Celina High School is a

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located in Celina,

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, United States. It is part of the Celina Independent School District located in northwestern

Collin County Collin County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States cens ...

and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. In 2022, the school received an overall accountability rating of 'A' from the

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Athletics

The Celina Bobcats compete in the following sports: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

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Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

* Cross Country *

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Powerlifting Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: Squat (exercise), squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athle ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

* Swimming and Diving *

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State titles

The Celina Bobcats have won 32 Texas UIL state titles. *Football (9) **1974(B) (Co-Champ), 1995(2A), 1998(2A/D2), 1999(2A/D2), 2000(2A/D2), 2001(2A/D2), 2005(2A/D2), 2007(3A/D2), 2024(4A/D1) **Longest all-time consecutive winning streak in Texas High School 11-man Football history at 68 games from 1998-2002 *Girls Cross Country (4) **2000(2A), 2002(3A), 2021(4A), 2022(4A) *Girls Soccer (4) **2022(4A), 2023(4A), 2024(4A) 2025(4A/D1) *Baseball (1) **2002(2A), *Boys Track (5) **1969(B), 1970(B), 1991(2A), 2012(3A), 2013(3A) *Girls Track (3) **1994(2A), 1995(2A), 2003(3A) *Softball (1) **2011(3A) *Cheerleading (2) **2022(4A D2), 2024(4A D2) *Marching Band (3) **2022(4A), 2023(4A), 2024(4A)

Notable alumni

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(class of 2007), former

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player * Anthony Lynn (class of 1987), former

player and current coach for the

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* D'Anton Lynn (class of 2008), former

player and current

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coach for the

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Ryan Merritt Ryan Adam Merritt (born February 21, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians in 2016 and 2017. Career Merritt was raised in Celina, Texas, and is a graduate of ...

(class of 2010), former

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pitcher * Jordan Roos (class of 2012), current

free agent offensive guard

Notable staff

* G.A. Moore, head coach who held the record for most wins in Texas high school football history from 2011 to 2016.

References

External links

Celina High SchoolCelina BandCelina Quarterback Club
{{authority control High schools in Collin County, Texas Public high schools in Texas