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Honaker High School is a public high school located in Honaker, Virginia in Russell County, Virginia. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's 1A Black Diamond District in Region D.

Extracurricular activities

As a member school of the Virginia High School League, all of Honaker High's extracurricular athletic and academic activities generally fall under the Region D's Black Diamond District in the smallest public school size, "A" or "1A," depending on the activity. In VHSL's history, Honaker High has produced three members of the league's Hall of Fame: Heath Miller, longtime baseball coach Tom Harding, and Ben Valley, 1951–55, who also played basketball for cross-county rival Lebanon High School during his career. Valley was inducted in the VHSL Hall of Fame's 1992 class. Both Miller and Harding were part of the 2016 VHSL Hall of Fame class.

Academic Team/Quizbowl

Since the creation of VHSL's Scholastic Bowl program, Honaker High's academic team has been a dominating force in Virginia's far western counties, winning 3 state championships, including back-to-back state titles in 2016 and 2017-- a first in HHS and Russell County history for any VHSL-sanctioned team sport or activity. The team also finished as state runner-up in 2010, 2012, and 2013.

The Scholastic Bowl team won the Black Diamond District regular season and/or tournament seventeen consecutive times from 1998 to 2014. That streak also included over ten Region D Championships. After the VHSL's 2014 reclassification (from 3 size classifications into 6), the Tigers won 4 consecutive conference tournament championships and 3 conference regular season championships as a member of Group 1A, the smallest classification. They have never failed to qualify for a VHSL regional tournament in Scholastic Bowl's 20 year history, and have been a competitor at the VHSL State Tournament 15 times-- more than any school in the 1A division.

In 2014, the Scholastic Bowl team brought home its first 1A State Championship, besting Rappahannock County, Radford, and Mathews. The Tigers' total point total for the day, 815, was far above their competitors, who had 350, 500, and 605 points, respectively. The small team of 4 players included team captain Jacob Mitchell, who was given all-star honors for his performance at the state tournament while also laying claim to the team's career and single season scoring records. The 2014 State Championship team posted a perfect 38-0 record, averaging more than 300 points per game.

After the retirement of longtime Head Coach Alex Zachwieja in 2014, who finished his career with a 395-86 VHSL record, the team was taken over by Charlie Perkins, a former player under Zachwieja, in the 2016 season. Since then, the program has won back-to-back state championships in 2016 and 2017. The 2016 state championship team featured 6/7 players on the roster as rookies; 2017's team finished its title run with a spotless 27-0 record against 1A schools (36-6 overall) and finished 41st out of 96 teams in the public school division of the NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament, with team captain Caleb Perkins finishing 19th individually out of the tournament's 533 players-- the first top 20 individual finish at the national level for any Virginia high school player west of the New River Valley.

Baseball

The Honaker Tigers hosted the Virginia State quarterfinals baseball game for 2008. With a win over J.J. Kelly High School in the Region D Championship, the Tigers brought Coach Tom Harding his first Region D title in his 38 year/466 win coaching career.

In 2011, Honaker won the Single-A Division II State Championship over J.J. Kelly High School by a score of 16-9.

Basketball

In 1924, Honaker won the state championship for boys basketball, defeating Dayton High 30-14. The championship, which came in the short-lived "C" division of the VHSL, is also the earliest recorded state title in VHSL boys basketball history.^[2]

Football

Tigers football has been a focal point of the school's athletic programs throughout the school's history. They recorded state runner-up finishes in 2000 (a loss to King William High School 25-15) and 2012 (against George Wythe High School, 17-10).

The 2000 finish came on the back of Senior QB Heath Miller, who broke numerous school records as a passer but was also a formidable defensive back. Miller would later win the 2004 John Mackey Award as the best TE in the nation while playing for the Virginia Cavaliers, followed by being drafted 30th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers and immediately promoted to their starting position. He has since been a major contributor on two Super Bowl championship teams and three AFC championship teams while winning the Steelers MVP twice (2010, 2012) and being elected to the Pro Bowl twice (2009 & 2012).

Miller retired in February 2016. At the time of his retirement, he ranked near the top of the list in many franchise receiving records: he was 3rd in career receptions, 4th in receiving yards, 5th in receiving touchdowns, and 3rd in career targets.

Forensics

Softball

Honaker has won the VHSL state championship for softball twice. The first, in the former "A" division, came in 1988 with a 7-2 win over Northumberland High School. Two years earlier, the Tiger fastpitch finished runner-up in the championship game to William Monroe High School, 17-2.

In 2013, the Tigers took the title to Russell County once again by securing a 3-1 victory in the 1-A state championship match against Madison County High School. Honaker won the championship in 1984 over King William 5-2.

Theater

For the 1951-1952 school year, Honaker's theater program was awarded a superior rating by the VHSL.

Notable alumni

External links

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5103420&ID=510342001522|title=Honaker High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 26, 2019}}
2. ^VHSL Record Book 18th Edition

2 : Schools in Russell County, Virginia|Public high schools in Virginia