Huntsville High School is an American

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Huntsville Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...

Madison County, Alabama Madison County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 388,153, making it the third-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Huntsville. Since the mid-20th centu ...

in the Huntsville metropolitan area. It is part of the Huntsville City Schools district with approximately 1,850 students currently enrolled in grades 9–12.Huntsville High School website
Retrieved on 2021-12-01. The school is located at the intersection of Bob Wallace Avenue (formerly 13th Street West) and Billie Watkins Street. In 2014, the school constructed its Freshman Academy on-site, intended to facilitate students' transition from middle school to high school and in which the majority of its freshman classes take place. The school offers 15

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courses alongside preparatory courses for industry certification. The school's current principal is Aaron King and its current assistant principals are Kari Flippo, Mark Fleetwood, Cory Muhammad, and Lauren Woltjen.

Athletics

Huntsville High School competes at the 7A classification of the

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and uses the

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nickname for all team sports. Huntsville High sponsors varsity-level athletics in the following sports: Huntsville High currently supplies one team to the Huntsville Amateur Hockey Association's high school league. The Huntsville Panthers have won AHSAA state championship events in

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, girls'

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, girls'

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, girls' indoor

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

, girls' outdoor track and field, boys'

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and

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, girls' swimming and diving, boys'

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, and girls' tennis, in addition to

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state championships in the 1980s (discontinued by the AHSAA in 1998), as well as several

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state championships in the late 1990s before the AHSAA sponsored the sport. As of November 1, 2012, the Huntsville High Lady Panther volleyball team had won the AHSAA state title 10 times out of 11 years, losing only one year in the semifinals to Pelham High School. The Huntsville High girls' cross country team placed second in the state meet in 2014 and won the 7A state championship in 2016.

Notable alumni

* Jerry Balisok, professional wrestler and FBI fugitive *

Jed Bradley Jedidiah Custer Bradley (born June 12, 1990) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves in 2016. Career Amateur Bradley graduated from Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Alabama. He had an appendec ...

, baseball player * Robert "Bud" Cramer, Member of the House of Representatives * Jan Davis, former NASA astronaut * Brewer Hicklen, baseball player in the

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organization *

Margaret Hoelzer Margaret Josephine Hoelzer (born March 30, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoelzer competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Olympic Games. Biography While in Huntsv ...

, Olympic swimmer * Bobby Luna, former NFL football player *

Dee Margo Donald "Dee" Margo (born February 4, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 51st mayor of El Paso, Texas from 2017 to 2021. Early life and education Margo graduated from Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Alabama. H ...

, mayor of

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* Paul McDonald, ''

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'' finalist in Season 10 and member of The Grand Magnolias *

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, NFL football player *

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, former

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football player for the

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, Naval Aviator and Major general, U.S. Marine Corps *

Loretta Spencer Loretta Purdy Spencer (born June 20, 1937) is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Her first term began October 4, 1996, and her last term ended on November 3, 2008. Early life Spencer has been a resident o ...

, 66th Mayor of Huntsville

References

External links

Huntsville High School Web Page
High schools in Huntsville, Alabama School buildings completed in 2004 Schools in Madison County, Alabama Public high schools in Alabama 2004 establishments in Alabama {{Alabama-school-stub

Athletics

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links