Public school in Abilene, Texas, United States
Abilene High School is a public high school located in Abilene, Texas . AHS is classified as a Division 5A school and is part of the Abilene Independent School District . Abilene High School is the name given to three different schools in the past 150 years. The first Abilene High was an old warehouse . Not long after that, the school was moved to what was the former Lincoln Middle School. In 1955, Abilene High was moved to its current location at N 6th and Mockingbird.[2] Its main rival in sports is Cooper High School . The Abilene High Marching Band is accepted to be the oldest marching band in Texas. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable " by the Texas Education Agency .[3]
Athletics
Coached by P. E. Shotwell , for whom Shotwell Stadium is named, Abilene High won its first state championship in 1923. Coach Dewey Mayhew guided the Eagles to their second state title in 1928, and a third one in 1931. Under Chuck Moser , Abilene won three consecutive state titles (1954–56).[4] In 2009, the Eagles had an undefeated season and won the Division II State Finals, giving the Abilene Eagles their seventh state championship and first in 53 years.
State titles
Baseball – [5]
Football – [6]
1923(All), 1928(1A), 1931(1A), 1954(4A), 1955(4A), 1956(4A), 2009(5A/D2)
Team Tennis – [7]
Boys Track – [8]
1925(All) 1954(2A), 1959(4A), 1960(4A), 1961(4A), 1976(4A),
One Act Play – [9]
1930(All), 1943(All), 1946(All), 1949(2A), 1950(2A), 1964(4A), 1972(2A)
State finalists
Baseball –
Boys Basketball -
Football –
Fine arts
Pure Gold
Pure Gold is a by audition only, select choir made up of mostly juniors and seniors (but occasionally some sophomores).
Notable people
Maury Bray , NFL player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Randall "Tex" Cobb , actor
Wayne Coffey , American football player
Jack Favor (Class of 1929), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana [10]
A. C. Greene , historian, author, and newspaperman, known as the Dean of Texas Writers. 1923–2002[11]
Glynn Gregory , football player
Chuck Hughes , NFL wide receiver
John Lackey , retired MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs ; three-time World Series champion (2002 , 2013 & 2016 )[12]
Dave Parks , NFL wide receiver and end
Chuck Harrison , former MLB player
Harold Stephens , football player
Jim Welch , running back, Southern Methodist University at Dallas , Baltimore Colts , Detroit Lions
Bernard Kamungo , soccer player
Pickett, Al (2004). Team Of The Century: The Greatest High School Football Team In Texas . Abilene: State House Press. ISBN 1-880510-87-1 . 32°27′22″N 99°45′21″W / 32.45611°N 99.75583°W / 32.45611; -99.75583
Texas 6A
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Texas 5A
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Texas 4A: Division I
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Texas 4A: Division II
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District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8
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District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12
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Texas 3A: Division I
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Region 4
District 13
Comfort
Ingram Moore
Luling
Marion
San Antonio Cole
Universal City Randolph
District 14
Altair Rice
Edna
Hempstead
Hitchcock
Palacios
Vanderbilt Industrial
District 15
George West
Goliad
Hallettsville
Mathis
San Antonio Brooks Academy Science & Engineering
District 16
Texas 3A: Division II
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Alpine
Big Lake Reagan County
Crane
San Angelo Grape Creek
San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy
Sonora
Region 2
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Region 3
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Region 4
District 13 District 14
Blanco
Karnes City
Natalia
Nixon Smiley
Poth
Stockdale
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Texas 2A: Division I
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District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8
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District 9
Big Sandy
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Grove
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Hawkins
Ore City
Simms Bowie
District 10
Beckville
Cushing
Joaquin
Pineland West Sabine
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Shelbyville
District 11 District 12
Region 4
District 13 District 14
Brackettville Brackett
Center Point
Harper
Johnson City LBJ
Junction
Mason
Sabinal
District 15 District 16
Texas 2A: Division II
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District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8
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District 13 District 14 District 15
Barksdale Nueces
Canyon
Charlotte
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Leakey
Rocksprings
District 16
Texas 1A: 6-Man Division I
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Gail Borden
Lamesa Klondike
Lenorah Grady
O'Donnell
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Region 3
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Region 4
District 13
Aquilla
Blum
Covington
Gholson
Kopperl
District 14 District 15
Campbell
Gilmer Union Hill
Irving Universal Academy
Savoy
District 16
Texas 1A: 6-Man Division II
Region 1
District 1
Briscoe Fort Elliott
Follett
Higgins
Lefors
District 2 District 3 District 4
Southland
Wellman-Union
Whitharral
Wilson
Region 2
District 5 District 6 District 7
Blackwell
Loraine
Moran
Trent
District 8
Region 3
District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12
Region 4
District 13 District 14 District 15
Karnack
Ladonia Fannindel
Mount Calm
Oakwood
Trinidad
District 16