Sun Valley High School (North Carolina)

Sun Valley High School is a public high school in Union County, North Carolina. It is located between Monroe and Indian Trail. The school's mascot is the Spartan.

History

Sun Valley was founded in the early 1960s, prior to full racial integration of public schools in North Carolina. Integration had little effect at Sun Valley due to the predominant percentage of white students in this part of Union County. Integration of the schools in neighboring Mecklenburg County (the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System) led to white flight to Union County schools, primarily Sun Valley and its feeder elementary schools (Indian Trail, Shiloh, and Wesley Chapel). Two new high schools have recently been built in the western part of Union County, partially relieving the crowded conditions that had plagued Sun Valley High for many years.

Sports

* The Sun Valley Girls Cross Country Team Won 1st place at the union County meet 2008, beating Weddington High School for the first time ever at that meet
* The Sun Valley Spartans are in the 3A South Piedmont Conference.
* The school's baseball team was ranked last in their division.
* The boy's track and field team won the state 3A championship in 1987.
* The girl's track and field team won the 3A state championship for five consecutive years (1989 - 1993).
* The wrestling team won 3A state championship several times in the early 90's.
* The boy's cross country team won the 3A state championship eight times between 1986 and 1999.
* The Sun Valley Girls Basketball team won the conference championship in 2005.
* The girls and boys cross-country teams won their conference championships in 2006.
* The girls winter track team were the state champions in the 4-by-8 relay.
* The girls volleyball team was 3rd in conference in the fall of 2003.
* The current head coach for football and athletic director is Coach Scott Stein.
* The current head tennis coach is Todd Clemons
* The tennis team were conference champions in 2006-2008

In recent years, Sun Valley has been a competitive high school football team in the Charlotte area. The 2002 Football Season, Coach Stein's first year, saw a football team that won only 1 game. Since that first dismal season, Coach Stein has made the program one of the top teams in Union County, NC, by consistently beating most of their opponents. They have made state playoffs 3 years in a row.

Trivia

1976 graduate Terry White is the inventor of the word game, MAD GAB. As a member of the baseball team, he tried out word puzzles on teammates while on bus trips to other schools.

External links

* [http://svhs.ucps.k12.nc.us Sun Valley High School website]