- Buffalo Gap High School
Infobox_School
name = Buffalo Gap High School
image size = 180px
address = 1800 Buffalo Gap Highway
city = Swoope
state =Virginia
zipcode = 24479
country = USA
district =Augusta County Public Schools
superintendent = Dr. Gary D. McQuain
principal = Mr. William R. Deardorff
assistant_principals= Mrs. Wendy Chandler
Mr. Tony Ramsey
fundingtype = Public
schooltype = high school
grades = 9-12
language = English
established =1962
enrollment = 601
enrollment_as_of = 2006-07
athletics =Baseball ,Basketball ,Cheerleading ,Cross Country ,Football ,Golf ,Indoor Track ,Soccer ,Softball ,Tennis ,Track and Field ,Volleyball , Wrestling
conference = Shenandoah District
Region B
colors = colorbox|black colorbox|goldBlack , Gold
mascot =Bison
website = [http://www.augusta.k12.va.us/buffalogaphs Official site]Buffalo Gap High School is a public school located in
Swoope, Virginia . Although this rural school rarely garners extensive media coverage or recognition, Buffalo Gap High School (BGHS) is locally renownedFact|date=May 2007 for offering a broad-based high school education that enables students from all backgrounds to develop a level of competence in both the humanities and the sciences. The Buffalo Gap class of 2007 recently scored higher in allSAT categories than every public school in Augusta County and inlying cities [http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/708290315/1002 "Area SAT scores show dips, rallies"] ,August 29 2007 . AccessedAugust 29 2007 .] . The school draws its name from the nearby Buffalo Gap.Athletics
Despite winning district championships in every major high school sport, Buffalo Gap's primary source of both local and state-wide commendation has been for its running programs. The girls' track team has won the 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Single A
Virginia High School League State Championship Track Meet, [http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/SPORTS/706030337/1006 "Bison quartet ends perfectly"] ,June 3 2007 . AccessedJune 3 2007 .] and the boys' cross country team has placed second in the VHSL State Championship Race (2000) and has won the State Cross Country Meet twice.Fact|date=May 2007 The girls basketball team won the state championship in 1984 and were runners-up in 1983. [http://www.vhsl.org/recbook.pdf "Virginia High School League Book of Records Eleventh Edition - 2006-2007"] ,December 12 2006 . AccessedMay 24 2007 .] In 2007, the varsity football team completed a perfect 14-0 season, winning the school's first state championship in football.Ask anybody]In March 2008, the Varsity Girls Basketball team won the Group A Division 1 State Championship. [ [http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/NEWS01/803160333/1002] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.augusta.k12.va.us/buffalogaphs Buffalo Gap High School]
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