Tift County High School

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Tift County High School
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Location
Tift County High School
1 Blue Devil Way

Tifton
,
Georgia
31794

United States
Coordinates 31°28′13″N83°28′36″W / 31.470342°N 83.476641°W / 31.470342; -83.476641
Information
School type Public high school
School district Tift County School District
SuperintendentNatalie Gore
AdministratorChanon Collins, Ed.D, Assistant Principal Matt Colson, Assistant Principal Russ Davis, Assistant Principal Patty Walters, Assistant Principal Bradley Winger, Assistant Principal Chris Martin, Athletics Director Donald Gilman, Ph.D, CTAE Director
PrincipalJennifer Johnson (soon-to-be)
Teaching staff131.20 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment2,266 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.27 [1]
Color(s)Blue and white   
Fight song TCHS Fight Song
Athletics GHSA Class AAAAAAA
SportsFootball, softball, basketball, track and field, cross country, golf, swimming, baseball, competition cheerleading, gymnastics, tennis, soccer
MascotBlue Devil
Nickname Big Blue
Team nameTCHS Blue Devils
Information(229) 387-2475
Website www.tiftschools.com/tchs

Tift County High School is a public high school located in Tifton, Georgia, United States. It serves grades 9-12 in the Tift County School District. The school mascot is the Blue Devil. In 2018, the Tift County School District was ranked the 15th safest in Georgia.

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TCHS football

TCHS plays in the GHSA class 1-AAAAAAA at Brodie Field. They have won one state championship and have gone to the semi-finals six times. The current head coach is Noel Dean. Tift County High School shares a region with Colquitt County HS, Lowndes HS and Camden County HS.

School sports

Tift County High School has the following teams:

State Titles

School band

In December 2011, the Blue Devil Brigade represented the state of Georgia at the 70th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, HI. They even won the Grand Championship at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade, and Rickey L. Savage, the band director at the time, was awarded the flag that flew over the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial by the booster organization. [8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tift County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ GHSA Boys Basketball Archive
  3. ↑ |title= GHSA Football Archive
  4. ↑ GHSA Boys Golf Archive
  5. ↑ |title= GHSA Girls Golf Archive
  6. ↑ GHSA Gymnastics Archive
  7. ↑ GHSA Slow Pitch Softball Archive
  8. ↑ "Blue Devil Brigade are Grand Champions". Tifton Gazette. May 15, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Wiltfong, Steve (June 12, 2017). "Bateman earns Minnesota offer, commits right away". 247Sports.com . Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Green reporting to Major League camp". February 12, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Florida State all-time team". January 31, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
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