Sunnyside High School (Tucson, Arizona)
| Sunnyside High School | |
|---|---|
Home of the Fighting Blue Devils | |
| Location | |
1725 East Bilby Road , Arizona 85706 United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°08′34″N 110°56′41″W / 32.142876°N 110.944829°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Sunnyside Unified School District #12 |
| CEEB code | 030525 |
| Principal | Ponce |
| Teaching staff | 98.45 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,221 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.56[1] |
| Colors | Royal blue and white [2] |
| Fight song | O Sunnyside! |
| Mascot | Blue Devils (Name-Sunny)[2] |
| Rival | Desert View High School |
| Publication | Blue Devil News |
| Newspaper | The Devillaire |
| Website | www |
Sunnyside High School, opened in 1955, is home to two thousand students located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona. Sunnyside offers a variety of extracurricular programs, advanced placement courses, and specialized career and technical training programs. It is a part of the Sunnyside Unified School District.
History
Sunnyside High School opened in 1955 with 9th and 10th grade classes.[3]
The original mascot logo for Sunnyside used a variation of Arizona State University's Sparky mascot. The school was forced to change after the university learned of this use when Sunnyside played a championship game at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.[4]
Athletics
Sunnyside High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classed in its 6A conference.[5] A wrestling powerhouse in Arizona, Sunnyside has won 30 state championships (14 in a row, 1998–2011). It lost a dual-meet December 12, 2015, where Green Valley (NV) snapped a 314 win streak stretching from 1999 to then, and only has lost ten since 1969. However, Sunnyside Wrestling regained its championship title in 2018.[6][7] The teams are known as the Sunnyside Blue Devils. Athletic teams are fielded in boys volleyball, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, and swimming. Their girls' basketball team won region in the 2023/24 season and was ranked #1 in the 6a state division.
The varsity football team was featured on the Great American Rivalries Series in 2009 against Salpointe Catholic High School.
Arizona State Championship titles
- Boys Basketball: 1993 (4A)[8]
- Football: 2001 (4A), 2003 (4A)
- Wrestling: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022,2023
- Cheerleading: 2000
- Softball: 2007
- Boys Cross-Country: 1966, 1975, 2008
- Boys Soccer: 2019
- Girls Volleyball: 1990.
Notable alumni
- David Adams, former NFL player
- Raul Grijalva, Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district[9]
- Harry Holt, former NFL player
- Matthew Lopez, professional UFC fighter; RFA most wins and finishes in history; Sunnyside's first 4x state wrestling champion[10]
- Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation since 2007[11]
- Mike Scurlock, former NFL player
- Michael Smith, former NFL player
- James Terry, professional MMA fighter
- Roman Bravo Young, freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, two-time NCAA champion for Penn State University
Notable faculty
Two faculty members have been recognized as Arizona Teacher of the Year, Marguerite Johnson Caldwell in 1983 and Rich Mayorga in 2003.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Sunnyside High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ a b "Sunnyside High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Sunnyside High celebrates its 50th year". Arizona Daily Star. October 20, 2005.
- ^ Zeiger, Dan. "University logos a big part of E.V. high school sports." The East Valley Tribune September 16, 2010.
- ^ Sunnyside High School
- ^ Vanderson, Jessie (February 15, 2008). "It's 11 in a row for Sunnyside". Tucson Citizen.
- ^ "Sunnyside owns wrestling in Arizona". August 2011.
- ^ "Local sports scene had its thrills, spills". Arizona Daily Star. December 25, 1993.
Dwight Rees, Sunnyside High School. The Blue Devils not only won the state 4A basketball championship, but they went undefeated at 29–0, the first Tucson ...
- ^ "The Skinny (column)". Tucson Weekly. January 13, 2000.
Raul Grijalva, known as Ralph while he was at Sunnyside High School, has led a truly charmed life....
- ^ "BIO Preview for /Sports/M-wrestl/MTT/Lopez_matt00.HTML".
- ^ Kalaitzidis, Konstantinos (May 31, 2007). "New O'odham chairman wants to do business". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ "Past Teachers of the Year". Arizona Educational Foundation.