Abilene High School is a public high school located in

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. AHS is classified as a Division 5A school and is part of the

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. Abilene High School is the name given to three different schools in the past 150 years. The first Abilene High was an old

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. Not long after that, the school was moved to what was the former Lincoln Middle School. In 1955, Abilene High was moved to its current location at N 6th and Mockingbird. Its main rival in sports is Cooper High School. The Abilene High Marching Band is accepted to be the oldest

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in Texas. In 2011, the school was rated " Academically Acceptable" by the

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. In addition to parts of Abilene, its attendance boundary includes

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Athletics

Coached by P. E. Shotwell, for whom

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is named, Abilene High won its first state championship in 1923. Coach Dewey Mayhew guided the Eagles to their second state title in 1928, and a third one in 1931. Under

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, Abilene won three consecutive state titles (1954–56). In 2009, the Eagles had an undefeated season and won the Division II State Finals, giving the Abilene Eagles their seventh state championship and first in 53 years.

State titles

*Baseball – **1956(All), 1957(4A) *Football – **1923(All), 1928(1A), 1931(1A), 1954(4A), 1955(4A), 1956(4A), 2009(5A/D2) *Team Tennis – **1991(5A), 1999(5A) *Boys Track – **1925(All) 1954(2A), 1959(4A), 1960(4A), 1961(4A), 1976(4A), *One Act Play – **1930(All), 1943(All), 1946(All), 1949(2A), 1950(2A), 1964(4A), 1972(2A)

State finalists

*Baseball – **1950(All), 1955(All) *Boys Basketball - **1938(All), 1941(All) *Football – **1922(All), 1927(1A)

Fine arts

Pure Gold

Pure Gold is a by audition only, select choir made up of mostly juniors and seniors (but occasionally some sophomores).

Notable people

* Maury Bray,

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Athletics

State titles

State finalists

Fine arts

Pure Gold

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading