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Auburn High School Tigers
[[Image:|center|125px|Auburn High School Tigers athletic logo]]
School	Auburn High School
Association	Alabama High School Athletic Association
Classification	6A
Athletics director	Chuck Furlow
Location	Auburn, AL
Varsity teams	21
Football stadium	Duck Samford Stadium
Basketball arena	Auburn Fieldhouse
Mascot	Samford
Nickname	Tigers
Fight song	Hooray for Auburn
Colors	Royal blue and White
Homepage	Auburn High School Athletic Department

The Auburn High School Tigers are the athletics programs of Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama. The teams are often referred to as the Auburn Tigers when context precludes confusion with the Auburn University Tigers. The women's teams are sometimes called the Lady Tigers, but generally both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Tigers.

Auburn High School offers twenty-one varsity sporting programs as a member of the large-school classification (6A) of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. The Auburn High Tigers have won 34 state championships since the program's founding in the 1910s.

Contents 1 Varsity sports 1.1 Football 1.1.1 Yearly results 1.2 Basketball 1.3 Baseball 1.4 Golf 1.5 Track and field / cross country 1.6 Volleyball 1.7 Swimming and diving 2 Championship history 3 Rivalries 4 Facilities 5 Traditions 5.1 Mascot 5.2 School songs 5.2.1 Alma Mater 5.2.2 Fight songs 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Varsity sports

Auburn High School currently fields a varsity team in eleven men's and ten women's sports.^[1] They are:

Men's sports Baseball Basketball Cross country Indoor track Track and Field Golf Football Soccer Swimming and diving Tennis Wrestling

Women's sports Basketball Cross country Golf Indoor track Soccer Softball Swimming and diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

[edit] Football

Auburn High's football team competes in Region 3 of class 6A along with Central High of Phenix City, Dothan, Enterprise, Northview High of Dothan, Opelika, Russell County, and Smiths Station.^[2] Since 2004, Auburn High has produced more All-Pro National Football League players than any other high school. AHS alumni in the NFL include Marcus Washington of the Washington Redskins, Osi Umenyiora of the New York Giants, and Demarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys.^[3] Auburn High's football team was organized in 1915, and has an all-time record of 486–334–32. AHS has traditional rivalries with Opelika, Central, Lanett, and Valley High Schools. The Auburn High football squad has finished the season unbeaten on five occasions (1921, 1922, 1923, 1934, and 1952), all prior to the establishment of statewide playoffs. Auburn High has once been ranked first in the state (October 1967), and proceeded deepest into the playoffs in 2001, when the team reached the semifinal round. AHS has won the region, area or conference championship on seventeen occasions since 1921: in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, and 2004.^[4]The football team's home field is 7,120- seat Duck Samford Stadium. Football games are broadcast on the radio station WAUD AM 1230.^[5]

[edit] Yearly results

Year Coach Record Playoffs Coach unknown (1915-1921) 1915-1920 Unknown 43-3-0 1921 Unknown 3-0-1 Unknown coach era: 46-3-1 Simmons (1922) 1922 Simmons 5-0-0 Simmons era: 5-0-0 Charlie Gibson (1923) 1923 Charlie Gibson 6-0-0 Gibson era: 6-0-0 Russell "Slick" Moulton (1924-1925) 1924 Russell Moulton 3-3-0 1925 Russell Moulton 7-1-0 Moulton era: 10-4-0 Carson "Pea" Greene (1926) 1926 Carson Greene 7-1-1 Greene era: 7-1-1 Otis Bynum (1927-1929) 1927 Otis Bynum 7-1-1 1928 Otis Bynum 3-4-0 1929 Otis Bynum 7-1-0 Bynum era: 17-6-1 Granger (1930) 1930 Granger 4-3-1 Granger era: 4-3-1 Frank Dubose (1931-1932) 1931 Frank Dubose 3-3-1 1932 Frank Dubose 3-2-1 Dubose era: 6-5-2 Gordon Fowler (1933-1935) 1933 Gordon Fowler 3-3-1 1934 Gordon Fowler 7-0-1 1935 Gordon Fowler 5-3-1* Fowler era: 13-6-3 W.B. "Bully" Hitchcock (1935-1936) 1936 W.B. Hitchcock 5-4-0 Hitchcock era: 7-4-0 Falcon LeCroy (1937-1941) 1937 Falcon LeCroy 7-1-1 1938 Falcon LeCroy 3-6-0 1939 Falcon LeCroy 3-5-1 1940 Falcon LeCroy 7-1-0 1941 Falcon LeCroy 6-2-0 LeCroy era: 26-15-2 Gerald W. Hause (1942-1944) 1942 Gerald W. Hause 5-2-2 1943 Gerald W. Hause 6-3-0 1944 Gerald W. Hause 4-5-1 Hause era: 15-10-3 R.L. Beaird (1945-1965) 1945 R.L. Beaird 5-4-0 1946 R.L. Beaird 5-4-0 1947 R.L. Beaird 2-7-0 1948 R.L. Beaird 8-1-0 1949 R.L. Beaird 6-3-0 1950 R.L. Beaird 4-5-0 1951 R.L. Beaird 3-5-1 1952 R.L. Beaird 8-0-1 1953 R.L. Beaird 4-3-3 1954 R.L. Beaird 4-4-1 1955 R.L. Beaird 5-5-0 1956 R.L. Beaird 6-3-1 1957 R.L. Beaird 4-5-0 1958 R.L. Beaird 4-6-0 1959 R.L. Beaird 4-5-0 1960 R.L. Beaird 2-8-0 1961 R.L. Beaird 7-2-1 1962 R.L. Beaird 4-5-0 1963 R.L. Beaird 3-7-0 1964 R.L. Beaird 6-2-2 1965 R.L. Beaird 2-6-1 Beaird era: 96-90-11

Year Coach Record Playoffs Sentell Harper (1966-1967) 1966 Sentell Harper 2-7-1 1967 Sentell Harper 8-1-1 Harper era: 10-8-2 James Mason (1968) 1968 James Mason 2-8-0 Mason era: 2-8-0 Tom Walls (1969-1976) 1969 Tom Walls 6-4-0 1970 Tom Walls 5-5-0 1971 Tom Walls 5-4-1 1972 Tom Walls 8-2-0 1973 Tom Walls 7-2-1 1974 Tom Walls 2-8-0 1975 Tom Walls 7-3-0 1976 Tom Walls 6-4-0 Walls era: 46-32-2 Jay Davis (1977-1983) 1977 Jay Davis 6-4-0 1978 Jay Davis 6-4-0 1979 Jay Davis 4-6-0 1980 Jay Davis 6-3-1 1981 Jay Davis 8-2-0 1982 Jay Davis 6-3-1 1983 Jay Davis 4-5-1 Davis era: 40-27-3 Randy Nichols (1984-1986) 1984 Randy Nichols 6-4-0 1985 Randy Nichols 8-2-0 1986 Randy Nichols 3-7-0 Bynum era: 17-13-0 Wayne Proffitt (1987-1993) 1987 Wayne Proffitt 8-3-0 First Round 1988 Wayne Proffitt 6-4-0 1989 Wayne Proffitt 4-6-0 First Round 1990 Wayne Proffitt 10-2-0 Second Round 1991 Wayne Proffitt 6-4-0 1992 Wayne Proffitt 4-6-0 1993 Wayne Proffitt 5-5-0 Proffitt era: 43-30-0 Bill McCall (1994-2000) 1994 Bill McCall 5-5-0 1995 Bill McCall 9-2-0 First Round 1996 Bill McCall 3-7-0 1997 Bill McCall 1-9-0 1998 Bill McCall 5-5-0 1999 Bill McCall 5-5-0 2000 Bill McCall 5-5-0 McCall era: 33-38-0 Dwight Jones (2001) 2001 Dwight Jones 8-6-0 Semifinals Jones era: 8-6-0 Robert Maddox (2002-2005) 2002 Robert Maddox 4-7-0 First Round 2003 Robert Maddox 4-7-0 First Round 2004 Robert Maddox 7-4-0 First Round 2005 Robert Maddox 7-4-0 First Round Maddox era: 22-22-0 Tim Carter (2006-2007) 2006 Tim Carter 7-5-0 Second Round 2007 Tim Carter 8-4-0 Second Round Carter era: 15-9-0 Total: 495-340-32      Conference, district, or region championship. * Gordon Fowler coached games 1-7, W.B. Hitchcock coached games 8-9.

[edit] Basketball

Auburn High's men's basketball team won the 6A state championship in 2005, and was state runner-up in 1924, 1987, 1991, and 1996. The team is coached by 24-year veteran Frank Tolbert, who holds a 550–256 record.^[6] The Auburn High women's basketball team won the outdoor state championship in 1919.^[7] The basketball team plays at the 1,500 seat Auburn Fieldhouse on the Auburn High campus. Basketball games are broadcast on WAUD AM 1230.^[8]

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Golf

Auburn High's men's golf program has won the last four 6A state championships. AHS women's golf has placed in the top five in the state three times in the last six years, and placed second in 2007.^[9] Auburn High's official home golf course is Indian Pines Golf Course, though the Auburn University Club and Robert Trent Jones' Grand National are often used as home courses.

[edit] Track and field / cross country

Auburn High's six track family sports—men's and women's outdoor track, men's and women's indoor track, and men's and women's cross country—have won twenty state championships. AHS men's outdoor track squad has won seven AHSAA titles and has placed in the top 12 at the state track meet each of the last eight years.^[10] AHS women's outdoor team won a state title in 1986, and has placed in the top 12 at the state meet each of the last seven years.^[11] Men's indoor track has won four state titles, and men's cross country has won the state crown six times. An Auburn High student won the state Decathlon in 1970.^[12] Prior to the creation of the AHSAA state meet, Auburn High School won the Alabama Interscholastic Track and Field Meet in 1921 and 1923.^[13]

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Swimming and diving

Auburn High's swimming and diving program competes in class 1A-6A of the AHSAA. Divers on Auburn High School's swimming and diving team have won nine state championships since 1988, and the women's swimming team has placed in the top five four times in the last six years at the state meet.^[14] Auburn shares coaches and facilities with the 12-time national champion Auburn University swimming and diving program, including US Olympic team coach Richard Quick.^[15] Auburn High School swimmers and divers hold four of twelve state records in men's swimming and diving and one state record in women's swimming and diving.

Auburn High School State Swimming and Diving Records[16]
Event	Result	Name	Date
Women's One Meter Diving	452.25	Elizabeth Flint	1996
Men's 400 Yard Freestyle Relay	3:16.23	Auburn	1989
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle	20.95	Jay Beeson	1983
Men's 100 Yard Freestyle	46.38	Jay Beeson	1983
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle	4:32.18	Brad Dillionaire	1983

[edit] Championship history

State championships^[17] (36)

Baseball (1)

• 1986
  
  

Men's Basketball (1)

• 2005
  
  

Men's Cross Country (6)

• 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1979, 1980
  
  

Men's Diving (2)

• 1991, 1998
  
  

Men's Golf (4)

• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  
  

Men's Indoor Track (4)

• 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
  
  

Men's Track and Field (9)

• 1921, 1923, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
  
  

Women's Basketball (1)

• 1919 (outdoor)
  
  

Women's Diving (7)

• 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996
  
  

Women's Track and Field (1)

• 1986
  
  

[edit] Rivalries

[edit] Facilities

Major sporting facilities and their main use include:

• Duck Samford Stadium — football, soccer
• Auburn Fieldhouse — basketball, volleyball
• Sam Welborn Field — baseball
• Auburn Softball Complex — softball
• James E. Martin Aquatic Center — swimming and diving
• Yarbrough Tennis Center — tennis

[edit] Traditions

[edit] Mascot

Auburn High's mascot is the tiger. The tiger was chosen because of its association with Auburn in Oliver Goldsmith's 1770 poem The Deserted Village. The first line of the poem is "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain", while a later line describes Auburn as, "where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey."

Auburn High's costumed mascot is Samford, an anthropomorphic tiger. Samford was created in 1995 and named for three symbols of the school: Samford Avenue, which runs by the school; Duck Samford Stadium, Auburn High's football stadium; and Samford Hall, the most prominent building in Auburn. Kari Pierce was the first Samford in 1995.^[18]

[edit] School songs

The Auburn High School "Alma Mater" is Auburn High's school song. For athletic events, Auburn High uses two fight songs, "Hooray for Auburn", the primary fight song, and "Glory, Glory to Ole Auburn" as well as the "Alma Mater".

[edit] Alma Mater

The Auburn High School "Alma Mater" was written in 1955 by band and choral director George Corradino and members of the Auburn High School Glee Club. It replaced a previous alma mater of unknown origins. The "Alma Mater" is used at academic ceremonies and at some athletic events. A common epithet for the school used by students and alumni, "dear old Auburn High", is taken from the last line of the song.^[19]

[edit] Fight songs

Hooray for Auburn! (Auburn High School fight song) Music by Tommy Goff (1961) words adapted from a public domain cheer Hooray for Auburn! Hooray for Auburn! Someone in the crowd is yelling "Hooray for Auburn!" One, two, three, four; Who you gonna yell for? Auburn, that's who! Problems playing the files? See media help.

Auburn High School's primary fight song is "Hooray for Auburn". The lyrics to "Hooray for Auburn" come from a cheer that was commonly used in the mid-twentieth century. In 1961, Auburn High School band director Tommy Goff wrote music to fit those lyrics to create the current fight song. In subsequent years, the fight song was was adopted by other schools, including Prattville High School and Opelika High School. At football games, "Hooray for Auburn" is played after a touchdown.^[20]

"Glory, Glory to Ole Auburn"—oftentimes simply "Glory"—was Auburn High's fight song before "Hooray for Auburn" was written in 1961 and is currently a secondary fight song of Auburn High. "Glory, Glory to Ole Auburn" has the tune of the chorus of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", while the lyrics are identical to those of the University of Georgia's "Glory, Glory" but substitute the word "Auburn" for "Georgia". At football games, "Glory, Glory to Ole Auburn" is played after a successful PAT conversion.^[21]

For the 1955 football season, Auburn High used the Alabama Polytechnic Institute fight song "War Eagle". An earlier school song, "We're Loyal to You, Auburn High", was used from the 1920s through the 1940s. "We're Loyal to You, Auburn High" has the melody of "Illinois Loyalty".^[22]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Auburn High School Athletic Department