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= Sioux City East High School =

History
Sioux City East High School was founded in 1920 and its original location was on Morningside Avenue just across the street from Morningside College. In 1972, the Sioux City Community School district put in the plan to build three brand new high schools for all three public schools. East then moved to Mayhew Avenue, which is located by the Southern Hills Mall in Sioux City. East was one of three other public schools to be founded in Sioux City along with Leeds, Riverside, and Central high schools. The private school in Sioux City at that time was Trinity and Cathedral high schools which now make up Bishop Heelan High school. Trinity primarily consisted of all male and Cathedral was all female. Sioux City East is the only High School in Sioux City to remain in its original state. Riverside became what is now Sioux City West and Central became Sioux City North. East has also kept its same mascot, the Black Raider since its existence. However because of restrictions on their logo, East had to change their logo from a native war like figure to a Raider who more resembled a Knight.

Athletics
Sioux City East has sports for both boys and girls that includes football, basketball, softball, track, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, and bowling. Both the East boy’s and girl’s compete in the Missouri River Activities Conference. East High has three Iowa class 4A state championships which include a football state championship in 1984 over Waterloo West and a boy’s state basketball championship in 1935 and 2002. The Black Raider Boys’ basketball program has made 17 state tournament appearances in which they have made it to the Iowa High School Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 9 out of the last 12 years. In 2012 The East boy’s made it to the championship game in which they lost to Iowa City West. The previous game they defeated then undefeated Ankeny High school in overtime which was seen as one of the most memorable games in Iowa state tournament History. Former head coach Jeff Vanderloo is first in all time coaching wins in Sioux City history with 311. Vanderloo is now the director of basketball operations at Creighton University. His brother Ras Vanderloo is now the head coach of the Black Raider boys’ basketball team. Black Raider football has made it to the Iowa high school playoffs a total of 21 times. The most memorable of those times when the Black Raiders coached by Walt Fiegel, won the 4A state championship defeating Waterloo West. It was the first state football championship for a public high school in Sioux City. Almost all of the years East went to the playoffs, they were coached by Fiegel. Coach Fiegel passed away in 2004, and efforts were made to establish the Walt Fiegel Foundation which is ran by alumni and athletic boosters. 2007 marked another memorable year for Black Raider football when they defeated number one ranked West Des Moines Dowling in the first round of the playoffs 22-19 down in Des Moines. The win marked the first time east had advanced past the first round of the playoffs since 1984. They would eventually lose to West Des Moines Valley in the second round. East is now coached by Bob Goodvin who is in his fourth year as the head football coach

Sioux Interstate Conference
The Sioux Interstate conference was an athletic conference that was composed of all the Sioux City and Sioux Falls High schools. The conference include O’Gorman, Roosevelt, Washington, and Lincoln high schools from Sioux Falls, and East, West, North, and Bishop Heelan from Sioux City. The conference disbanded in 2001 after the formation of the Missouri River Activities conference which includes all the Sioux City high schools and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.

Show Choir
Sioux City East is critically acclaimed and well known for its Show Choir programs. East has three different programs which include Impulse, which is an all girl’s group, New Sound, which is both boys and Girls and Headliners. Headliners are nationally known for its critically acclaimed performances and its success competing at Nationals. Coached by Heath Weber, Headliners is a show choir program that includes both boys and girls. In October of 2010, Headliners were recognized as Parade Magazines top 25 show choirs in the nation. In 2007 the show choir competed in Los Angeles in which they received a top honor for their performance

Eastop
“Eastop” or East Stop is the student ran store located in the Commons of East High School. Supervised by Kelly Sales a business teacher at East, the Eastop opened in the fall of 2008. Students can purchase Black Raider apparel, school supplies, snacks, and various other novelties at the store. Eastop also sells their apparel at various Black raider athletic events. The store gives students the opportunity to see how a business is ran, and it gives them the understanding of the responsibility that comes when having a job

East High Today
Sioux City East just unveiled a brand new science wing in the fall of 2010. This science center offers state of the technology in which students have the opportunity to experience the most updated technology. East also renovated the gym in 2010 with a brand new basketball court and improved seating. They also have a school website which provides up to date information about coming events and information for students and parents.

Reference

 * East High School Website (2012)
 * Black Raiders Home Page
 * "Sioux City East High School", MaxPreps (2012)
 * ShowChoir.com