Huntington High School is a
public high school
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located in
Huntington,
Texas
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(
USA
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) and classified as a 4A school by the
UIL. It is part of the
Huntington Independent School District
Huntington Independent School District is a public school district based in Huntington, Texas ( USA).
In 2009, the school district was rated " recognized" by the Texas Education Agency
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located in south central
Angelina County
Angelina County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in East Texas and its county seat is Lufkin.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,395. The Lufkin, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Angelina Cou ...
. In 2013, the school was rated "
Met Standard" by the
Texas Education Agency
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Athletics
The Huntington Red Devils compete in the following sports
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
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Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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Powerlifting
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Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
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Swimming
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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State Titles
*Boys Basketball
**1959(1A), 1960(1A), 1962(B), 1974(1A)
*Softball
UIL Softball Archives
**2008(3A)
References
External links
Huntington ISD
Schools in Angelina County, Texas
Public high schools in Texas
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