinton High School
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Karinne Tharaldson Jones
Asst. Principal	Brian Galusha Lisa Toppert
Athletics	Gary Lueders
Students	approximately 1,250
Grades	9-12
Location	817 Eighth Avenue South, Clinton, Iowa, USA
District	Clinton
Colors	Red and Black
Athletics	Mississippi Athletic Conference
Mascot	River Kings/River Queens
Website	http://www.clinton.k12.ia.us/os_chs.cfm

Coordinates: 41°50′10″N 90°12′22″W / 41.836°N 90.206°W / 41.836; -90.206 Clinton High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Clinton, Iowa. The school is part of the Clinton Community School District, and it has an enrollment of approximately 1,250 students in grades 9 through 12.

Athletics

Clinton sports teams are known as the River Kings (boys) and River Queens (girls); their uniforms display the school's colors of red and black.

The school fields athletic teams in 21 sports, including:

• Summer: Baseball and softball.
• Fall: Football, volleyball, girls' swimming, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and boys' golf.
• Winter: Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, boys' swimming, and boys' and girls' bowling.
• Spring: Boys' track and field, girls' track and field, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, girls' golf, boys' tennis and girls' tennis.

The school also has a cheerleading squad.

Clinton is classified as a 4A school (Iowa's largest 48 schools), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union; in sports where there are fewer divisions, the River Kings/Queens are always in the largest class (e.g., Class 3A for wrestling, boys soccer, and Class 2A for golf, tennis and girls soccer). The school is a member of the 10-team Mississippi Athletic Conference (known to locals as the MAC), which comprises schools from the Iowa Quad Cities, along with Burlington, Muscatine and North Scott high schools.

Successes

Throughout the school's history, Clinton has enjoyed great success in many of its sports, earning many MAC conference titles and producing all-state athletes that have enjoyed success at the collegiate level and in their careers.

One of the school's most successful sports is volleyball. Under veteran coach Mark Massey, the River Queens have earned four MAC titles and four state berths.

River King football has had spurts of success, with the 2009 team achieving an undefeated regular season and advancing as far as the quarterfinals behind all-state running back David Johnson. The 1992 boys' basketball team won the Iowa Class 3A state championship, going 24-1 in its most successful season in school history.