Sulligent High School

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Sulligent High School
Location
Sulligent High School
661 Elm Street

Sulligent, Alabama
35586

United States
Coordinates 33°53′56″N88°07′50″W / 33.8989°N 88.1306°W / 33.8989; -88.1306
Information
Type Public
School districtLamar County School District
CEEB code 012540
PrincipalTommy Chism
Staff39.50 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades PK-12
Enrollment714 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.08 [1]
ColorsBlue and White
  
Athletics AHSAA Class 2A
Team nameSulligent Blue Devils
RivalLamar County High School
Website lamarcountyk12.com/en-US/sulligent-72778dc2

Sulligent High School is in Sulligent, Alabama and serves students in Lamar County, Alabama. It is part of the Lamar County School District. It is a rural school in northwestern Alabama. [2] [3]

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The student body is predominantly white. [4]

History

Sulligent School was chartered in 1890. [5] The Sulligent School building burnt in 1908. [6] The cornerstone for the new Sulligent High School was laid in 1909. [7] In 1930, a new building for the high school was built. It burned, in 1978. [6]

African American students in Lamar County attended Lamar County Training School which became Todd High School until integration. [8]

In 2010, the school made national headlines after a coach was arrested for child molestation. [9] He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. [10] In 2017, the school was sued after a student was strip-searched twice on suspicion of smoking marijuana. [11]

Athletics

Blue Devils are the school mascot. The school colors are blue and white. [12] The school has never won a state football championship. It is 0-1 in the finals. [13] Sulligent High School is in Division 2A. [14] Its football team made it to the AGSAA football state semifinals in 2024 losing to Tuscaloosa Academy who they beat in double overtime earlier in the season. [15]

The girls basketball team won state championships. [16] [17]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sulligent High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Jean-Jacques; Ingram, Ron; Grant, Rubin E. (October 18, 2006). Tales from Alabama Prep Football. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN   9781596700598 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Argovitz, Jerry; David Miller, J. (January 2, 2013). Super Agent: The One Book the NFL and NCAA Don't Want You to Read. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781613217566.
  4. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/alabama/districts/lamar-county/sulligent-school-210
  5. ↑ https://lamarcountyk12.com/en-US/sulligent-72778dc2/school-history-19c44c8e
  6. 1 2 Carruth, Barbara Woolbright (2001). Lamar County. Arcadia. ISBN   9780738506753.
  7. ↑ "Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Jurisdiction of Alabama, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons: Annual Communication". The Lodge. October 18, 1908.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Charity (May 19, 2025). "Lamar County high school alumni give back to community".
  9. ↑ "Coach indicated in child molestation". The Huntsville Times. September 24, 2010. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ex-coach Bowling hearing set". The Vicksburg Post. July 5, 2014. p. 2. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Court revives high school student's suit over strip search". AP News. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Sulligent (AL) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more | MaxPreps". www.maxpreps.com.
  13. ↑ "Alabama High School Football History". www.ahsfhs.org.
  14. ↑ "Sulligent High School Blue Devils (AL)". July 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ Snyder, Anna. "Tuscaloosa Academy holds off Sulligent to advance to AHSAA Class 2A state championship". The Tuscaloosa News.
  16. ↑ Rushin, Jerell (February 28, 2022). "Why Sulligent girls basketball hopes hashtag that rallied team dies and more players join". The Tuscaloosa News .
  17. ↑ "Alabama High School Sports History".
  18. ↑ Chambers, Christina (June 17, 2016). "Former Bama football star Rashad Johnson holds annual football camp in Sulligent". WBRC . Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  19. ↑ Hawkins, Walter L. (April 27, 2016). Black American Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. ISBN   9781476612355 – via Google Books.
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