Borah High School

The school opened {{Years or months ago|1958}} in the fall of 1958 at the base of the second Boise bench, on what later became Cassia Street in southwest Boise. Borah was the second high school in the Boise School District, preceded by Boise High School in 1902, and followed by Capital in the north in 1965, and Timberline in the southeast (converted from Les Bois Junior High) {{nowrap|in 1998.}}

In the last years before Borah opened, overcrowding at Boise High School limited its downtown campus to the upper two grades only. Sophomores remained with the freshman at the four junior high schools (North, East, South, {{nowrap|& West).{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN05181979p01.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho)|last=Beauclair |first=Dan |title=Borah sees changes over years| date=May 18, 1980 |page=1}}}} {{nowrap|Unlike most}} new high schools, Borah had a senior class (1959) during its {{nowrap|first year.}}

In 1968 there was a vandalism incident, involving fire which resulted in a $50,000 cost.{{cite news|title=Students at Borah Help Clear Havoc Vandals Created|newspaper=The Idaho Daily Statesman|date=1968-09-17|page=13, Section 2}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/126322136/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com.

Since 1988,{{cite news|url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN02291988P02.php |work=Borah Senator |location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Building problems plague Borah |last1=Hanson |first1=Laura |last2=Nelson |first2=Amber |date=February 29, 1988 |page=2}} there has been a cockroach infestation {{nowrap|problem.{{cite news |url=https://idahonews.com/news/local/does-borah-high-school-have-cockroach-infestation-problem-depends-who-you-ask |publisher=KBOI-TV |location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Does Borah High School have cockroach infestation problem? Depends who you ask |date=March 29, 2016 |accessdate=November 27, 2018}}}} While the school pays $2,000 to exterminate some of them every year, the insects have nested in the tunnels beneath the school and they are unable to completely get rid of {{nowrap|the pests.}}

The school colors of Borah High School are green and gold (with accessory use of white and black), and the mascot is the lion. The school's slogan is "The Lions of Idaho," a play on the nickname of namesake Senator {{nowrap|William Borah,}} known internationally as the {{nowrap|"Lion of Idaho,"{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4fNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9vYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5070,1900512|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |agency=Associated Press|title=Idaho governor sets Borah day|date=November 23, 1957|page=7}}}} for his oratory style and often outspoken stance on issues.

In July 2015 the school enrollment was 1,569; the 13th grade 10 students, 467 seniors, 553 juniors, and 508 sophomores and 31 freshmen;{{cite web |url=http://www.boiseschools.org/counselors/profileborah.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.boiseschools.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006031015/http://www.boiseschools.org/counselors/profileborah.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2006 |url-status=dead}} 52% of the school's graduating seniors enrolled in post-secondary education. {{nowrap|The feeder}} schools into Borah are South Junior High and West Junior High.

Borah was listed in Newsweek's Top 1500 high schools in the United States in 2008. In the 1970s and 1980s, Borah had nearly 2,000 students, with over 600 students {{nowrap|per class.{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN05201977p01.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School) |location=(Boise, Idaho) |last=Pfost |first=Kris |title=Caps, gowns, diplomas - seniors prep for final day |date=May 20, 1977 |page=1 }}{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN05201980p01.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=677 seniors to graduate |date=May 20, 1980 |page=1}}}}

Borah was the dominant football program in the state for the school's first quarter century, winning the Southern Idaho Conference and the A.P. writers' poll (introduced in 1963) in 15 of the first 21 seasons, as well as two of the first three official titles in the playoff system. Ed Troxel, a former head coach at the College of Idaho, was {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|76|8|2|record=y}}}} in the school's first nine seasons, with eight unofficial state titles and a runner-up. After an undefeated season in 1966, he left to become an assistant at the University of Idaho in Moscow and assistant coach Delane "De" Pankratz succeeded him as head coach for the next two decades.

Pankratz' first five seasons as head coach brought five more state titles with only two defeats, to intra-city rival Capital in 1967 and 1971, separated by 34 consecutive victories.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VqJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5756,6247938|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Borah Capital game may decide Idaho prep crown|agency=Associated Press|date=September 20, 1971|page=21}} The 1971 team rebounded from the loss and won eight straight,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3736%2C3377906|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press|title=Big battles coming up|date=November 11, 1971|page=19}} with a final {{nowrap|27–12}} victory on Thanksgiving over Punahou in Honolulu to finish {{nowrap|11–1.}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1074%2C1825148|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |title=Borah collects trip to Hawaii|agency=Associated Press|date=November 20, 1971|page=8}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLwzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6076%2C3636172|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |agency=Associated Press|title=Football scores, Idaho: Borah 27 Punahou 12|date=November 26, 1971|page=21}} The Lions went undefeated in 1975,{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN11261975p07.php|work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho)|last=Phillips |first=Nancy |title=Lions No. 1 in SIC | date=November 26, 1975 |page=7}} and in 1978,{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN11171978p06.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho)|last=Strauser |first=Bob |title=Borah revenge: Lions state champs | date=November 17, 1978 |page=6}} the last before the playoff system. Borah was the state runner-up in 1972,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c4JfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4175%2C4384384|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|agency=Associated Press|title=Borah out to prove its No. 1 ranking Saturday|date=November 16, 1972|page=17}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7OURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ee0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2700%2C2164195|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington |title=Saturday football: Idaho S.I.C.|date=November 20, 1972|page=15}} 1974,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2485%2C3884551|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|agency=Associated Press|title=Capital, Homedale, win mythical state grid titles|date=November 15, 1974|page=2B}} and 1976.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IFZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5PgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5637%2C2376176 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho grid poll: final standings|date=November 10, 1976|page=17 }}

In November 1979, an eight-team playoff was introduced for the state's largest schools in Class A-1 (5A since 2001); Borah shut out Lewiston {{nowrap|42–0}} in the semifinals{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6r1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4507%2C1048171 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Borah juggernaut ends Lewiston's playoff bid |date=November 18, 1979 |page=3D}} and archrival Boise {{nowrap|38–0}} in the final to grab the first official A-1 state title in football, and finished with a record {{nowrap|of 11–1.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8b1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5721%2C3929781|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Borah rips Boise for Idaho title |date=November 25, 1979 |page=13D}}}}

Both Borah and Boise returned to the finals in 1980, but with a different outcome as Boise won 7–0 with an early touchdown and a game-ending goal line stand. Borah finished at {{nowrap|9–3,}} with two losses to Boise and one to Capital.Borah High School yearbook - Safari - 1981 (vol. 23) - p.61 In November 1981, undefeated Borah regained the state title with a {{nowrap|30–13}} win over {{nowrap|Boise,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V6pfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=njIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4667%2C2835322|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho |title=Borah wins A-1 football title|date=November 22, 1981|page=4D}}{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN12161981p15.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Varsity gridders capture state |date=December 16, 1981 |page=16}}}} in the Lions' closest game of the year (17 points). The Lions (12–0, with two shutouts) were unchallenged all season, winning by an average score of {{nowrap|37–9,Borah High School yearbook - Safari - 1982 (vol. 24) - p.109}} earning a national top-20 ranking in multiple publications.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Through 2022, it is Borah's most recent state title {{nowrap|in football.[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082837/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} - Idaho high school football - state champions[http://www.idhsaa.org/sports/football/brackets/1112/5Aftbll.htm idhsaa.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327065202/http://www.idhsaa.org/sports/football/brackets/1112/5Aftbll.htm |date=2012-03-27 }} - football - 2011 - 5A state results - accessed 2012-03-01}}

Additional state championships that academic year were won by the Borah varsity basketball team and track & field team (the second of four straight), for a rare triple state title for the class of 1982. The Borah baseball team won the state title in 1981, but lost their opener {{nowrap|1–0}} at the state tourney {{nowrap|in 1982.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h5ZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4919%2C2676624 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=A-1 baseball |date=May 21, 1982 |page=5C}}}}

Pankratz was the head football coach at Borah for twenty seasons {{nowrap|(1967–86)}} and compiled a record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|186|36|record=y}}.}} He was succeeded by {{nowrap|Wil Overgaard}} in May 1987, the head coach at nearby Bishop Kelly for three seasons and a graduate of rival Capital. He had been an assistant for six years under Pankratz at Borah {{nowrap|(1978–83)}} and a three-year starter at tackle at Idaho {{nowrap|(1974–76)}} under Troxel.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=15QrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8tAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2194%2C1343158 |newspaper=Idahonian |location=Moscow |title=Overgaard named Borah football coach |agency=Associated Press |date=May 12, 1987 |page=11}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1R9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ue0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3732%2C4632108 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Buffs v. Vandals - rosters |date=October 12, 1974 |page=14}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D_QjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5911%2C546486 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Rosters - Vandals vs. Cougars |date=October 2, 1976 |page=13}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kpNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=wil%20overgaard%20baseball&pg=7135%2C3160359 |newspaper=Spokesman Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Vandal names familiar |date=October 24, 1973 |page=35}} Overgaard was the head coach for seven seasons {{nowrap|(1987–93),}} then left for an administrative position {{nowrap|in Weiser.[http://bishopkellyfootball.com/2010/09/quick-6-former-bk-head-coach-wil-overgaard/ bishopkellyfootball.com] - QUICK 6: Catching Up with Former BK Head Coach Wil Overgaard - 2010-09-29 - accessed 2012-03-01}}

Darren Corpus, a Borah alumnus from the class of 1980, was hired as head coach in 2011. A longtime coach at feeder school West Junior High, he was the starting fullback on the 1978 and 1979 state champion teams and played college football at Boise State.[http://matchuput.com/files/Borah_2011_FB_yearbook_Page_47.pdf matchput.com] - Borah football - De Pankratz: Lion's coaching legend lives on - 2011 - accessed 2012-03-01 In his first season, he led the Lions to their first winning season in a decade. The next year, the Lions went {{nowrap|7–2}} in the regular season and tied for the 2012 SIC title. It was the most wins for the Lions since 1995 and their first state playoff berth since 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325133/borah-heads-into-playoffs-on-top.html|work=IdahoStatesman.com|last=Robert|first=Rachel|title= Borah heads into playoffs on top after win over Rocky Mountain|date=October 27, 2012|accessdate=November 13, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/11/03/2333157/borahs-banner-season-ends-with.html|work=IdahoStatesman.com|last=Robert|first=Rachel|title= Borah's banner season ends with playoff loss to Highland|date=November 3, 2012|accessdate=November 13, 2012}}

In 2020, the Lions successfully defended their state title in basketball, a state record thirteenth, both under coach Jeremy Dennis, previously an assistant to Cary Cada. At Borah, Cada won consecutive titles three times (1993, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013). The Lions won back-to-back titles with different head coaches in the mid-1960s, and five under Kirk Williams in the 1980s and 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.matchuput.com/files/Borah_2012_BB_yearbook_Pages_58-59.pdf|publisher=MatchupUT.com|title=Borah Basketball: record book|accessdate=October 24, 2012}}

The boys' track team has won four consecutive titles on three separate occasions, with different head coaches: {{nowrap|1960–63}} (Ed Troxel), {{nowrap|1981–84}} (Rich Dickson), {{nowrap|and 2004–07}} {{nowrap|(Chester Grey).}} The girls' team also won four consecutive titles {{nowrap|(2005–08)}} with Grey as {{nowrap|head coach.}}

Boys

• Football (2): fall 1979, 1981 (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
• (unofficial poll titles - 10) - fall 1963,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o9xXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7194%2C4025766|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Borah takes AP grid poll|agency=Associated Press|date=November 13, 1963|page=12}} 1965,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rb1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6159%2C3493014|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Borah wins Idaho high school football poll; Lewiston ninth|date=November 18, 1965|page=17}} 1966,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u6VfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5133%2C3312014|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Bengals finish in fourth spot|date=November 16, 1966|page=14}} 1967,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iTlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4478,432440|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press|title=Borah Lions claim Idaho prep crown|date=November 16, 1967|page=14}} 1968,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=975eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2242,2563810|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho) |title=Borah High captures mythical Idaho grid crown; Moscow next |agency=Associated Press|date=November 14, 1968| page=17 }} 1969,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6402,1924418|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|title=Borah High tops Capital |agency=Associated Press|date=November 12, 1969| page=13}} 1970,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7jkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5269%2C3879804|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=(Washington)|title=AP grid poll: Idaho high schools|date=November 13, 1970|page=14}} 1971,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1074%2C1825148|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=(Washington)|title=Borah collects trip to Hawaii|date=November 20, 1971|page=8}} 1975,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LMheAAAAIBAJ&sjid=STIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4526,4073445|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|title=Borah turns on Highland, wins SIC|date=November 15, 1975|page=2B}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KsheAAAAIBAJ&sjid=STIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2636%2C3487158|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Borah's top rank on line against Highland|date=November 1975|page=3B}} 1978{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=48teAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2765%2C3234607|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|title=Final Idaho prep football poll|date=November 8, 1978|page=3B}}
• (pre-poll conference titles - 5) - fall 1958,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=akBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3330%2C2848979 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington)|title=Borah wins in 1st year |agency=Associated Press |date=November 12, 1958 |page=21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.borah1959.com/photosold.htm|publisher=Borah High Class of 1959|title=Newspaper clippings|accessdate=October 26, 2012}} 1959(co),{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HLJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zi8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2287%2C1657556|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Borah edges Boise 20-14|date=November 12, 1959|page=12}} 1960, 1961, 1962 - (poll introduced in 1963)
• Cross Country (2): fall 1979, 2003[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/CrossCountry.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082808/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/CrossCountry.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }} Cross Country champions through 2010 (introduced in 1964)
• Soccer (1): fall 2010[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/SoccerVolleyball.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082833/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/SoccerVolleyball.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }} Soccer champions - through 2010 (introduced in 2000)
• Basketball (13): 1965,{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN03191965p04.php |newspaper=The Senator |location=Boise, Idaho |agency=Borah High School |title=Lions bring home state trophy |date=March 19, 1965 |page=4}} 1966, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.idhsaa.org/sports/basketball/brackets/1213/5aboys.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414235457/http://www.idhsaa.org/sports/basketball/brackets/1213/5aboys.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2013|publisher=IHSAA|title=2013 Basketball: 5A boys tournament bracket|date=March 2, 2013}} 2019, 2020 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082745/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }} - Basketball champions - through 2011
• Wrestling (2): 1959, 1961[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Wrestling.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082741/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Wrestling.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} - Wrestling champions - through 2011
• Baseball (3): 1976, 1981, 2005{{cite web|url=http://04-05.idahosports.com/tournaments/baseball/5a.asp|publisher=IdahoSports.com|title=5A state baseball tournament: 2005 bracket|date=May 21, 2005|accessdate=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081849/http://04-05.idahosports.com/tournaments/baseball/5a.asp|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} (records not kept by IHSAA,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zhhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6951%2C5746728 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Idaho prep baseball tourney still on |agency=staff and wire reports|date=April 26, 1984 |page=22}} state tourney introduced in 1971)
• Track (16): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/0910/BoysTrack.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225624/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/0910/BoysTrack.pdf |date=2014-05-12 }} - Track champions - through 2010
• Golf (7): 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1977, 1978, 1980[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GolfRecords.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321022406/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GolfRecords.pdf |date=March 21, 2014 }} - Golf champions - through 2011

Girls

• Cross Country (4): fall 1984, 1988, 1989, 2003 (introduced in 1974)
• Basketball (4): 1979, 1997, 1999, 2001[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001181420/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsBasketball.pdf |date=2012-10-01 }} - Basketball champions - through 2011 (introduced in 1976)
• Track (6): 1977, 1985, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsTrack.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082825/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsTrack.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }} - Track champions - through 2011 (introduced in 1971)

Combined

• Tennis (9): 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/TennisRecords.pdf idhsaa.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082752/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/TennisRecords.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }} - Tennis champions - through 2011 (introduced in 1963, combined until 2008)

The school sits on a sprawling campus, with five permanent buildings, connected by outdoor "breezeways." The original 1958 campus featured three structures: the main classroom building, with a designated hall for each of the three grade levels, and a cafeteria, library, main office and other assorted features. The other two buildings were the "math hall" (math and industrial arts); and the "old gym," which contained the school's original gymnasium, publications staff room, orchestra, band, and weight room facilities. The original flat roofs of the academic buildings were renovated with pitched roofs in the {{nowrap|late 1980s.{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN11301988P05.php |work=Borah Senator |location=(Boise, Idaho) |last=Kramkow |first=Tisha |title=New roof stops leaks |date=November 30, 1988 |page=5}}}}

A second gym was added to the campus {{Time ago|1993}} in early 1993,{{cite news |url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN01291993P01.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho)|last=Patterson |first=Kelly |title=Spacious new gym wins admiration |date=January 29, 1993 |page=1}} commonly known as the "new gym," which was renovated in 2007–08. A large auditorium on the west end of the campus opened in 2000.{{cite news|url=http://bsn.stparchive.com/Archive/BSN/BSN02232000p12.php |work=The Senator |agency=(Borah High School)|location=(Boise, Idaho)|last=Van Syke |first=Melinda |title=Variety show a success |date=February 23, 2000 |page=12}}

Athletic facilities include Bill Wigle Field (former home to several minor league baseball teams, including the Boise Hawks), an indoor batting cage facility, synthetic-rubber track and several other fields used for physical education classes and extra-circular activities. Wigle (1929–2022) was the head baseball coach for Borah's first 24 years.

From its founding in 1958 through 2011, the school's varsity football team played its home games at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University, about {{convert|4|mi|0|spell=in}} east. In 2012, high school games were moved a few blocks northeast to the new Dona Larsen Park, the former site of East Junior High {{nowrap|(1952–2009).}} Before it was a school site, it was "Public School Field," the home field of Boise High. It was also used for college football by Boise Junior College (1930s), and on occasion, the University of Idaho (1920s and 1930s).{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1923/165|publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook|title=Football: Idaho vs. Wyoming, November 11, 1921|date=May 1922|page=157}}

Soccer games are held off-campus at 334 S. Cole Road, the old Jackson Elementary or BLA Building.

• Michael J. Squier, U.S. Army Brigadier General and Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, class of 1964
• Steve Preece, NFL defensive back (1969–77), Oregon State quarterback and broadcaster, class of 1965
• Lee Charles Kelley, dog trainer and mystery novelist, class of 1968
• Gene Bleymaier, longtime athletic director at Boise State, class of 1971
• Joel Horton, Idaho Supreme Court justice (2007–18), class of 1977
• Cedric Minter, CFL & NFL running back, high school principal, class of 1977
• Maggie Carey, filmmaker and actress, class of 1993
• Stephen Fife, MLB pitcher, class of 2005
• Caleb McSurdy, NFL linebacker, class of 2008
• Nathan Green, track and field athlete, class of 2021

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• [http://bsn.stparchive.com/archives.php Borah Senator archives] - student newspaper
• [http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/borah-lions-(boise,id)/home.htm MaxPreps.com] - Borah Lions
• [http://school.boiseschools.org/ Boise School District]

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