Thomasville High School
| Thomasville High School | |
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| Location | |
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315 South Hansell Street Thomasville Georgia 31792 United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°50′25″N 83°58′16″W / 30.840320°N 83.971026°WCoordinates: 30°50′25″N 83°58′16″W / 30.840320°N 83.971026°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Bulldog Pride & God Bless America |
| School district | Thomasville City Schools |
| Principal | Todd Mobley |
| Faculty | 52.4 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 775 (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.1 |
| Athletics conference | GHSA Region 1 AA |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | www.tcitys.org/ths |
Thomasville High School is a public secondary school located in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. It is one of only a handful of city school systems left in the state of Georgia. It is considered by the Georgia High School Association to be an AA school system.
Thomasville High School is known for its football program. When the program began in 1910, the team was known as the Thomasville Red Cyclones. This changed in 1923, when they were given permission by the University of Georgia to use the Bulldog mascot. Though it would be more fitting to use BUZZ from Georgia Tech, the bulldog remained the mascot until the present.
The school colors were initially red and black. These did not change until segregation came to an end, and the school merged with Douglass High School and took on the color gold, while doing away with black.
In 97 years of football, the school has one high school football national championship (1974), and five state championships (1925, 1945, 1958 co-champs, 1973, 1974, 1988). They have also won 24 region titles, most recently in 2007.
Thomas County Central High School and Cairo High School are their primary rivals. While there was a suspension of the two series in the late 1990s, they now play Cairo High School in the early part of the season each year.
The school has produced major college and NFL players including William Andrews, Mike Bobo, Shawn Jones, Mike Jones (University of Georgia), Charles Bostick (Georgia Southern University), Eric Curry, Guy McIntyre, and Brandon Thompson of the Cincinnati Bengals.
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