# Pine View High School (St. George, Utah)

Pine View High School is a high school located at 2850 E 750 N in St. George, Utah, United States. As of the 2021-2022 School Year the school had a total of 1,143 students. The school reported 1,218 students on October 1, 2018 students in grades 10 to 12. It is a part of the Washington County School District. Zone: east St. George, Washington City

## History

The school opened in Aug. 1983 and was the second high school to open in St. George. The name Pine View beat out four other finalists: Cotton Mill, Panorama, Mill Creek, and Red Hills. The nickname Panthers was also selected above the other finalists, which included Minotaurs, Trojans, Knights, and Pumas.

### Notable events

* Former NFL QB Jay Schroeder visited Pine View High(Sep 9. 2023).
* 'Potentially' dangerous homemade device found by student in Pine View High School(2018).
* Pine View Biology teacher Steven Cox was Utah's 1996 Outstanding Biology Teacher of the Year.

## Faculty

Principal: Mike Mees
Vice Principal: Brett Gifford
Assistant Principal/Activities Director: Ryan Christiansen

## Sports

Pine View competes as a 4A school in Region 9, and will remain so at least until 2026,depending on region and class realignment.
Pine View secured its first state championship of any kind in 1992. The women's track team won the state title, led by future Olympic heptathlete Tiffany Lott. This was the first of four straight state championships, culminating in the 1995 double track titles by the men's and women's track teams, with the women winning by a record margin of 71 points (152 to 81).
In 2003 the Pine View baseball team won its first ever state championship with an impressive 23–1 season. Widely considered the best player in school history, Parker Plough recorded a 1.08 ERA throughout his 4 year varsity tenure. Plough also sits on top of the leaderboard in Strikouts. Following his time at Pine View, Plough took his talents to Vanderbilt, and will likely be taken in the top 5 rounds of the 2024 draft.
In 2010, the boys' cross country team won the Utah 4A State Championship.
In 2007 controversy arose as a result of an "emergency" realignment of Utah Region 9 (Utah arranges schools for athletic competition into classifications 1A-5A and into regions based primarily on geography). Three St. George high schools, Pine View, Dixie and Snow Canyon, were moved from division 3A to 4A, but kept in Region 9 with 3A schools, Hurricane, Cedar and Canyon View. Regional realignments are done by rule only once every four years, but the somewhat smaller 3A schools in Region 9 agitated for the so-called "emergency" realignment on the basis that their size was an impediment to competition and their ability to win a Region 9 championship and enter the state playoffs. The realignment took effect in 2007, two full years in advance of the regularly scheduled realignment, and guarantees that the smaller schools will be able to compete for a Region 9 3A championship and two 3A playoff spots. The numbers of the St. George schools were substantially reduced by the addition of a fourth St. George high school, Desert Hills, in 2008. Nevertheless, in June 2008, the Utah High School Activities Association voted to maintain the mixed 3A/4A Region 9 despite widespread criticism. The negatives for the 4A schools have been expressed as being limited to two spots in the state playoffs regardless of record, being forced to schedule 3A, rather than 4A, teams in the regular season, and having a region championship and playoff spots depend upon just two games.
In the 2013–14 football season, Pine View advanced to the Utah State 3A championship, but lost the Championship against Desert Hills High School which is also contained in the Washington County School district.
In 1998, Pine View hired 74-year-old Sark Arslanian as the football coach. His pay was just $1 per year. In 2000 he suffered a heart attack and had quadruple bypass surgery. Arslanian was previously a Weber State and Colorado State football coach. Pine View replaced Arslanian with Ray Hosner in 2001, who during his tenure has taken the Panthers to three state championship games.Shortly before the 2022 football season began,Ray Hosner announced he would be taking a year off from coaching the football team,as he had to have surgery during the off season.The football team proceeded to have its worst season in school history without Ray Hosner, resulting in a record of 0-9 in the 2022 season.The previous worst football seasons in Pine View history were one win seasons in both 1995 and 1983.

## Fine arts programs

Pine View High School's fine arts include multiple forms of musical talents, vocal, and theatrical performances. The vocal department is headed by Robert Reimer, Orchestra is headed by Lacy Young, and the Band program is headed by Valerie Ravitch. The theater is headed by Kelly Thomas.

## Theatre

The Pine View theatre department is headed by Kelly Thomas. Every Year, Pine View Theatre holds two live performances. In the fall, Pine View produces and performs a musical with a full orchestra pit, and in the spring a play with no musical elements.
For a List of Performances See The Pine View Theatre Website Listed in The Links Section.