Union Public Schools - Extra Curricular Activity

Extra Curricular Activity

Union's football program has been regarded as among the best in Oklahoma and in the nation. Union has won the 1963, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 state titles. Union's rivalry with nearby Jenks High School has been named by numerous news sources as one of the top high school football rivalries in the nation. Either Union or Jenks has won the state 6A championship (the division for Oklahoma's largest high schools) every year since 1996. Games between Union and Jenks are frequently played at the University of Tulsa's Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium, where the record attendance for this game was over 40,000. A documentary titled King of the Mountain was made about the Jenks-Union rivalry, and it has been covered by ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and NFL Films, which covered the 2007 regular season game.

Union's basketball team plays in the 5,662 seat John Q. Hammons Arena at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center. Union has won 2 State boys basketball titles. The first in 2004 and recently in 2012 becoming the first large school class to go undefeated since Norman did it in 1990. Union has also been State Runner-Ups in 1998, 2002, and 2006. Union Lady Redskins won the State title in 2008 capturing their first crown.

Union's band, The Renegade Regiment, has won 12 state championships and been a finalist to Bands of America Nationals 7 times. Union's Renegade Regiment's Colorguard has not only won multiple state and regional championships, they have been named National Champions from the Bands of America championship several years, including 1986 and 1990. The 1990 show was "Spartacus" and the guard played the role of Spartacus' wife. The guard also competes in the Winter Guard International (WGI) and dominated the late 80's as the Grand Champion, year after year. They placed first at the WGI International Championship in 1985, 1987, 1988, placed 2nd in 1986, and 3rd in 2001. The guard's first winterguard show was in 1982, so this young guard came on the scene and made a historical impact on the sport. One of the best known Union Winterguard shows was the 1987 "Mannequin" show.

In the Fall of 2007, Union's Repertory Theater won first place in the Regional One Act Competition with their performance of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. They later went on to win the State One Act Competition with the same play. In both contests they placed first in the Best Technical Crew award. They continued this trend in the Fall of 2010 with their one-act, The Insanity of Mary Girard. They won first place in Regionals, had 6 out of 10 All-Star Cast Members and won the Technical Crew award. Two weeks later they took home the State One Act Competition trophy along with the State Technical Crew award. They also won First Place the 2012 Regional One Act Competition with their adaption "Flowers for Algernon". They will continue on to the State competition. Union's drama department also puts on an all school musical every year that has been touted by some as being one of the best in the nation.

Union's Varsity Cheerleading squad has won several state and national high school cheerleading championships since 2006. They won 3 National Cheerleading Association national titles from the years 2006-2009 in the super large varsity division. The NCA National High School Championships are held in Dallas, Texas each year. They won NCA's grand national titles in both 2006 and 2007. In 2007, they won the coveted 6A state title in cheerleading which had not been won by Union since 1990. In 2011, Union Varsity Cheer attended the Universal Cheerleading Association's National High School Championship in Orlando, Florida and won the national title in the super varsity division. Both NCA and UCA are the biggest national cheerleading competitions in the United States; however, they each hold their own distinct styles of cheerleading. It is an honor that Union Varsity Cheerleading to have won both major styles of cheerleading. They are on their way to UCA high school nationals again this February.

Union also has an outstanding Vocal Music program. They have won numerous awards and receive superior ratings at almost every contest. Their choirs consist of the Union Avenue Singers, Union Harmony, the High School chorus and the 9th grade girl's chorus. Recently, they have decided to add a Union "Mini-Me" choir that will consist of Freshman and Sophomore girls. This group will form in the 2011-2012 year.