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Sunset High School is a public secondary school located in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. Opened in 1925, Sunset was the second high school in the Oak Cliff area, preceded only by Adamson High School. The school serves a portion of Dallas and Cockrell Hill. ==History== The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it opened Sunset was the westernmost school in the DISD, and the subdivision surrounding the school on the western side of Dallas was called 'Sunset Heights'. The mascot is the American Bison; it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school. Sunset is the only high school in the DISD to win the State Football Championship, having won the now-discontinued "Big City" State Championship in 1950. The School was also State Runner Up in 1942 and 1949. They were State Semi-Finalists in 1940, 1941 and 1955.〔Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362〕〔David W. Carter High School won the 1988 Class AAAAA title but was later forced to forfeit the win.〕 Sunset won the State Basketball Championship in 1944, coached by Stanley Thomas with notable players such as Hank Foldberg and Bobby Folsom. Sunset won the State Track and Field Championship in 1953, led by Coach Hermann Scruggs. Future USA Olympic Silver Medalist Eddie Southern (1956) won four State Championships - 120 yard hurdles in 1954 and 1955 and 220 yard (20.7) and 440 yard dash (47.2) in 1955, setting State and National High School Records in the latter two. Sunset's Ross Bush won the State Championship 880 yard run in both 1932 and 1933, estabslihing the National High School Record of 1:55.4 in 1933. Other Sunset Bison winning the State 880 yard Championship, include Jim Hoff in 1942 and John Robertson in 1966. Bill Hamman of Sunset won the State Championship 220 yard hurdles in both 1941 and 1942 and set a National High School Record of 22.1 in 1941. Billy Foster of Sunset was a dominate force in Track and Field in the 1960s, winning the State Championship in the 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash and long jump in 1961, as well as the long jump in 1960. Sunset's James White won the State Title in the 220 in 1963. In Field Events, Sunset's Carl Self won the 1953 State Shot Put Championship and Don Randell threw 67 feet 11.5 inches to capture the same State Title in 1969. Bison Tom Kelly won the State High Jump Championship in 1953 and 1954. Lauren Blackburn of Sunset won the State Championship in the Girl's 100 meter hurdles in both 2009 and 2010 and the 300 meter hurdles in 2010. The Sunset Golf Team won the State Championship in 1938, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1952. Future PGA Touring Pro and Home Pro at the Oak Cliff Country Club, Earl Stewart, Jr. would win the State Golf Championship in 1937, 1938 and 1939. In 1952, Sunset's Jimmy Powell won the Individual State Championship in Golf. The Sunset Girl's Tennis Doubles Team of Doris O'Neal and Betty Burson won the State Tennis Doubles Championship in 1948. Sunset also won two State Titles in UIL One Act Play in 1944 and 1947. In 1929, Sanger Brothers Department Store donated the Sanger Trophy to the Dallas Independent School District to be awarded annually to one of the six original DISD High Schools accumulating the most points in athletics. The Sanger Trophy was eventually awarded to Sunset for having won the Trophy more than any other of the Schools. The Sanger Trophy was restored in 2011, and now resides in the Old Red Museum of Dallas Culture and History, representing all six original Dallas High Schools. On May 28, 2014, Sunset High School was designated a Dallas Historical Landmark by vote of the Dallas City Council. In April 2015, the Texas Historical Commission named Sunset High School a Texas Historical Landmark. On September 26, 2015, Sunset High School Celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the School and Officially unveiled and Dedicated its "Texas Historical Landmark" Marker, "Dallas Historical Landmark" Marker and formally Dedicated the Sunset Byron Rhome Football Fieldhouse with a huge Ceremony at the School attended by some 700 people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunset High School (Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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