# Tennessee High School

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**Tennessee High School** is a [public](/source/Public_school_(government_funded)) [high school](/source/High_school#United_States) located in [Bristol, Tennessee](/source/Bristol,_Tennessee), operated as part of the [Bristol Tennessee City Schools](/source/Bristol_Tennessee_City_Schools) school district.[2] The high school serves almost all of the Bristol city limits.[3]

## History

The first official Tennessee High School opened in 1916 on Alabama Street.[4] The first part of the current [campus](/source/Campus) was built in 1939. The [Bristol Municipal Stadium](/source/Bristol_Municipal_Stadium), also known as the Stone Castle, hosts football and soccer games and was built in 1936 as part of the [New Deal](/source/New_Deal).[citation needed] In 1965, after desegregation, students from [Slater High School](/source/Slater_High_School) were transferred to Tennessee High School.[5] Viking Hall, which opened in 1981, is Bristol Tennessee's civic center and the location of Tennessee High basketball games.[citation needed]

## Academics

The school offers two paths of study for students, a university path and a technical path. The school offers [Advanced Placement](/source/Advanced_Placement) courses and participation in Army [JROTC](/source/JROTC). The school also has the oldest school newspaper in Tennessee, Maroon and White, which has been in publication for over 100 years.

## Extracurricular activities

Each February, the school participates in a fund raising drive for the [American Heart Association](/source/American_Heart_Association) called "Queen of Hearts" with [Virginia High School](/source/Virginia_High_School_(Virginia)), [Sullivan East High School](/source/Sullivan_East_High_School) and [John S. Battle High School](/source/John_S._Battle_High_School).

## Athletics

Tennessee High won the 1972 [High School Football National Championship](/source/High_School_Football_National_Championship) as well as the 1971 and 1972 Tennessee state [football](/source/American_football) championships.[6]

## Notable alumni

- [Ernie Ford](/source/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford) - entertainer
- [Dave Loggins](/source/Dave_Loggins) - singer and songwriter
- [Gavin Cross](/source/Gavin_Cross) -Baseball player in the Kansas City Royals organization
- [Steve Godsey](/source/Steve_Godsey) - Former Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 1st district, and Former Sullivan County mayor.
- [Jason Mumpower](/source/Jason_Mumpower) - 35th Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee, and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 3rd district

## See also

- [Viking Hall](/source/Viking_Hall_(Bristol,_Tennessee))
- [The Classic at Tennessee High School](/source/The_Classic_at_Tennessee_High_School)

## References

1. ["Tennessee High School"](https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4700360&ID=470036000116). National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

1. [Bristol Tennessee High School website](http://www.btcs.org/ths/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080914065307/http://www.btcs.org/ths/) September 14, 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 9, 2008

1. ["2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sullivan County, TN"](https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47163_sullivan/DC20SD_C47163.pdf). [U.S. Census Bureau](/source/U.S._Census_Bureau). Retrieved September 24, 2021. - Page 14 (13/21) shows sections of Bristol in the Sullivan County district.

1. Stone, George (2008). [*Postcard History Series Bristol*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lGbcAJtLaX8C). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5322-1. Retrieved August 30, 2008.

1. ["Athletic Hall of Fame Inducts Inaugural Class"](https://www.btcs.org/article/1766730). Bristol Tennessee City Schools. September 24, 2024.

1. ["High School Football Database - Tennessee State Championships"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042443/http://www.hsfdatabase.com/tn_statechamps2000.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.hsfdatabase.com/tn_statechamps2000.htm) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

## External links

- [Tennessee High School website](http://ths.btcs.org/)

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