Cave Spring High School (Roanoke, Virginia)

Communities served

Cave Spring High School is located in the eponymous Cave Spring CDP and has a jurisdiction that includes suburban areas centered around Virginia State Route 419 and rural areas along the U.S. Route 220 and U.S. Route 221 corridors. Communities served include:

• Back Creek
• Bent Mountain
• Cave Spring
• Clearbrook
• Starkey
• Wright

History

Cave Spring High School opened in 1956. In 1968, the high school was moved to its current site, while its original building became Cave Spring Intermediate School, then renamed Cave Spring Junior High School, and would later become Cave Spring Middle School in 2002. Cave Spring held grades 10-12 for numerous years until 2002, when it fed approximately half of its 10-12 population into Hidden Valley High School after it was completed and first opened. In 2019, the high school underwent a $43.3 million renovation, with the "new" Cave Spring opening its doors in August 2020.

Academics

According to U.S. News & World Report, Cave Spring ranks 2nd in the Roanoke Valley, 3rd in Southwest Virginia, and 52nd in the Commonwealth of Virginia in terms of academic quality. Cave Spring students are also eligible to take classes at the Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology and the Arnold R. Burton Technology Center.

Athletics

Cave Spring athletes are known as the "Cave Spring Knights" and compete in the Virginia High School League's River Ridge District in regular season play, primarily against other schools in the Roanoke and New River Valleys. The Knights are also part of Class 3 (state classification) and Region D (for regional play), competing against similarly sized schools in Virginia. The Knights have won team state titles in:

• Boys' basketball (2002, 2009, 2010, 2020, 2022)
• Volleyball (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011)
• Cheerleading (2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Girls' tennis (2015, 2016, 2018)
• Scholastic Bowl (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Boys' swimming and diving (2000, 2001)
• Girls' gymnastics (1976, 1981)
• Boys' soccer (2018)
• Softball (2013)
• Boys' golf (1964).

Notable alumni

• Ronde Barber - 3-time, all-Blue Ridge District football selection and went on to become an all-ACC cornerback at Virginia and a Hall of Fame cornerback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Tiki Barber - 1996 ACC Player of the Year at Virginia and Pro Bowl running back with the New York Giants.
• Gregg Marshall (1981) — former Wichita State head basketball coach
• George Canale (1983) — Milwaukee Brewers 1st baseman
• Lapthe Flora (1983) — United States Army Major General
• Ronde Barber (1993) — former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and University of Virginia cornerback, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2023)
• Tiki Barber (1993) — former New York Giants and University of Virginia running back, former NBC News anchor and co-founder of Thuzio
• Chris Obenshain (2000) — Virginia House of Delegates election from the 41st district
• Tyler Lumsden (2001) — pitcher for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
• JJ Redick (2002) — consensus National College Player of the Year at Duke University, retired NBA player, head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers
• Jen Lilley (2003) — actress in The Artist, NBC's Days of Our Lives, ABC's General Hospital, MTV's Disaster Date, and several Hallmark Channel movies and Great American Family movies
• Danny Aiken (2006) — retired long-snapper who played in the National Football League and former University of Virginia football standout
• Jonathan "J" Carlin (2006) — Co-Founder of Super Carlin Bros. YouTube channel, Co-Host of Popcorn Culture podcast, and Co-Host of the Through the Griffin Door podcast that goes on tour throughout the year. Featured on The Roanoker, which is the longest continuously published city magazine in Virginia created in 1974.
• Kevin Munson (2007) — former professional baseball player
• Benjamin "Ben" Carlin (2008) — Co-Founder of Super Carlin Bros. YouTube channel, Co-Host of Popcorn Culture podcast, and Co-Host of the Through the Griffin Door podcast that goes on tour throughout the year. Featured on The Roanoker, which is the longest continuously published city magazine in Virginia created in 1974.

References

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