title: Blackfoot High School
text: # Blackfoot High School
  
  Blackfoot High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Blackfoot, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Blackfoot School District #55 in south central Bingham County.
  
  ## History
  
  Founded in the early 1890s, the current BHS building was built in the 1950s. It was given a new science wing in the mid-1990s and in the early 2000s, a new auditorium and gymnasium. The school, sitting adjacent to Stoddard Elementary, has full athletic grounds and a fine arts wing.
  
  In July 2012, Blackfoot High School announced it would offer Shoshoni language classes.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Blackfoot competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, the second-highest classification in the state. It is a member of the High Country Conference (4A) with Rigby and Bonneville. The 2012 football team successfully defended its 4A state title, the Broncos' third in four years.
  
  ### State titles
  
  Boys
  
  * Football (4): fall (4A) 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 (official with introduction of A-1 playoffs in fall 1979, A-2 in 1978)
     * (unofficial poll titles - 0) (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  * Cross Country (4): fall (A, now 5A) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (introduced in 1964)
  * Soccer (1): fall (4A) 2011(introduced in 2000)
  * Basketball (1): (A, now 5A) 1939
  * Wrestling (4): (A-1, now 5A) 1999, 2000; (4A) 2007, 2008 (introduced in 1958)
  * Baseball (1): (4A) 2015 (records not kept by IHSAA)
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Marion Jones Callister, attorney and federal judge
  * David Cannon, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
  * Josh Hill, NFL player
  * Dustin Manwaring, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
  * Luke Nelson, ski mountaineer
  * Mike Simpson, congressman
  