Aplington-Parkersburg High School
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Aplington-Parkersburg High School is a school in Parkersburg, Iowa
. On May 25, 2008, the school was destroyed by an EF5
tornado. It has since been rebuilt.
, the football coach, track coach, and athletic director, was shot and killed in the weight room. He was featured on the July 6, 2009 cover of Sports Illustrated
. and on Nov 15, 2011 on the 700 Club
Parkersburg, Iowa
Parkersburg is a city in Butler County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,870 in the 2010 census, a decline from 1,889 in the 2000 census. Parkersburg, although not the county seat, has the highest population of all the cities in Butler County....
. On May 25, 2008, the school was destroyed by an EF5
Enhanced Fujita Scale
The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...
tornado. It has since been rebuilt.
Athletics
The athletic extracurricular activities at Aplington-Parkersburg High School are football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, tennis, soccer, golf, track and field, softball, and baseball. The Falcons are classified as a 2A school. Throughout its history, Aplington-Parkersburg has almost won several state championships in various sports. In addition, several graduates have gone on to participate in Division I, Division II, and Division III athletics.Ed Thomas
On June 24, 2009, Ed ThomasEd Thomas
Ed Thomas was the high school football coach for Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Parkersburg, Iowa. On June 24, 2009, Thomas was shot and killed in the football team's weight room. Ed Thomas's killer is Mark Becker, a 2004 Aplington-Parkersburg graduate and one of Thomas' former players...
, the football coach, track coach, and athletic director, was shot and killed in the weight room. He was featured on the July 6, 2009 cover of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
. and on Nov 15, 2011 on the 700 Club
State Championships
| State Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Football American 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... |
2 | 1993, 2001 |
| Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
1 | 2005 | |
| Winter | Basketball, Boys Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
0 | 1991, 1992 |
| 1981 | Spring | Golf, Boys Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... |
1 | 1994 |
| Track and Field (wheelchair division) | 2 | 2005, 2006, 2007 | |
| Total | 10 | ||
Football Alumni
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