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| Harwich High School | |
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75 Oak Street,Harwich Center, Massachusetts United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1964 |
| Closed | 2014 |
| Principal | Kevin Turner |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 375 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue, Gold & White |
| Teams | Rough Riders |
| Newspaper | The Rough Rider Review |
| Website | [1] |
Harwich High School was a public high school located inHarwich, Massachusetts, United States. Harwich High School was the third smallest public high school onCape Cod. Harwich High School closed in 2013-2014 due to the towns of Harwich and Chatham deciding to regionalize their school districts and build a regional high school. The new high school isMonomoy Regional High School, which opened in 2014.
Harwich High School had an approximate enrollment of 400 students in grades 9–12. The school's mascot is the Rough Rider and its colors are Blue, Gold, and White.
Harwich was notable for having an outstanding baseball team. The baseball team won the Division 3 State Championship in 1996, 2006, and 2007, under the helm of legendary Massachusetts Hall of Fame coach Fred Thacher. Harwich played atWhitehouse Field, which is a first class baseball park which is also home to theHarwich Mariners of theCape Cod Baseball League. It has also hosted theNCAA Division 3 New England Regional Championships on numerous occasions. Harwich also had sent numerous players to prestigious schools for baseball includingBoston College,Vanderbilt,Wheaton,UMass Amherst,South Florida, andGeorge Mason. Harwich currently has two baseball alumni in the Major Leagues, Cody Crowell and Ryan Soares. The Rough Riders reached the Division IV South Sectional Finals in 2010, only to lose toCohasset by a score of 6–1. Cohasset eventually went on to with the State Championship that year. During the 2012 baseball season, the last season of Harwich being its own baseball team before they regionalize with Chatham and become Monomoy Regional in 2013, they won the Division IV South Sectional Championship, and eventually reached the Massachusetts Division IV State Championship. However, Harwich was eventually defeated byGeorgetown by a score of 11–1.
The Harwich boys basketball team was the best in Southern Massachusetts from 1988 to 1991. They went to the state semifinals two of those years, led by Ricky Roderick and Chadd Kodak. After the players' departure, the program declined quickly.
Harwich's field hockey team was one of the most consistent and dominant teams in not only Massachusetts, but also in New England. In the past 10 years, Harwich has lost just two league games and has been the #1 seed in the Massachusetts State Tournament 6 times. They have had 3 undefeated seasons in the past 6 years. In 2009, the team amassed 96 goals for the season while only allowing 6 goals the whole season.
Harwich had a longstanding co-op football team withCape Cod Regional Technical High School, until 2009, when theMassachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association disbanded the co-op stating both schools had enough players to field separate teams. The football team has made it to the Massachusetts State Championship game twice; in 2000 and 2006. In 2000, the football team rolled through the regular season and secured a playoff berth. They were ultimately defeated by powerhouseGeorgetown in the championship game, 26–6. In 2006, the football team rolled to a 9–1 regular season record, on the shoulders of Massachusetts Division 3A Player of the Year, James Hamilton, who ran for well over 2,000 yards and 37 touchdowns on the season. Their lone regular season loss came at the hands ofMashpee on Thanksgiving Day. The Crusaders playedWest Roxbury in the first round, defeating them 35–27 and clinched a spot in the Division 3A State Championship game, which they lost 7–0 toIpswich.
The girls basketball team was a powerhouse in the early part of the decade. They won back-to-back State Titles in 2003 and 2004 on the back of standout player, Sharee Daluze.
In 2007 theNew England Association of Schools and Colleges had placed Harwich High in its warning category,[2] describing the school as unable to support 21st Century education. The primary reason for the warning was due simply to the age of the building and the outdated systems and infrastructure. The new regional high school will easily rectify the situation with a design based on a model school, such asAshland High School inAshland, Massachusetts. The school supports 21st Century Education by incorporating current technology into the design of the building.
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