Exeter High School (New Hampshire)
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| Established | 1954 |
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| Type | Public |
| Principal | Victor P. Sokul |
| Grades | High school (9-12) |
| Location | 1 Blue Hawk Dr., Exeter, NH, USA |
| Colors | silver and navy |
| Mascot | The Blue Hawk |
| Newspaper | "The Talon" |
| Website | ehs.sau16.org |
Coordinates: Exeter High School (EHS) is the high school for the towns of Exeter, Stratham, Kensington, Newfields, Brentwood, and East Kingston, New Hampshire.
From 1954-2006, Exeter High School was located on the edge of downtown Exeter and consisted of a main building, shared with the Seacoast School of Technology, and an annex building. These two buildings were somewhat deteriorated, and although they still met most needs of the school, a new 227,000-square-foot building opened on the outskirts of town, at 1 Blue Hawk Dr., near the Brentwood border.
[edit] Athletics
The Exeter High School boys varsity soccer team was the winner of the New Hampshire state championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006.
The school's football team has won the state championship in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007. The team has reached the Division 2 playoffs in 13 of the last 14 seasons. Exeter has also sent 65 representatives to play in the New Hampshire-Vermont Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. The Blue Hawks have nine members in the New Hampshire Chapter of the Joe Yukica Hall of Fame. Zack Dziama (class of 2003) won the Gatorade Player of the Year for football in New Hampshire. Head Coach William Ball has won over 100 games with Exeter and has been inducted into the New Hampshire Coaches Hall of Fame. The Blue Hawks' home games are held at William D. Ball Stadium at Eustis Field, a grass-turf stadium facility.
The only football team in the last 15 years from Exeter to miss the playoffs was 2004.
The Exeter High School girls' soccer team won the Class L state championship for the first time in 2006 after defeating Merrimack 1-0 and again in 2007 after defeating Pinkerton Academy 2-1 in overtime and is nationally ranked. The Exeter High School field hockey team was the runner up in the 2006 Class L championship game after losing 3-2 in overtime to Salem High School.
[edit] Other activities
Since arriving in the new building with a state-of-the-art theater, the Exeter High School Drama Department has been able to produce hit shows such as Grease, Footloose, and many other nights of theater. Their production of I Am Perseus, written and directed by Eric Doucet, a teacher at Exeter High School, won at the NHETG Regional Festival.
