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Hillsborough High School (Tampa, Florida)

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Hillsborough High School is the oldest high school in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is also one of the oldest high schools in the southern United States.[citation needed] It is one of three county schools with an International Baccalaureate program.

Hillsborough High School was established in 1885 on Franklin St., in a very small building. General class size was 19 students with one teacher. After several relocations, Hillsborough moved to its current ___location (5000 North Central Avenue, 33603) in 1927. Hillsborough's exterior is known to be one of the most beautiful and historic in the Seminole Heights region of Tampa, Florida. Its capacity was said to be over 2,000 students.


History, Tradition, Pride

Hillsborough High School, one of the south's oldest high schools and the oldest high school in the county, is full of history, tradition, and pride. While its entity as a school probably dates closer to 1880, a room over a Franklin Street livery stable in 1885 is recognized as the first ___location of this famous school. After several moves, the present building was opened in 1927.

Beginning with the first teacher, who also served as principal, and the first graduating class of four students in 1886, the students, faculty and administrators of Hillsborough High School have established a framework of history, tradition, spirit, and pride that sets HHS students apart from students of other schools. One of the oldest traditions is the wearing of red and black, the school's colors, every Friday to show spirit and unity. Hillsborough has an illustrious alumni with records of service as State Attorney, Senators, Judges, State Representative, Mayors of Tampa, Florida, professional athletes, educators, School Board Members, actors, authors, lecturers, sports announcers, County Commissioners and Council Members, entrepreneurs, etc.

Hillsborough produced the first high school newspaper, "The Red & Black"[1], in Florida in 1889 and the first yearbook, "The Hillsborean," in 1911. In 1913 and 1914, Hillsborough's basketball and baseball teams defeated teams from the University of Florida and Southern College. In 1929, Hillsborough won the high school national football championship.

The Alma Mater, the "Red and Black" was written in 1923. In 1931, Hillsborough High became the original home of the University of Tampa, established by Frederic Spaulding in 1931 as Tampa Junior College, and was founded to serve as an institution of higher education for Florida’s west coast. In 1933, UT moved to its current home in the old Tampa Bay Hotel, now named Plant Hall. Students purchased the Tower Clock in 1949 to honor Hillsborough's casualties in World War II. The names of Hillsborough students who were killed were placed on a plaque under the tower. The Terrier Creed was written in 1954; it received much publicity as the only one of its kind in the South. The bronze terrier that guards the trophy case was originally placed in the courtyard. The sacred "H" on the patio was dedicated in 1974 in honor of Mr. Hamilton, an assistant principal. Various groups provided the stained glass windows in the auditorium in 1963. [2]

Renovations and additions

In the mid 1970s, Hillsborough High went through a massive renovation. The school's students, faculty and staff were forced to temporarily move back into the old Hillsborough High School bulding, built in 1917, located a few miles away in Tampa Heights (Tampa), FL, then the Home of George Washington Jr. High School[3], at the time. Hillsborough High students were forced into triple session, while the two schools shared the old HHS building, until the renovations of the HHS were completed in 1978.

In 1979, HHS students launched a successful fundraising campaign to pay for the chimes in the HHS clock tower. In 1980, a plaque was donated by the class of 1980, and mounted over the doorway leading to the inner courtyard from the trophy case area of the main building dedicated to the classes of the 1980s and "the Decade of New Ideas."

In the mid 1980s, the Alumni Building, commonly referred to as the 400 Hall, was added to the school. In around 1995, another addition was made, the 500 Building/English Hall, in which most 10th grade homerooms and English classes are housed.

The school is now finishing up renovations to make the building look like it did prior to 1960. However, this forced classes into portable classrooms for much of 2005. Major improvements from the renovation are split between maintenance and restoration. General maintenance of the building will take place, replacing tiling with wood floors in the original classrooms, installation of central air-conditioning and thorough rewiring. Restoration includes refurbishing the music rooms, changing the ceiling to its original height, and construction of a new and much anticpated gymnasium.

Over the years, Hillsborough High's gym has been famously and affectionately known to Hillsborough High students and alums as the "Big Red Barn," more commonly called simply "The Barn!" Probably, due in part to its architectural design; its steep "skylighted" roof and red brick facade, the gym resembles a barn from a distance. "The Barn" was known for being a hostile environment for Terrier apponents to compete in and their fans to cheer in, as the HHS student body seldom stood for anything short of winning and would not tolerate being out cheered! Not to mention the fact "The Barn" was one of the hottest gyms in the county to play in, as their was no air conditioning in it for many years. That coupled with the many talented Terrier teams opposing schools had to face in the "The Barn" made it a real tough place to come out of with a win, much to the delight of generations of Hillsborough fans!

Sports Championships

Due to the wide scale and number of championships and awards, the only awards listed here are championships.
For a list of all notable sports successes, proceed to the List of Hillsborough High School Sports Awards.

Football

  • National Championship: 1929
  • State Championships: 1910, 1929, 1942, 194x, 194x, 1948 (13 total State Championships prior to 1968) then the state champions were the winners of the state's "HSS Big Ten Conference," and included games against some state universities and colleges such as the University of Florida, Stetson University, and Rollins College.) [4]

Baseball

  • State Championships: 1935, 1937, 1967 (2A)

Boy's Basketball

  • State Championships: 1924, 1947 (A), 1959 (2A)

Boy's Swimming

  • State Championship: 1946
  • Individual State Championships: 22
  • Relay Team Championships: 3

Girl's Swimming

  • Individual State Championships: 9
  • Relay Team Championships: 1

Boy's Decathlon Team

  • State Meet Team Championships: 1981 (4A), 1982 (4A), 1983 (4A)

Girl's Pentathlon Team

  • State Meet Team Championships: 1982 (4A), 1983 (4A)

Boy's Track and Field Team

  • State Championships: 1916, 1929, 1949 (A), 1950 (A)
  • Individual State Championships: 31
  • Relay Event State Championships: 13

Girl's Track and Field Team

  • Individual State Championships: 2

Boy's Golf Team

  • State Championships: 1928, 1934
  • Individual State Championships: 2

Boy's Rowing

  • FSRA State Individual Event Championships: 2

Girl's Rowing

  • FSRA State IndividuaI Event Championships: 3

Athletic All-Americans and All-State Honorees

High School All-Americans

  • 1973 -Mike Heath (baseball) C (First Team) All-American.
  • 1986 -Gary Sheffield (baseball) P/3B (He was named the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year)[5]
  • 1999 -Shannon Snell (football) lineman (Parade High School All American -Lineman) (Named to PrepStar's All-American Dream Team)
  • 2000 -Garnell Wilds (football) DB (All-American selection by Prep Star) also (Pre-Season All-American pick by Lemming)[6]
  • 2006 -Michael Burgess (baseball)-OF (Jackie Robinson Award -National HS Player of Year)(Louisville Slugger HS All-American)
  • 2006 -Matt Schurig (baseball) RHP (Louisville Slugger High School All-American)

High School All-State

  • 1924 -William Walker (basketball) player (First Team)
  • 1924 -Burt Grandoff (basketball) player (First Team)
  • 1924 -Teddy Carr (basketball) player (First Team)
  • 1924 -Karl Kreher (basketball) player (First Team)
  • 1967 -Joseph Abene (baseball) 3B/P (First Team -2A)
  • 1967 -Jim Diaz (baseball) Pitcher (First Team -2A)
  • 1986 -Gary Sheffield (baseball) IF (First Team -4A)
  • 1998 & 1999 -Shannon Snell (football) OL Two-Time (First Team All-State -6A)
  • 2003 -Ricky Ponton (football) Util. (Second Team -5A) [2]
  • 2003 -Jessie Anzevino (girls soccer) (1st Team -5A) (FSWA All-State Selection)
  • 2003 -Emily Fedeles (girls soccer) (2nd Team -5A) (FSWA All-State Selection)
  • 2006 -Matt Schurig (baseball0 RHP (First Team -5A) (FSWA)[3]
  • 2006 -Michael Burgess (baseball) OF (First Team -5A) (FSWA)
  • 2006 -Jarred Fayson (football) Util. (First Team -4A)[4]
  • 2006 -Leslie Stirrups (football) DE (First Team -4A)
  • 2006 -Donald Mosley (football) OL (Second Team -4A)
  • 2006 -Jimmy Sapp (football) RB (Third Team -4A)

Alumni -Collegiate Athletic All-Americans and Honorees

Collegiate All-Americans

Notable Alumni

National Figures [9]

  • Charles Edward Bennett -former U.S. Representative elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the twenty-one succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1993)
  • Braulio Alonso -former president of the National Education Association, first elected in 1966.

Decorated Military Heroes [10]

  • Baldomero Lopez -1st Lt. USMC (awarded the Medal of Honor -Posthumously) -he was the first casualty of the Korean War.
  • Angus R. Goss[11] -USMC Gunner (Awarded the US Navy Cross & Britain’s Conspicuous Gallantry Medal -for extraordinary heroism} -WWII (US Navy Ship named for Goss: DE-444)

Professional Entertainment/Arts/Film/TV[12]

  • Slim Whitman -Legendary Country Singer (Mr. Whitman's has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Rondo Hatton -"Fright Film" Star (...a.k.a. "the Creeper")
  • Fred Lasswell -"Uncle Fred" (Cartoonist/Writer of "Snuffy Smith" and "Barney Google")
  • Sol Fleischman[13] -"Salty Sol" -'Dean of Florida Sportcasters' (Sports Director/mainstay at WTVT, Ch. 13 (CBS) Tampa, 20 years).
  • Jackie Adams[14] -Famed 1980s Cover/Print Model (made covers of Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Vogue) featured in Elizabeth Arden ads.
  • Mike Scaglione -Saxophonist tours w/Julio Iglesias (formerly w/MSM -featured sax on Gloria Estefan's solo album Cuts Both Ways).

Professional Sports

Auto Racing [15]

  • Don Garlits -Professional NHRA Top Fuel drag racer (3 time World Champion)

MLB Baseball [16]

WNBA Basketball

NFL/WFL/CFL/AFL Football [18] -NFL

  • Steve Kiner -defensive player (NFL - 1970-1978)
  • Juran Bolden -defensive player (NFL - 1996-2006)
  • J.R. Reed -defensive player (NFL - 2004-2006)
  • Garnell Wilds -defensive player (NFL - 2004-2006)
  • Maurice Crum -FB/LB player (World League of American Football -1992/CFL -1993/AFLeague -1995)
  • Dan Footman -defensive player (NFL - 1993-1998)

MLS/USL Soccer

Local Political Figures

Mayors of Tampa [20]

  • Dick A. Greco (D) -50th & 56th Mayor (1967-1974, and 1995-2003)
  • William F. Poe (D) -53rd Mayor (1974-1979)
  • Nick C. Nuccio (D) -47th & 49th Mayor (1956-1959, and 1963-1967)
  • Julian B. Lane (D) -48th Mayor (1959-1963)
  • Junie L. Young Jr. -46th (Acting) Mayor (1956)

Recent School Awards

2006 -- The school newspaper, The Red & Black, was considered a National Scholastic Press Association Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist[21]

2006 -- Newsweek drops Hillsborough to rank as the number 21 high school in the nation.[22]

2005 -- Newsweek ranks Hillsborough as the number 10 high school in the nation, causing a stirred debate considering the high school got a D grade from the state and failed No Child Left Behind standards[23]

2004 -- Hillsborough High School student Yangda Ou was selected as a semi-finalist in the U.S. Physics Team.[24]

2003-04 -- The school was awarded the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement[25]

1997 -- Participated in the National Earlybird Forensics Tournament, hosted by Wake Forest University. Placed Sixth in Sweepstakes, Fifth in Duo-interpretation, Fourth in Humorous Interpretation and First in Senate Two: Speaker Awards.[26]

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