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Boone County High School

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Public secondary school in the United States

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Boone County High School is located in Florence, Kentucky, United States. The school was opened in 1954, consolidating Burlington, Florence, New Haven and Hebron High Schools. Originally, the school did not have a mascot, but after polling the first class, the students adopts the name "Rebels", taken from the 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause.^[2]

Sports

Boone County High School is known for its athletics. Both men's and women's basketball have been among the strongest programs in the region. Baseball has also been quite strong as they won the 33rd district tournament and the 9th region tournament in 2010. The men's team once placed fourth out of five teams in a winter classic invitational tournament held in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Boone County is known for its football tradition as well. In 2008 the Rebels went all the way to the semi-finals, in 2009 they went to the third round of the playoffs, and in 2010 that team made it all the way to the semi-finals.

Notable alumni

Shaun Alexander, former football player for the Seattle Seahawks^[3]
Thaddeus Moss, football player for the Birmingham Stallions
Irv Goode, former football for the NFL
Scott Kuhn, former football player for the Baltimore Ravens
Ace (gamer), professional American Halo (franchise) player
Akilah Hughes, YouTuber
John Shannon, former football player for the Chicago Bears

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Boone County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^ "Boone County HS drops Mr. Rebel logo, mascot". 24 August 2017.
^ Petracco, Ben (April 14, 2014). "Road crews replace Shaun Alexander Way sign Monday". WLWT. Retrieved June 28, 2014.