Coldwater High School (Michigan)

Coldwater High School is a public high school in Coldwater, Michigan with approximately 1000 students. It is part of the Coldwater Community School district and is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Coldwater High School
Address
275 North Fremont Avenue Coldwater , Michigan 49036 United States
Coordinates	41°57′01″N 85°00′43″W
Information
Type	Public
Founded	1862
School district	Coldwater Community Schools
Principal	Steven Hope
Teaching staff	36.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	913 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	24.95[1]
Color(s)	Red and white
Athletics conference	Interstate Eight Athletic Conference (I-8)
Team name	Cardinals
Newspaper	CHS Mirror
Website	coldwaterschools.org/Domain/8

Athletics

Coldwater High School's mascot is the cardinal. Coldwater is a Class A school in the MHSAA that participates in the Interstate Eight Athletic Conference (I-8) with Hastings, Harper Creek, Jackson Northwest, Jackson Lumen Christi, Marshall, Parma Western, and Pennfield. For many years Coldwater's main rival was Sturgis for whom they played against in the Twin Valley and SMAC-East. In football, the two schools played for the "Silver Football" every year until 2013 when the two schools left the SMAC-East and Sturgis joined the Wolverine Conference.^[2]

Sports sponsored by Coldwater High School include:

• Baseball (boys)
• Basketball (boys and girls)
• Bowling (boys and girls)
• Cross Country (boys and girls)
• Football (boys)
• Golf (boys and girls)
• Gymnastics (girls)
• Sideline Cheer
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Softball (girls)
• Swimming and Diving (boys and girls)
• Tennis (boys and girls)
• Track and Field (boys and girls)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Wrestling (boys)

State titles

• 1949—Boys Basketball^[3]
• 1994—Boys Golf^[4]
• 1999—Girls Golf^[5]
• 2000—Girls Golf^[5]
• 2001—Girls Golf^[5]
• 2005—Girls Bowling^[6]
• 2006—Girls Bowling^[6]
• 2007—Girls Bowling^[6]
• 2018- Boys Track and Field

Notable alumni

• Scott Brayton – IRL Race Car Driver
• Alice Haylett (Class of 1940) – AAGPBL All-Star pitcher
• Jeff Kellogg – MLB umpire
• Tim Welke – MLB umpire^[7]