Sweetwater High School is a public high school located in

Sweetwater, Texas Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene, Texas. Its population was 10,906 at the 2010 census. History The town's name "Sweetwater" is t ...

, USA and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is a part of the

Sweetwater Independent School District Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweetwater, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662&nbs ...

located in north central Nolan County. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

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. From 1912 to 1967, Sweetwater's high school was called "Newman High School." In 1967, a new high school building was completed on the same grounds as Newman High School, and the Newman High School Building was razed. The new building was called "Sweetwater High School." Newman/Sweetwater High School is one of only a handful of high schools in the country with two alumni in the

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and Clyde "Bulldog" Turner.

Athletics

The Sweetwater Mustangs compete in these sports: volleyball, cross country, football, basketball, powerlifting, golf, tennis, track, baseball, soccer and softball Sweetwater High School's football teams play in the Mustang Bowl, built in the 1930s by the

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. Sweetwater's football tradition has produced 690 wins, fourth-most all-time in Texas class 3A rankings.

State titles

*Football – **1985(4A) *Boys Golf – **1972(3A), 1973(3A), 2001(3A) *Girls Track – **1984(4A)

Notable alumni

* Willie Amos,

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player of the

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, Known as "Slingin'" Sammy Baugh, played college football for Texas Christian University and professionally for the

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(1937–1952). Member of the

. *

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, WWE/WCW Wrestler * Charles Perry, Republican member of the Texas House from

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, graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1980. * Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, Played college football for Hardin-Simmons in Abilene and professionally for the

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. Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

References

External links

Sweetwater ISD website
{{authority control Public high schools in Texas Schools in Nolan County, Texas