# Pflugerville High School

Pflugerville High School is a public high school located in Pflugerville, Texas.
In 2017, the school was a Top-10 Finalist in Reader's Digest Nicest Places in America contest.

## Athletics
### List of sports

* Baseball
* Basketball
* Football
* Golf
* Powerlifting
* Soccer
* Softball
* Swimming (sport)
* Tennis
* Track and field
* Volleyball
* Wrestling

## History
### Football

During the 2013 NFL draft, Pflugerville High School graduate Zaviar Gooden and Alex Okafor were drafted by the Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals respectively. In the 2014 NFL draft, IK Enemkpali was drafted by the New York Jets. In the 2015 NFL draft, Tyrus Thompson was drafted by Minnesota Vikings.

### 55-game winning streak

From 1958 until 1962, Pflugerville won 55 consecutive games. At the time, it was both a State and National record. The Streak ended with a 12–6 loss to Holland High School in the 1962 Bi-District round of the playoffs. In 1964, Pflugerville's national winning streak record was broken by Jefferson City, Missouri.
In 1958 and 1959, PHS fielded Eight-Man football teams and played in the Class B division until 1967, which were not allowed to play to a State Championship, and are therefore only credited with 34 wins on the all-time consecutive win chart. However, they are actually in 2nd Place as of 2005. The Panthers compiled 5 District Championships, 2 Bi-District Championships, and 4 Regional Championships. Through those five seasons, the Panthers scored 2,585 points; allowed just 256 and recorded 31 shutouts of their opponents.
The record for most consecutive victories is now held by De La Salle High School in California with 151 wins from 1992 to 2004, and the record in Texas is now held by Celina High School, who won 68 games from 1998 to 2002. Pflugerville still ranks #2 all-time in the State of Texas.

### Kuempel Stadium

The 10,000-capacity Kuempel Stadium is the current home of the Panthers in Football, Soccer and Track & Field.
Through the 2004 season, Kuempel Stadium has had a natural grass playing surface. However, on February 5, 2005, voters approved a multimillion dollar bond package which included funds to upgrade to the new style of artificial turf. Construction was finished prior to the start of the 2005 season.
A plaque outside the entrance explains the name origin:
Dedicated October 1986
Named for Charles and H. L. "Hub" Kuempel, both graduates of Pflugerville High School, who returned and served the Pflugerville schools for a combined 49 years. In the late '50s and early '60s they coached PHS to 55 consecutive football victories.
At that time, this was a State and National Record and still stands as the Texas state record.
* In 2007, the Pflugerville High School football team reached the Texas 5A State Championship game but lost to Katy High School from Katy, Texas.
* The TV Series Friday Night Lights was originally filmed using the stadium, and the team took the name of Dillon Panthers after Pflugerville Panthers and used many of the mascot items for the show.
Kuempel Stadium now serves as the stadium for non-varsity Pflugerville High School games as well as Pflugerville Middle School games. It is also used for practice by the Track team, Cross Country team, Football team, Soccer team, Dance team, and Marching Band

## The Pfield

The 10,000 capacity flagship stadium was created through 2016–2017 and opened in the 2017–18 school year, but was also used for the preceding 4th of July. It is used for the whole district's football by all 4 high schools in PfISD, but not all of Pflugerville's games, for which Kuempel Stadium is sometimes used instead.

## Other activities
### Marching Band

The Pflugerville High School Panther Marching Band is a corps-style marching band like most competitive high school marching bands. This style of marching band roll step, backwards marching and sliding, and the "8 to 5" step size. Since then, it has won multiple awards. The band has made finals at multiple Bands of America competitions, as well as the Texas Marching Classic. They have reached the UIL 5A State Marching Championship 3 times, most recently in 2023 with their production "Return to Neverland". Their directors are O.D. Wilson, Darrell Wagner, Chelsea Crochet, Trysten Cook, and Hannah Mayes.

## Alumni

* Nate Minchey – professional baseball player
* Mario Ramos (1994) – professional baseball player
* Micah Lawrence (2008) – U.S. Olympic athlete
* Garrett Lindholm (2006) – American football placekicker
* Zaviar Gooden (2008) – American football player currently a Free Agent
* Alex Okafor – American football player
* Ikemefuna Enemkpali – NFL football player
* Michael Johnson – NFL football player
* Riley Stearns, filmmaker
* Tyrus Thompson, American football player
* Pooh Shiesty, American rapper
* Casey Washington – NFL football player