Argonaut High School

Argonaut High School is located in Jackson, California in Amador County.

Argonaut High received the coveted California Distinguished School award.

Vicari now serves as Personnel Director for the Amador County Unified School District.

[4] Argonaut High School is home of the Mustangs, and they participate in the Mother Lode League.

Argonaut/Jackson began its football program in 1922 and has won fourteen Mother Lode League Championships (41, 45, 52, 53, 57, 65, 66, 70, 84, 03, 08, 10, 11, 12).

Argonaut currently plays its home games at Dan Barnett Field on the western edge of campus.

The first game played at Dan Barnett Field was on Sep 16, 1989, vs Upper Lake High School.

Argonaut is the only MLL team to have won two Sac-Joaquin Section football championships as well as a California state title.

Argonaut football won the Division 6AA Northern California Title on December 3, 2021, by beating St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma) 42-12 in Jackson.

The Argonaut Girls have reached the section finals five straight years (2016-2020) and a total of six times.

The Jackson High Baseball team captured seven MLL titles coming in 45, 51, 54, 56, 59, 60, and 67.

Schools in the MLL include current members Amador (Sutter), Bret Harte, Calaveras, Sonora, and Summerville.

Other schools that have formerly participated in the MLL are Ione, Linden, Brookside Christian, El Dorado, and Lincoln of Stockton.

The Sierra Valley Conference is currently made up of Galt, Liberty Ranch, El Dorado, Union Mine, Bradshaw Christian, and Rosemont.

The Argonaut band visits and plays at Disneyland every two years, as well as at the Forum Music Festival in the Bay Area.

It was decided that the new Argonaut would maintain the mascot of Ione High, the Mustangs, and the colors of Jackson, green, white, and yellow.