Piedmont High School (North Carolina)

Piedmont High School
Piedmont High School
	View southwesterly from Piedmont HS toward Monroe, NC via NASA World Wind
Address
	3006 Sikes Mill Road; Monroe, North Carolina 28110; United States
Coordinates	35°05′43″N 80°29′28″W
Information
Motto	"Piedmont Academics Character Excellence" (PACE)
Established	1960
School district	Union County Public Schools
CEEB code	342663
Principal	Dylan Stamey
Enrollment	1,320 (2015–2016)
Color(s)	Columbia blue, navy, red ;
Website	www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Domain/30

Piedmont High School is a public high school in Monroe, North Carolina, United States. The mascot of the school is the Panther, and the current principal is Dylan Stamey. The school's motto is the acronym PACE, standing for "Piedmont Academics Character Excellence."

History

Piedmont was founded in 1960 as the second high school in Union County. After 2005, school enrollment was divided due to the newly built Porter Ridge High School. Country music star Trace Adkins spoke at Piedmont's 50th graduating class ceremony on June 14, 2010.[1]

Athletics

Currently, the teams compete in the Southern Carolina 3A Conference.

The Panthers were the 1984 and 2013 2A state baseball champions.

The school has also had individual state champions in swimming, wrestling, and track and field. The football team had a 31-game regular season winning streak from 2001–2003, winning the district title during that run.

Currently, the biggest rival of Piedmont is Porter Ridge. Historically, Piedmont's biggest rival in high school football was Forest Hills High School.

The wrestling team has had a state finals showing three years in a row, facing the same team each time, Croatan, winning in 2011–2012 with an undefeated record.

The Piedmont Varsity cheerleaders have become highly competitive and won a fifth place title at state out of 22 squads.

Notable alumni

Hudson Shank, actor (Young Thad) in Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland[2]
Andy Tomberlin, former MLB player from 1993–1998[3]

References

Betts L., Stephen. (May 20, 2010). Trace Adkins Heads Back to High School. the Boot. Retrieved Aug 12, 2020.
"Hudson Shank". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
"Andy Tomberlin Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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[1] Betts L., Stephen. (May 20, 2010). Trace Adkins Heads Back to High School. the Boot. Retrieved Aug 12, 2020.

[2] "Hudson Shank". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

[3] "Andy Tomberlin Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 17 December 2018.