Beaver Falls High School
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Beaver Falls High School | |
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Address | |
1701 8th Avenue , Beaver County , 15010 United States | |
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Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
Motto | "Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger" |
School district | Big Beaver Falls Area School District |
Principal | Douglass Rowe |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 458 (2019-20)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.65[1] |
Campus type | Large Suburb[2] |
Color(s) | Orange and Black |
Athletics conference | Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League |
Team name | Tigers |
Website | www |
Beaver Falls High School is a public high school in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Big Beaver Falls Area School District. Athletic teams compete as the Beaver Falls Tigers in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
Extracurriculars
The district offers a wide variety of after school clubs, activities and sports.
The Tigers' main athletic rivals are the New Brighton Lions, who they play each season in football for the Little Brown Jug, the trophy winner takes it home to their high school, and the Aliquippa quips which are played every season as well.
Athletics
- Men's Football
- Men's Golf
- Men's Cross Country
- Men's Basketball - PIAA state champions in 1970, 1994, 2005, 2013 [28]
- Men's Baseball
- Men's Swimming and Diving
- Men's and Women's Track and Field
- Men's and Women's Bowling-(started in 2007)
- Women's Volleyball
- Women's Tennis
- Women's Cross Country
- Women's Basketball
- Women's Softball
- Women's Swimming and Diving
Notable alumni
- Jake McCandless, class of 1947, football and basketball coach
- Jim Mutscheller, American football player
- Joe Lonnett, Major League Baseball player & coach
- Joe Namath, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback from 1965-1977.
- Candy Young, The national high school record holder in 100 metres hurdles.
References
- ^ a b "Beaver Falls Area SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ U.S. News & World Report. "Beaver Falls High School". Retrieved 2017-07-21.