Amphitheater High School
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Amphitheater High School, also known as Amphi High, is a public high school, located in central Tucson, Arizona
, United States
. Amphi is the flagship
high school of Amphitheater Public Schools
of Tucson, and serves grades 9–12. The school mascot is the panther, and the school colors are kelly green and white
. Amphi opened in 1939 as the second high school
in Tucson, and has a student enrollment of 1,498.
Its feeder schools are Amphi Middle and La Cima Middle.
program. Vern Friedli, the current football coach, has won more varsity games than any other football coach in Arizona. At the conclusion of the 2009-10 season, Friedli captured his 317th win
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, United States
United States
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. Amphi is the flagship
Flagship
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high school of Amphitheater Public Schools
Amphitheater Public Schools
Amphitheater Public Schools, also known as Amphi or District 10, is the third largest public school district in Tucson, Arizona in terms of enrollment, with over 16,000 students...
of Tucson, and serves grades 9–12. The school mascot is the panther, and the school colors are kelly green and white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
. Amphi opened in 1939 as the second high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Tucson, and has a student enrollment of 1,498.
Its feeder schools are Amphi Middle and La Cima Middle.
Football
In addition to winning the state title in 1975 and then again in 1979, Amphi is notable for its footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
program. Vern Friedli, the current football coach, has won more varsity games than any other football coach in Arizona. At the conclusion of the 2009-10 season, Friedli captured his 317th win
Basketball
the basketball team won state in the year of 2011.Notable alumni
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and five-time American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
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news anchor and Legal correspondent. - Erubiel DurazoErubiel DurazoErubiel Durazo Cárdenas is a Mexican baseball player. Durazo played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Oakland Athletics in Major League Baseball.-Major league career:...
(1993), MLB Baseball Player. Durazo played for the Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2002) where he won the 2001 World Series, and the Oakland Athletics (2003–2005).