- Mallard Creek High School
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Mallard Creek High School Mavericks Established August, 2007 Type Public Principal Mrs. Nancy-Hicks Brightwell Faculty 147 Students about 1,700 Grades 9-12 Location 3825 Johnston Oehler Rd,
Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesDistrict Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Colors Navy Blue, Maroon, Vegas Gold Athletics ME-CA 7 4A (athletic conference) Mascot Mavericks Yearbook Unbridled Website Official Site Mallard Creek High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the 21st high school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school opened to 1,200 students on August 27, 2007.
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Campus and facilities
Built in the similar style as its sister school, Ardrey Kell High School, Mallard Creek is a three-story, pre-cast concrete building, surrounding a large central courtyard. The school is located in a rural section of Mecklenburg County, near the proposed I-485 belt loop, and the Highland Creek community. The concrete is colored in certain exterior areas to represent the school's colors: Navy Blue, Cardinal Red and Vegas Gold. At over 351,000 square feet (32,600 m2), it is one of the largest single-school buildings in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, and the largest school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. The school has a football stadium (with a turf field), a baseball–softball complex, and a large gymnasium, as well as an adjoining practice gymnasium, tennis courts, and soccer fields. The school shares practice fields and the athletic stadium with nearby Mallard Creek Community Park, and local community athletic groups.
Athletics
Mallard Creek's teams are known as the "Mavericks". The school competes in the I-Meck 4A athletic conference with other schools in the region:
- Mooresville High School (Blue Devils)
- Lake Norman High School (Wildcats)
- Hopewell High School (Titans)
- North Mecklenburg High School (Vikings)
- West Charlotte High School (Lions)
- Zebulon B. Vance High School (Cougars)
The school's varsity football team was forfeited to a 1-10 season in 2008, due to an ineligible player who violated the NCHSAA's 8-semester eligibility rule. Before the conflict about the ineligible player, the team's record for the season was 10-0, but on October 31, the appeal was rescinded, and the team forfeited their 10 wins. They have since gone on to a 13-1 season in 2010, and now in 2011, they are 14th in the Nation's top 100 high school football teams with a record of 7-0. They are on their way to their first State Title.
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High schools … full list Ardrey Kell · Berry Academy · Butler · East Meck · Garinger · Harding · Hopewell · Hough · Independence · Mallard Creek · Myers Park · North Meck · Northwest · Olympic · Providence · Rocky River · South Meck · Vance · Waddell · West Charlotte · West MeckAlternative and
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- Schools in Charlotte, North Carolina
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