Mayfield High School (Kentucky)

Coordinates: 36°43′48″N 88°37′42″W / 36.72997°N 88.62843°W / 36.72997; -88.62843

Mayfield High School is a public secondary school in Mayfield, Kentucky, and is the only high school of the Mayfield Independent School District.

History

Mayfield Independent City School District was established on July 1, 1908, with the selection and meeting of its first Board Members, organized by Mr. W.J. Webb. The first official school year as an independent school district was the 1908-1909 school year. The original location of Mayfield High School was on West Walnut Street School which opened in Sept. 1908, and in 1909 the high school moved to the old West Kentucky College Building.

A new stadium was built behind the high school and dedicated on Nov. 6, 1925, at the Madisonville/Mayfield Game. Up to this point, games were played at Cyclone Park, which was in the far north corner of what was Maplewood Cemetery.

In 1966, Dunbar High School, the school for black students in the Mayfield area, was closed and the students enrolled in Mayfield High School by court order. Mayfield High School moved to its current building in 1974.^[1]

Athletics

Mayfield High School has won twelve KHSAA football championships (1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015).

Following the 2012 season, Mayfield is third in the state in all-time football victories with 805. Only Highlands (842) and Male (821) have more victories.^[2]

The football rivalry between Mayfield and Paducah Tilghman began in 1911 and is the second oldest rivalry in the state of Kentucky.

References

External links

• KHSAA Homepage
• Mayfield High School