Hickory High School (North Carolina)

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Location
Hickory High School
1234 3rd Street NE Hickory, North Carolina 28601 USA
Information
School district	Hickory City Schools
Principal	Kim Mattox
Enrollment	1317^[1] (2005-06)
Faculty	91^[1]
Student:teacher ratio	14.5^[1]
Type	Public
Grades	9 to 12
Athletics conference	NCHSAA Catawba Valley 2A-3A
Mascot	Tornado
Team name	Red Tornadoes
Color(s)	Garnet and Gold
Homepage	Hickory High School

Hickory High School is located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is a public school in the Hickory City School system, located in Catawba County in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

1 General information
2 Athletics
- 2.1 Team State Championships
3 Notable alumni
4 Notable faculty
5 References
6 External links

[edit] General information

Hickory High School is located in Hickory, North Carolina and originated as the Claremont School for girls, then became co-educational and was renamed Claremont Central High School which was located at what is now the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley. The school was renamed Hickory High School in the 1940s and moved to its current location of 1234 3rd Street Northeast in 1972. Hickory is a 3A High School with roughly 1,300 students. The school colors are garnet and gold. The School Mascot is the Red Tornadoes.

[edit] Athletics

The school's sports teams compete in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). They are in the Catawba Valley 2A-3A Athletic Conference.

Hickory has won numerous State Championships in many different sports. Most notably was the 1996 football team that went undefeated 16-0 to win the State 3A Championship against Ragsdale High School on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus in Kenan Stadium.^[2]

The football team won three Western North Carolina State Championships before the NCHSAA went to an overall state champion format. The 1959 team went 12-0. The 1960 team went 10-1-1. The 1966 team went 12-0. The football team played in four consecutive state championships from 1958 to 1961. The 1958 team went 11-1. The 1961 team went 10-1-1. From 1958 to 1966 the football team played in 6 out of nine state championships. Winning 3. The football team has won numerous conference championships: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, and 2007.

The highest score in a game for Hickory was 121-0 against rival Newton High School.

The Girl's Basketball team has garnered many awards and records over the years. Winning 3 state championships in 1995, 1998, 1999.^[3] The 1998 team went 31-1 and the 1999 team went 32-0.

The Girl's Basketball team has a big rivalry with Fred T. Foard High School in Newton, NC. The most recent score of the matchup being a 112-49 rout of the Tigers by the Red Tornadoes.

[edit] Team State Championships

The Red Tornadoes JV Football program capped yet another 10-0 season in 2007 their 5th consecutive and 6th in the last 7 years. They are currently on a 55 game winstreak and have won 74 out of their last 75 games.^{[citation needed]} Recently, Hickory High's domination has come in the sports of Tennis and Golf. The Red Tornadoes Men's Tennis Team has won 3 state dual team championships; however, 2 of the 3 have come since 2004. The Men's tennis team during the time period of 2002-2006 made it to the State Championship all four years, winning the championship during the 2003-2004 and the 2005-2006 seasons. During the 2002-2003 and the 2004-2005, the Team lost two close matches against East Chapel Hill. Also during this stretch, individuals were decorated with Individual Tennis State Championships. During the 2002-2003 season, the doubles team of Andrew Crone and Zack Williams defeated teammates Alex King and Jay Williams to claim the individual doubles state title. Also, during the 2005-2006 season, Andrew Crone won the individual singles state title and became the 3A State player of the year. Tennis Coach Linney Teague won Coach of the Year Honors for Tennis twice during this stretch of dominance.

[edit] Notable alumni

Cee Cee Michaela, American Actress best known for roles on hit UPN/CW show Girlfriends ;as Yvonne, Williams fiance; and 2004 comedy film Hair show
Austin M. Allran, member of the North Carolina General Assembly^[4]
Chris Washburn, former NBA player for the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks. Played college basketball at North Carolina State University. Was the #3 draft pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. He played 72 games in the NBA averaging 3.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. Was banned for life by the NBA for failing 3 drug tests in 3 years. Sports Illustrated named him the 2nd biggest bust in NBA draft history in 2005. http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Chris_Washburn
Rick Barnes, head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball Team. Barnes graduated from Hickory High in 1973. He played college basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne College lettering 3 years. He began coaching at North State Academy during the 1977-1978 season. The next year he took an assistant job at Davidson College under Eddie Biedenbach. Barnes was at Davidson for 2 years before moving on to George Mason where he served as an assistant to Joe Harrington from 1980-85. He joined Alabama as an assistant under Wimp Sanderson in the 1985-1986 season. The next season he was an assistant at Ohio State University under current Maryland head coach, Gary Williams. His first head coaching job was at Providence college from 1988-1994. From there he moved on to Clemson University from 1994-1998. He took over the Longhorns Head Coaching position in 1998. http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=153

[edit] Notable faculty

Frank Barger, athletics coach and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame^[5] head football coach from 1953-1984. Compiled a 230-105-6 record
David Elder, head football coach from 1994-2002 compiling a 85-29 record. Won 1996 North Carolina 3A State Championship 42-0 over Ragesdale High School. Head girls' basketball coach Winning State Championships in 1995, 1998, and 1999. Member of the Lenoir-Rhyne College Sports Hall of Fame. Was a 4 year letter winner at Lenoir-Rhyne.
Danny Seaver, Mathematics Teacher and Key Club Advisor. Has taught Math for over 30 years with the past 10 of them being at HHS. Also the Advisor of the Diamond Club Level Key Club. Seaver is also a local politician as he is the Alderman of Ward #3 of the Hickory City Council. He graduated from Appalachian State University and received his Masters from Lenoir-Rhyne College. Although he was accepted to Harvard and other high profile institutions, he decided to stay closer to home and attend Appalachian State. http://www.hickorygov.com/council/members/dseaver.html http://www.hickoryschools.net/MySite/Public.aspx?accountname=hpsdomain%5cseaverda
Ellen Correll, Latin teacher. Known to her students by such names as "Mama C" and "Eby the Witch", Ms. Correll is a kind, loving woman that looks like a goddess (some have compared her to the beautiful Helen of Troy), who teaches Latin with tenacity and ferocity. She instills a will to learn in her students, causing them to go up and above the call of duty in her classroom. The secret to her regime is teaching students not to memorize the Latin, but understand and learn it. Memorizing = bad. The year of 2008 has seen the best Latin IV class to ever pass through Ms. Correll's legendary Latin classroom. With memorable quotes such as "Just Fac it", "Oh yeah?!", "That's what she said", "BAGEL", and "HAT", Ms. Correll has given her Latin IV's the edge to go out and succeed in life.