Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy (FHSCCA) is the local

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, United States. A part of the Ben Hill County School District, it serves students in

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9- 12. its principal is James Sirmans. Fitzgerald High School is currently involved in the Title I Plan.

Athletics

Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy competes in the Class AA division of the

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in football, cross country (boys' and girls'), softball, competitive cheerleading, basketball (boys' and girls'), wrestling, riflery, baseball, track (boys' and girls'), soccer (boys' and girls'), tennis (boys' and girls'), competitive weightlifting, and golf (boys' and girls'). Sports teams are known as the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes, or simply the Canes. The Purple Hurricane Athletic Department also fields football cheerleading and basketball cheerleading squads. The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane Athletic Department won the Georgia Athletic Director Association's Region Director's Cup for the 2015-2016 school year. The Purple Hurricanes compete in Region 1-AA, which consists of Albany High School, Berrien County, Brooks County, Early County, Fitzgerald High School, and Thomasville High School.

Band

The FHSCCA band program is under the direction of Jonathan Thurston.

Past accomplishments

FHSCCA has won four state championship weightlifting titles under the direction of coach Mike Booth. Under Angela Davis, the FHSCCA competition cheer team won a cheerleading state championship in 2005. The "Purple Girls" have won 15 consecutive region titles. The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane men's track team won four consecutive state titles (1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991). In 2015, the FHS men's track team finished as the state runner-up.

References

{{authority control Schools in Ben Hill County, Georgia Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)