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The Lincoln Tigers and Tigerettes won 29 state championships in sports, 14 of them in girls' track and field within a 17-year period; [2] the girls' track and field coach, Nino Fennoy, became the coach at East St. Louis Senior High School after consolidation, as did the boys' basketball coach, Bennie Lewis Sr., whose program dominated the state in the 1980s.
Team name. Flyers/Flyerettes [3] Website. eastside.estl189.com. East Saint Louis Senior High School is the only high school located in East St. Louis, Illinois. The school serves about 1,438 students in grades 9 to 12 in the East Saint Louis Public Schools district. [2] It was featured in the Jonathan Kozol book Savage Inequalities.
All-USA High School Football Team (1982–1989) USA Today named its first All-USA High School Football Team in 1982. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. [ 1][ 2] In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively.
The non-high school district 202, which included the elementary school districts 182 and 184, was dissolved in July 1956. The area from this district was divided between the East St. Louis school district and the Cahokia Unit School District 187, and therefore the East St. Louis district took students of all grade levels from the former 202 district.
Bush attended East St. Louis High School in East St. Louis, Illinois, and was a standout wide receiver. He is mentioned periodically in a book titled The Right Kind Of Heroes, written by Kevin Horrigan. The book details Coach Bob Shannon and the remarkable success of the East St. Louis Flyers football program in 1989 and 1990.
Linebacker for five National Football League teams; Super Bowl champion ; major philanthropist for East St. Louis High School: Attended East St. Louis High School [6] Kerry Glenn: Jan 3, 1962: Cornerback for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins: Born in East St. Louis, Illinois Terry Hawthorne: Jan 1, 1990: Cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Added to NRHP. April 19, 1988. Sumner High School is a St. Louis public high school that was the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of only two public high schools in St. Louis City for African-American students and was segregated.
East St. Louis is planning to convert the former 7 story Broadview Hotel, built in 1927, into housing for veterans and people 55 and older. The building, vacant since 2004, was added to the ...