Bonanza High School is a high school in the Las Vegas Valley. It was built in the 1970s and was the ninth high school to open in the area.
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History
Bonanza opened in 1976, and is built in the same configuration as Eldorado High School, Basic High School and Vo-Tech high schools. Since it opened its doors in 1976 Bonanza has always been a large school with anywhere from 2000-3000+ students. However with the city of Las Vegas growing faster than before, bigger high schools were constructed to help resolve the over-crowding of schools. In the 2004-2005 school year, many former Bonanza students were zoned to attend the newly opened Spring Valley High School
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Athletics
The Bonanza Bengals compete in Sunset 4A Region of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA).
Bonanza's mascot is the Bengal. When the school first opened in the 1970s it won many state championships in basketball, wrestling, volleyball, tennis, and golf. Today Bonanza Athletics are best known for its Tennis and Lacrosse programs, with the varsity Tennis team winning the 4A Nevada State Championship in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, the Men's Lacrosse team winning state 3 consecutive times in 2007, 2008, and the Women's Lacrosse team 4 consecutive times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships
- Lacrosse (Girls) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Lacrosse (Boys) - 2007, 2008, 2009
- Bowling (Girls) - 2009
- Soccer (Boys) - 1991, 1995, 1996
- Tennis (Boys) - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Volleyball (Girls) - 1987
- Volleyball (Boys) - 2011
- Soccer (Girls) - 2004
- Track ( Boys ) - 1984, 1985
Notable alumni
- Greg Brower ('82) - Senator in the Nevada Senate and former United States Attorney for the District of Nevada
- Kris Bryant ('10) - Chicago Cubs 3B/OF, 2016 NL MVP, Hank Aaron Award winner, Dick Howser Trophy winner, 2016 World Series Champion
- Heather Collins ('08) - radio personality at KMXB
- Joe Fernandez ('96) - Technology entrepreneur
- Shane French ('94) - radio personality at WMMS
- Lance Gross ('99) - actor
- Mark Hutchison ('81) - Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Jonathan Jackson ('94) - former professional NFL and defunct XFL player
- Jenna Jameson ('92) - adult film actress
- Daniel Kucan ('88) - actor, designer, and television personality on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Joe Kucan ('83) - actor, director, casting director
- Justin Leone ('95) - former professional MLB player
- Gray Maynard (transferred) - 2-time Ohio State Champion and 3-time NCAA All-American wrestler; professional mixed martial artist, former UFC lightweight contender
- Rob Meadows ('95) - serial entrepreneur
- Frank Mir ('98) - Nevada State Champion wrestler; professional mixed martial arts fighter, former UFC Heavyweight Champion and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Scott Piercy ('96) - PGA Tour professional golfer
- Jason Reed ('86) - actor, musician
- Dan Reynolds ('05) - frontman for Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons
- Gerald Riggs ('78) - former professional NFL player
- Clint Rossum - ('85) - UNLV Runnin Rebel basketball player '87 - '89
- Lee Scrivner - ('89) - writer, artist, musician, professor
- Adam Seward ('00) - former professional NFL player
- Chasen Shreve ('08) - professional MLB player
- Jason Zucker (transferred) - first professional NHL player from Nevada
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