Sunset High School (Dallas)

Sunset High School is a public secondary school located in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. Opened in 1925, Sunset was the second high school in the Oak Cliff area, preceded only by Adamson High School. The school serves a portion of Dallas and Cockrell Hill.HistoryThe origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it opened Sunset was the westernmost school in the DISD, and the subdivision surrounding the school on the western side of Dallas was called 'Sunset Heights'.The mascot is the American Bison; it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.Sunset is the only high school in the DISD to win the State Football Championship, having won the now-discontinued "Big City" State Championship in 1950. The School was also State Runner Up in 1942 and 1949. They were State Semi-Finalists in 1940, 1941 and 1955.Sunset won the State Basketball Championship in 1944, coached by Stanley Thomas with notable players such as Hank Foldberg and Bobby Folsom.Sunset won the State Track and Field Championship in 1953, led by Coach Hermann Scruggs.

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Sunset High School (Dallas)

Dallas , TX
United States
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