Triad High School (Illinois)

Infobox School2
name = Triad High School
established = 1999
type = Public
locale = Midwest
grades = 9-12
head_name = Principal
head = Robert Sudhoff
city = Troy
state = Illinois
country = United States
students = 1,336
faculty = Unknown
school_colors = RedWhite and Black
mascot = Knight
website = [http://triad.madison.k12.il.us/index.cfm http://triad.madison.k12.il.us/index.cfm]

Basic Information

Triad is a high school located in Troy, Illinois. Triad serves the communities of Troy, St. Jacob, and Marine, as well as small portions of Collinsville, Maryville, Glen Carbon, and Highland. The school district has a total area of 121.5 square miles. The majority of Triad High School students live in Troy, Illinois, which is a suburb 18 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri.

The "Triad" Name

When the Triad district was formed, a contest was held to decide a name for the school which would serve to the communities. Students in the district had gone to St. Jacob High School, Marine High School, and McCray-Dewey High School of Troy. All three high schools closed down upon the formation of the Triad school district. Vincent Kauhl, a student of McCray-Dewey, submitted the winning entry of "Triad."

History

Triad High School was originally located in St. Jacob, Illinois from the 1959-60 school year through the 1998-99 school year. Since the school year of 1999-00, the Triad High School campus has been located in Troy, Illinois. The St. Jacob campus now serves as Triad Middle School, which serves the sixth through eighth grades as a feed-in school to Triad High School.

Athletics

The Triad High School athletics teams originally competed in the defunct Midwestern Conference before moving to the South Central Conference. In the 1993-94 school year, Triad moved to the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) due to enrollment growth, replacing O'fallon Township High School. The MVC currently consists of six schools: Bethalto's Civic Memorial High School, Highland High School, Jerseyville's Jersey Community High School, Mascoutah Community High School, Troy's Triad High School, and Waterloo High School. Triad's colors are red, black, and white and their mascot is the Knights. Triad has the following sports programs:

Boys' Cross-Country (Fall)

Girls' Cross Country (Fall)

Football (Fall)

Boys' Golf (Fall)

Girls' Golf (Fall)

Boys' Soccer (Fall)

Girls' Tennis (Fall)

Girls' Volleyball (Fall)

Boys' Basketball (Winter)

Girls' Basketball (Winter)

Cheerleading (Winter)

Wrestling (Winter)

Boys' Baseball (Spring)

Girls' Soccer (Spring)

Girls' Softball (Spring)

Boys' Tennis (Spring)

Boys' Track & Field (Spring)

Girls' Track & Field (Spring)

Triad High School has been known to win more Mississippi Valley Conference titles than any other school each year since the beginning of the 21st century. Triad is known as a so-called "football school" because it has won five (Co-Champs with Waterloo in 2002) of the last six MVC championships, and the school and community show much support for the football team.

Cheerleading

The Triad varsity cheerleading squad won Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association (ICCA) state titles in 2001 and 2002 in the Medium Varsity division. In 2006, they became the first squad to win the both state championships (ICCA and IHSA). That was the first year that the Illinois High School Association considered cheerleading a sport.

Individual State Championships

In 1974, senior Fritz Nemsky became Triad High School's first state champion by winning the class "A" heavyweight wrestling championship.

In 2007, junior Erin Wykoff became the school's first female state champion and first state champion in the biggest school division. She won the class "AA" discus championship at the IHSA State Track & Field Finals with a throw of 147' 9". Her twin sister, Kristin, finished 9th the same year.

Activities

Triad High School also offers many extra-curricular activities that are not considered sports by the IHSA. Triad sponsors Envirothon, Color Guard, Dance, Scholar Bowl, Skills USA, Band, Chorus, Jazz Band, Model U.N. and many other clubs. Clubs not specifically mentioned, however, do not compete interscholastically.

Triad Envirothon has won three Illinois state Envirothon championships: 2000, 2005, and 2007.

References

* [http://www.triad.madison.k12.il.us/index.cfm Triad Community Unit School District Website] accessed 15 September 2007
* [http://ihsa.org Illinois High School Association] accessed 15 September 2007