Minot High School


Minot High School is a public high school in Minot, North Dakota, and serves the majority of the city. A second public high school,
, opened in August 2024 with students from the northern portion of the city and Minot Air Force Base, north.
Previously, MHS was divided between two main campuses: Magic City and Central. Its enrollment was among the largest in the state, drawing from the entire city and the air base. Magic City is now Minot High School and Central is the district's fourth middle school. MHS also includes an alternative campus: Souris River Campus.

Athletics

The boys' athletic teams are known as the "Magicians" or "Magi", while the girls' teams are called the "Majettes". The school's mascot is a magician and the varsity teams compete against the largest high schools in the state in Class A.
Minot is known as the "Magic City" because of its rapid development in 1886, after the arrival of the Great Northern railroad.

State championships

Boys

  • Football, Class 'A': 1910, 1935, 1941, 1980, 2023
  • Basketball, Class 'A': 1916, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
  • Hockey: 1992, 2015
  • Wrestling, Class 'A': 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1993, 2017
  • Swimming: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Soccer: 1989, 2006
  • Track and field, Class 'A': 1942, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 co-champions, 1985, 2001, 2002
  • Baseball, Class 'A': 1999, 2005

    Girls

  • Basketball: Class 'A': 1978, 2022
  • Soccer: Class 'A': 2021, 2022
  • Swimming: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013
  • Track and field, Class 'A': 1966, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

    Notable alumni

  • Ryan Bollinger, baseball pitcher
  • Gary Cederstrom, retired Major League Baseball umpire
  • Jerry Gaetz, North Dakota state senator
  • David C. Jones, U.S. Air Force general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Herro Mustafa, U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria
  • Josh Duhamel, Actor