Coordinates: 31°15′07″N 93°20′19″W / 31.2520°N 93.3385°W / 31.2520; -93.3385

Anacoco High School

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Anacoco High School
Address
Map
4740 Port Arthur Avenue

Anacoco
,
(Vernon Parish)
,
Louisiana
71403

United States
Coordinates31°15′07″N 93°20′19″W / 31.2520°N 93.3385°W / 31.2520; -93.3385
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtVernon Parish School Board
PrincipalWhitney Mawae
Staff22.00 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment347[1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio15.77[1]
Color(s)Purple and gold    
Athletics conferenceDistrict 4-B
NicknameIndians
YearbookThe Chief
Website[1]

Anacoco High School, a 2016 Blue Ribbon School[2] is a grade 7-12 middle/high school in Anacoco, Louisiana, a village in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It is governed by the Vernon Parish School Board.

Academics

In 2008, Anacoco High School was among 39 Louisiana high schools recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the country's Best High Schools, receiving a bronze medal ranking.[3]

In 2016, Anacoco High School was one of seven Louisiana schools to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School, having been labeled an "A" school since 1999.[4]

Athletics

The Anacoco Indians compete in Class B of the Louisiana High School Athletics Association.

Sisters Ashley and Katie Antony are the highest-scoring sisters on the MaxPreps Top 100 high school girls basketball scorers of all time.[5] While official LHSAA and NFHS records only take into account statistics from grades 9-12, the Antonys were able to play on the varsity high school team as seventh and eighth graders. Therefore, their accurate prep totals span past the traditional four-year career.[6]

Ashley Antony played five seasons (1994-99) at Anacoco – she was also a member of Pitkin High School's varsity team as a sixth and seventh grader. In 203 games, she recorded 4,706 points and more than 1,000 career rebounds (1,082), assists (1,062) and steals (1,001). Ashley ranks No. 15 all-time in scoring at the high school girls' basketball level.[5] Ashley played two seasons at Louisiana Tech before an ankle injury and subsequent surgery ended her basketball career.

Katie Antony is the all-time leading scorer in high school girls' basketball history for 5-on-5 basketball (girls used to play 6-on-6) and the only high school girls' basketball player ever to score 6,000 points in a career.[6] Her 6,190 point total includes six seasons on the varsity at Anacoco. She was a five-time first-team all-state player in Louisiana and a four-time all-state Most Valuable Player. She played at Vanderbilt and later transferred to LSU. She made the McDonald's All-American Team and was the Gatorade State Player of the Year. Katie stopped playing basketball in college while at LSU to concentrate on her degree in medicine.[5]

In 2020, the Antony sisters were elected to the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

On January 22, 2024, a fire destroyed the school's softball locker room, wiping out the team's equipment a week before the season began. The Vernon Parish Fire District ruled that the facility was a total loss. Officials did not confirm the cause of the fire except to say that it was under investigation by the state Fire Marshal's office.[7]

State Championships

Boys Basketball

  • (2) 2015, 2016

Girls Basketball

  • (9) 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Softball

  • (1) 2012

Notable alumni

  • Katie Antony (2003), the all-time leading scorer in national girls high school basketball history (6,190 points).

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anacoco High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Previous NBRS Awardees". United States Department of Education. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ^ "Vernon Parish schools make U.S. News and World Report's list of best high schools". Hornell Evening Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ^ "Anacoco High School receives national recognition for high academic performance". KALB-TV. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ^ a b c "Top 100 high school girls basketball scorers of all time". MaxPreps. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ^ a b c "Nation's highest-scoring prep basketball sisters headed to Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame". BVM Sports. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  7. ^ "'Complete devastation': Anacoco High softball locker room destroyed in fire". KPLC-TV. Retrieved 2024-02-10.

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