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Kilgore High School is a public high school located in the city of Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Kilgore Independent School District located in southwest Gregg County .
Kilgore Independent School District is a public school district based in Kilgore, Texas . In addition to the city of Kilgore, the district serves rural areas in southern Gregg and northern Rusk counties. It includes a portion of Lake Cherokee. [1] [2] The district-wide dropout rate was recorded as 3.2% for 2015-2016. [3]
Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International–Great Northern Railroad completed the initial phase of rail line between Palestine and Longview.The rail company chose to bypass New Danville, a small community about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Longview, in lieu of a new townsite platted on 174 acres (0.70 km 2) sold to the railroad by Constantine Buckley Kilgore, the town's namesake.
Kilgore went on to a career as a country music recording artist but had great success as a songwriter, co-writing with June Carter the song "Ring of Fire", [3] first recorded by her sister Anita Carter and later by June's future husband, Johnny Cash (Kilgore was a distant cousin of the Carter sisters through their maternal grandmother, Margaret Kilgore Addington); June, later known as June ...
Kilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk counties in Texas, United States. Located where Interstate 20 and US 259 converge just south of the Sabine River . Over three-fourths of the area within city limits are located in Gregg County, the remainder in Rusk County.
Jones was considered one of the nation's best defensive linemen coming out of Kilgore High School in 2006.. Jones made all-state honorable mention as a sophomore, and was named District 17-4A Defensive Newcomer of the Year with 84 tackles (six for a loss), six sacks, eight passes broken up, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries.
Johnson attended Kilgore College, a junior college in East Texas, and played quarterback and tight end for the Kilgore Rangers football team for the 2008 season. In his sole year at Kilgore, Johnson amassed 510 passing yards for 3 touchdowns and 7 interceptions with a 52.4% completion rate while at quarterback. [3]
The following year he was an assistant football coach and head track and baseball coach at McKinney High School, in Mayo's hometown of McKinney. In 1965, he moved on to Kilgore High School in Kilgore, where he spent two years as offensive coach under head coach Jim Hess. In 1967, Mayo coached the backfield at Plano High School in Plano. [2]