Exeter High School (New Hampshire)

Infobox Secondary school
established = 1954
name = Exeter High School
type = Public
address = 1 Blue Hawk Dr.
city = Exeter
state = NH
country = USA
principal = Victor P. Sokul
grades = High school (9-12)
mascot = The Blue Hawk
colors = silver and navy
newspaper = "The Talon"
website = [http://ehs.sau16.org/ ehs.sau16.org] Exeter High School (EHS) is the high school for the towns of Exeter, Stratham, Kensington, Newfields, Brentwood, and East Kingston, New Hampshire.

From 1954-2006, Exeter High School was located on the edge of downtown Exeter and consisted of a main building, shared with the Seacoast School of Technology, and an annex building. These two buildings were somewhat deteriorated, and although they still met most needs of the school, a new 227,000-square-foot building opened on the outskirts of town, at 1 Blue Hawk Dr., near the Brentwood border.

Athletics

The Exeter High School boys varsity soccer team was the winner of the New Hampshire state championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006.

The school's football team has won the state championship in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007.Fact|date=September 2008 The team has reached the Division 2 playoffs in 13 of the last 14 seasons. Exeter has also sent 65 representatives to play in the New Hampshire-Vermont Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. The Blue Hawks have nine members in the New Hampshire Chapter of the Joe Yukica Hall of Fame. Zack Dziama (class of 2003) won the Gatorade Player of the Year for football in New Hampshire. Head Coach William Ball has won over 100 games with Exeter and has been inducted into the New Hampshire Coaches Hall of Fame. The Blue Hawks' home games are held at William D. Ball Stadium at Eustis Field, a grass-turf stadium facility.

The only football team in the last 15 years from Exeter to miss the playoffs was 2004.Fact|date=September 2008

The Exeter High School girls' soccer team won the Class L state championship for the first time in 2006 after defeating Merrimack 1-0 and again in 2007 after defeating Pinkerton Academy 2-1 in overtime and is nationally ranked. The Exeter High School field hockey team was the runner up in the 2006 Class L championship game after losing 3-2 in overtime to Salem High School.Fact|date=September 2008

Other activities

Since arriving in the new building with a state-of-the-art theater, the Exeter High School Drama Department has been able to produce hit shows such as "Grease", "Footloose", and many other nights of theater.

They have 76.2% of students going on to post-secondary schools as reported in 2007.Fact|date=September 2008

External links

* [http://ehs.sau16.org/ Official website]