Churchland High School is a public

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in Portsmouth, Virginia in the United States. It is administered by Portsmouth Public Schools. The school colors are black and orange. The mascot is a "Trucker". Churchland is designated as a

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for the visual and performing arts, with subjects including dance, chorus, orchestra, band, drama, and the visual arts.

Sports

On January 21, 2023, a 22-year-old junior varsity assistant basketball coach impersonated a 13-year-old player during a game against

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. The coaches for the junior varsity team were fired after an investigation into the incident. The girls and junior varsity teams voted not to continue with their season and will forfeit future games.

Notable alumni

* Richard Thomas Shea (1927–1953), posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor (1953),

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track star * W. Nathaniel "Nat" Howell (1939–2020), State Department Foreign Service officer, former ambassador to

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; professor emeritus, the

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* L. Glenn Perry (1944–1998), first Chief Accountant of the

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Denny Riddleberger Dennis Michael Riddleberger (born November 22, 1945) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Listed at , , Riddleberger threw left-handed and batted right-handed. Dennis attended Churchland High School and then Old Dominion Universi ...

(born 1945), former MLB player ( Washington Senators,

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) * Ryan Glynn (born 1974), former

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(MLB) player ( Texas Rangers,

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, Oakland Athletics) *

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(born 1988),

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linebacker ( Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers)

References

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