Boone High School

Boone High School is a public high school located in Boone, Iowa, United States. The school's mascot is the Toreadors, and their colors are red and green. It is part of the Boone Community School District.

The district, and therefore the high school attendance boundary, covers almost all of the Boone city limits.^[6] Residents of the United Community School District, which covers the remainder of the Boone city limits, Luther, and other areas,^[7] may select the Boone district for secondary schooling.^[8]

Athletics

The Toreadors compete in the Raccoon River Conference in the following sports:^[9]

Fall sports

• Cross country (boys and girls)
• Swimming (girls)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Football
• Tennis (girls)
  • Girls' - 2008 Class 2A State Champions^{[citation needed]}

Winter sports

• Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1920, 1921, 1931)^[10]
• Wrestling
  • 3-time State Champions (1923, 1924, 1925)^[11]
• Swimming (boys)

Spring sports

• Track and field (boys and girls)
• Golf (boys and girls)
  • Boys' - 2-time State Champions (1946, 1970)^[12]
• Tennis (boys)
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Baseball
  • 2-time State Champions (1965, 1967)^[13]
• Softball

Notable people

Alumni

• Pete Kostelnick, Ultramarathon runner^{[citation needed]}
• Joyce Lonergan, former Iowa state legislator^[14]
• Chad Rinehart, NFL player^[15]
• Allen C. Winsor, district judge

Faculty

• Bucky O'Connor, former coach and athletic director^[16][17]
• Bob Vander Plaats, politician, former teacher^[18]

See also

• List of high schools in Iowa

References

1. ^ "Boone High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
2. ^ "Trepa Named Boone Superindendent". KWBG. January 23, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
3. ^ "High School CEEB Codes Listed Alphabetically". Appalachian State University. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
4. ^ "Johnson Selected as New Boone HS Principal". KWBG. May 28, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
5. ^ "Boone High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
6. ^ "Boone". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
   Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Boone County, IA. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2025-09-27. - Text list
7. ^ "UNITED". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2025-09-27. - See map on United CSD site.
8. ^ "Grades 7-12". United Community School District. Archived 2020-12-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
9. ^ "Raccoon River Conference". Raccoon River Conference. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
10. ^ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball". Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
11. ^ "2020 Wrestling Stat Book". Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
12. ^ "2019-2020 Golf Stat Book". Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
13. ^ "2020 IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Stat Book". Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
14. ^ "Joyce Lonergan". The Des Moines Register. January 7, 1979. p. 33. Retrieved 29 May 2019. – via Newspapers.com
15. ^ Sager, Whitney (March 5, 2014). "Work put in now will pay off later". Boone News-Republican. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
16. ^ "Bucky O'Connor Named Iowa Golf, Frosh Basketball Coach". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Newspapers.com. June 30, 1948. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
17. ^ "Bucky O'Connor Takes Iowa U. Coaching Position". Carrol Daily Times Herald. Newspapers.com. June 30, 1948. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
18. ^ Wolf, Gordon (October 21, 2005). "Gubernatorial candidate Vander Plaats wants to increase private investment in state's economy". Denison Bulletin Review. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

External links

• School profile