Horizon High School is a public secondary institution located in Thornton, Colorado.
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History
Horizon High School opened in 1988 to relieve crowding at Northglenn High School.
Following rapid growth in Adams County throughout the 1990s, Horizon High School quickly filled to capacity, and by 1999 the campus had 20 portable classrooms outside the school's main building.
Originally, the school only had grades 10-12. The graduating class of 1998 was the first freshman class to attend the school.
Athletics
Horizon High School fields teams that compete in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming, diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
State championship titles:
Boys' basketball: 1998 (5A)
Girls' basketball: 1993 (6A)
Boys' soccer: 1991 (6A), 1992 (6A), 2000 (5A)
Notable alumni
Josh Bredl, 2009, professional wrestler
Jamie Carey, 1999, WNBA player
John Denney, long snapper for the Miami Dolphins
Ryan Denney, 1995, defensive end for the Buffalo Bills
Matthew Ryan Hoge, 1992, director, The United States of Leland
Jeremy McKinney, 1994, offensive lineman for the St Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, picked in the 11th round of the expansion draft by the Houston Texans
Kevin Priola, Colorado State Senate, District 25(R)