Taylorville Senior High School is a four-year public

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located in

Taylorville, Illinois Taylorville is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,506 at the 2020 census, making it the county's largest city. History Taylorville was founded on May 24, 1839, and was named after J ...

. The mascot is Tommy Tornado. The school colors are purple and gold. THS is part of TCUSD #3 which also includes a middle-school, three elementary schools located in Taylorville and Mt. Auburn Elementary School and Stonington Elementary. However, at the end of the 2008–2009 academic school year, West Elementary School and Mt. Auburn closed.

Publications

The THS journalism class publishes a monthly-newspaper and annual yearbook, the Zephyr and Drift, respectively. As of the 2011–2012 school year, the Zephyr is also available through a full-color online PDF version.

Notable alumni

Ron Bontemps Ronald Yngve Bontemps (August 11, 1926 – May 13, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Taylorville, Illinois and attended Beloit College. He was a captain of the United States men's bask ...

, Captain of the 1952 U.S. men's basketball team, which won the gold medal. *

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, former governor of

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Vern Mullen Vern Elmo Mullen (February 27, 1900 - September 14, 1980) was a professional football player from Taylorville, Illinois. Early life Mullen was born in Taylorville, Illinois and graduated from Taylorville High School. After high school, Mullen s ...

, professional football player (

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, and

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) * Johnny Orr, former UMass, Michigan, and Iowa State head basketball coach *

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, former Major League Baseball player (

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) * Bill Ridley, All-American basketball player at the University of Illinois

Notable staff

Dolph Stanley Dolph Stanley (January 23, 1905 – July 9, 1990) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the ”Silver Fox”, Stanley is best known for holding the "unbreakable" record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association ( ...

, Hall of fame coach that guided the 1944 Tornadoes to the first undefeated state championship in the history of Illinois. Stanley is best known for holding the "unbreakable" record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association (IHSA) schools into the state tournament.

References

Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Christian County, Illinois {{Illinois-school-stub