East Nicolaus High School

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East Nicolaus High School (ENHS) is in East Nicolaus, California in Sutter County, California. It has about 300 students. About 2/3 are white, a quarter hispanic, and the rest other ethnicities. It is on Nicolaus Avenue.https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/east-nicolaus-joint-union-high/east-nicolaus-high-school-2079 It is in the East Nicolaus Joint Unified High School District. The school is 25 miles north of Sacramento.https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/joe-davidson/article187755868.html The small school has been known as a football powerhouse.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Db-DwAAQBAJ&dq=East+Nicolaus+High+School&pg=PT61|title=The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters|first=Phil|last=Maas|date=August 18, 2020|publisher=Hugo House Publishers, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-948261-32-6 |via=Google Books}} In 2015, its football team became the first from Northern California to win a state championship.https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article50745575.html The school is in an agricultural area of rice fields and almond orchards.https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article222104085.html

In 1931, the principal and some students visited the California Senate and were given the privilege of the floor.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2ZKAAAAMAAJ&dq=East+Nicolaus+High+School&pg=PA776|title=The Journal of the Senate During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California|first=California Legislature|last=Senate|date=February 16, 1931|via=Google Books}}

Spartans are the school mascot. The school colors are red, white, and black. From 1964 to 1998 Geoff Wahl was the school's football coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/nicolaus/east-nicolaus-spartans/football/staff/all-time/|title=East Nicolaus High School Football Coaching History|website=MaxPreps.com}} The team won four sectional titles and was palyong for a fifth in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.appeal-democrat.com/sports/spartans-ready-to-attempt-5-peat-defeat-mt-shasta-48-20/article_dfd66c9e-0dc2-11ea-9952-afcbd39ef52c.html|title=Spartans ready to attempt 5-peat, defeat Mt. Shasta 48-20|first=Mike Bush / Correspondent for the|last=Appeal-Democrat|date=November 22, 2019|website=Appeal-Democrat}} The school's volleyball team competes in the Sacramento Valley League of the Northern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The team won three straight sectional titles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.appeal-democrat.com/sports/east-nicolaus-high-reloading-for-possible-4-peat-in-nscif-girls-volleyball-tagala-hoffman-return/article_7ff3c1b2-55ea-11ef-ad60-171191115dde.html|title=East Nicolaus High reloading for possible 4-peat in NSCIF girls volleyball: Tagala, Hoffman return for senior prep seasons|first=Jeff Larson /|last=jlarson@appealdemocrat.com|date=August 8, 2024|website=Appeal-Democrat}}

In 2017 the football team beat Durham High School to win the sectional championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcra.com/article/east-nicolaus-battles-in-the-fog-to-win-section-championship/13970454|title=East Nicolaus battles in the fog to win section championship|first=Michelle|last=Dapper|date=November 28, 2017|via=www.kcra.com}}