Blaine High School is a

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Blaine, Minnesota Blaine is a suburban city in Anoka and Ramsey counties in the State of Minnesota, United States. Once a rural town, Blaine's population has increased significantly in the last 60 years. For several years, Blaine led the Twin Cities metro region ...

as part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District 11. The school was opened in 1972, as part of the Blaine Project.

Demographics

As of the 2016-17 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,972 students and 132.25 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.47:1. There were 533 students (17.9% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 253 (8.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Blaine High School
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2020

Academics

Blaine High School participates in the

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's College in the Schools program.

Athletics

Blaine High School won the

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class AA championship in 2000, led by future NHL players Matt Hendricks and

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. The school has produced three Mr. Hockey Award winners: Current NHL players

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in 2010 and Riley Tufte in 2016, as well as Bryce Brodzinski, who won the award in 2019 and was selected 196th overall in the

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by the

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. The football team has appeared in the state tournament 14 times, most notably in 2008 where the team defeated heavily favored Eden Prairie, which was ranked third nationally among all high schools, en route to an appearance in the state championship game. Blaine has only won one state football championship however, which came in

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. The Girls Nordic Skiing Team won the 1979 state championship. The nickname for the school's athletic teams is the Bengals; colors are Navy Blue, Columbia Blue and White.

Notable alumni

– 2010 Mr. Hockey winner. Professional

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player for the

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. *

– Former professional ice hockey player in the NHL and

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. * Jonny Brodzinski – Professional ice hockey player for the

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. * Trevor Frischmon – Former professional ice hockey player in the NHL. * Matt Hendricks – Former professional ice hockey player for 15 years in the NHL. * Blaine Hogan – actor * Dan Johnson – Former

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. * Patrick O'Bryant – Professional

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player. Selected 9th overall in 2006 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. * Riley Tufte – 2016 Mr. Hockey winner. Professional ice hockey player for the

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. * Isabelle Stadden – Swimmer. Earned a pair of top-5 finishes at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, 2021. Gold medalist in the women's 4x100 meter medley relay even and silver medalist in the women's 200 meter backstroke at the 2019 Pan American Games. Currently swimming for the University of California, Berkeley.

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Minnesota Educational institutions established in 1972 Schools in Anoka County, Minnesota 1972 establishments in Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota