Eunice High School

Eunice High School is a public high school located in Eunice, in the far western end of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is operated by the St. Landry Parish School Board.[1] Eunice High graduated its first class in 1910; the current building was built in 1966. In 1969, St. Landry Parish's former Charles Drew High School for African-American students was merged into Eunice High as part of desegregation.[2] The address is 301 S Bobcat Dr. Eunice, LA 70535

Eunice High School athletics

Eunice High School is a member of the LHSAA or Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The Eunice High School Battling Bobcats are in District 4-4A and participate in football, baseball, softball, track, basketball, and tennis.

Notable alumni
  • Danneel Ackles (Class of 1997) - actress
  • Kyries Hebert - professional football player[3]
  • Curtis Joubert - former mayor of Eunice and member of Louisiana House of Representatives, was a teacher, basketball coach, and assistant principal at Eunice High School in early 1960s; "Southwest Louisiana Coach of the Year" in 1961-1962; graduated in 1948 from former Lawtell High School in St. Landry Parish[4]
  • Elwyn Nicholson - Louisiana state senator from Jefferson Parish from 1972 to 1988; grocery chain owner[5]
  • Keith Ortego - football player[6]
  • Tharold Simon - former NFL defensive back, played NCAA football at LSU, drafted by Seattle Seahawks
  • Dale Sittig (Class of 1959) - director of Louisiana Offshore Termninal Authority; former member of Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana House of Representatives
  • Stuart Turner - MLB catcher for Cincinnati Reds, won national championship at LSUE in 2012, attended Ole Miss where he won Johnny Bench Award for best NCAA catcher; drafted by Minnesota Twins and claimed by Reds in Rule 5 draft

References
  1. Eunice High Student Handbook Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. History of Eunice High Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Kyries Hebert". databaseFootball.com 1. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  4. "From the Files of The Eunice News, November 1962". eunicetoday.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  5. "Sen. Elwyn Nicholson, a West Bank grocer, Jean Lafitte National Park proponent, dies at 90". New Orleans Times-Picayune. October 10, 2014. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  6. "Keith Ortego". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2012.


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