Newport News High School
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Newport News High School was a high school located in Newport News, Virginia. It was located at 3100 Huntington Avenue and operated by Newport News Public Schools.
In 1899 the high school in Newport News was called Central School. Central was renamed John W. Daniel School in 1908. Daniel served both elementary and high school until Newport News High School was finished in the 1923. Daniel served as a public school until 1960, when it became the first home of Christopher Newport University.
Newport News boasted one of the finest athletic fields in Virginia with the opening in 1935 of a concrete stadium with classrooms below at Newport News High School.
In 1971 Newport News High School became Newport News Intermediate School.
In 1980 Newport News Intermediate School was closed.
The old school building is now used by the U.S. Navy as an enlisted housing and was renamed Huntington Hall.
[edit] Athletics
Baseball
State IA baseball championship 1953 G. Washington-D. 1, Newport News 0
State IA baseball championship 1920
Basketball
State IA basketball championship 1964 Newport News 66, Hampton 54
State I basketball championship 1958 Newport News 50, Granby 48
State I basketball championship 1957 Newport News 53, Virginia-Bristol 31
State I basketball championship 1956 Newport News 63, Geo. Washington-Alex. 52
State I basketball championship 1952 Newport News 55, Washington-Lee 37
State I basketball championship 1951 Newport News 44, Woodrow Wilson 42
State I basketball championship runner-up 1950 Granby 57, Newport News 34
State I basketball championship runner-up 1948 John Marshall 45, Newport News 35
State I basketball championship runner-up 1944 Thom. Jefferson-Rich 32, Newport News 27
State I basketball championship runner-up 1943 Newport News 33, Thom. Jefferson-Rich. 26
State I basketball championship 1942 Newport News 31, John Marshall 24
State I basketball championship 1938 Newport News 25, Thom. Jefferson-Rich. 23
State I basketball championship runner-up 1934 Jefferson Sr.-Roanoke 23, Newport News 22
State I basketball championship runner-up 1933 George Washington 24, Newport News 17
State I basketball championship 1931 Newport News 29, Geo. Washington-Dan. 19
Football
State AAA football championship 1931
State AAA football championship 1929 - Maury, Norfolk, Newport News (tie)
State AAA football championship 1925 - Newport News 7, Lynchburg 6
State AAA football championship 1920 - Newport News 14 / Jefferson Senior, Roanoke 7. Newport News' coach in the 1920 season was Nathaniel Jarrett Webb, Sr. (April 25, 1891 - July 18, 1943).
Virginia High School League Book of Records Ninth Edition - 2005-06 (Information Current July 12, 2006) [1]
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