Calhoun County High School

School in St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States

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Calhoun County High School is a public secondary school in St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States.

Campus

The campus has a pasture with the new K–8 school in front of it on Saints Avenue.

Extracurricular activities

The school's sports teams, known as the Saints, compete in the South Carolina High School League Class AA, Region V. They field teams in baseball, basketball, football, softball, track, and volleyball.^{[citation needed]}

State championship titles held by the school's teams include:

Boys' basketball: 1996 (AA), 2000 (AA), 2001 (AA), 2004 (AA), 2006 (A), 2007 (A), 2008 (A), 2009 (A)^[2]^{[unreliable source?]}

The boys' basketball team holds the state record for consecutive wins, at 78.^[2]

Notable alumni

Mike Colter – actor
Alshon Jeffery – Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver^[3]
Phillip Merling – former American football defensive end
Chris Rumph – former head coach for the high school and has spent over 20 years coaching collegiately and in the National Football League (NFL)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Calhoun County High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Palmetto's Finest - Boys' Basketball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
^ Linder, Brian (2009-02-05). "GAMECOCK BOUND: Calhoun County star Alshon Jeffery signs with South Carolina". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, SC.