Calhoun High School (Georgia)

Calhoun was named a Silver Medal school in the "Best High Schools" category by U.S. News & World Report in 2009.[2]

The Calhoun debate team won the 2008-2009 state debate championship (AA).[3] The Calhoun teams combined for a 9-3 record against other finalists from single-A through triple-A schools, which gave them the AA division title.

Calhoun offers basketball, baseball, competition cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swim team, tennis, track, wrestling, and volleyball. Several teams, including softball, baseball, golf, football, track, and cheerleading, have won state championships. Calhoun is a member of the Georgia Region 6-AAA North.

The team mascot (the Yellow Jacket) was chosen due to the school's proximity to the Georgia Institute of Technology. Each year Calhoun pays royalties of 1 US dollar to Georgia Tech for the use of the mascot and its likeness. Calhoun calls its mascot "Stinger" rather than "Buzz".

The Yellow Jackets have won 19 straight region titles (2001–2018), and have made the Georgia State Football Playoffs every year since the 2000 season.[4] The Jackets won their first football state title since the 1952 season in 2011 with a 27-24 overtime victory against Buford. The baseball team has won three state titles (2000, 2005, 2010). The Lady Jackets softball team is the only team in Calhoun history to have won three state titles in a row (2013, 2014, 2015).

• State championships - 1952 (class C), 2011 (AA), 2014 (AAA), 2017 (AAA) .[5]
• Region titles - 1950, 1951, 1995,[6] 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 .[7]

Calhoun football home games are played at Phil Reeve Stadium on the school campus near downtown. The stadium is named for C.P. "Phil" Reeve, the guitar player and founding member of the Georgia Yellow Hammers, an early 20th-century "old-time" band from Gordon County.

Baseball

• State championships - 1974 (A), 2000 (A), 2005 (AA). 2010 (AA)
• Region titles -1968, 1973, 1974, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 [8]

Girls' softball
The Lady Jackets softball team has won four state championships (back-to-back-to-back, the only sport in Calhoun history to win three in a row). 2013 (AA), 2014 (AAA), 2015 (AAA), 2017 (AAA) . The Lady Jackets were State Runner-Ups in 1998, 2008, and 2016. The Lady Jackets have won region titles in 1987, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000,2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 .

Cheerleading
Calhoun High School Competition Cheerleaders won state championships in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2014, while receiving state runner-up honors in 2004 and 2008.

Girls' golf
The Lady Jackets golf team has won back-to-back state championships in golf. (2015 AAA, 2016 AAA)

• Charlie Culberson, Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers & 2015 inductee into the Calhoun-Gordon County Sports Hall of Fame[9]
• Kris Durham, former NFL player[10]
• Antonio Fleming, former NFL player[11]
• Riley Gunnels, former NFL player[12]
• James Beverly Langford, Georgia state legislator
• Monty Powell, country songwriter, producer for Alabama, Diamond Rio, Tim McGraw, and Keith Urban
• Da'Rick Rogers, former NFL player and current wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League[13]
• Josh Smoker, MLB player who played for the New York Mets
• Adam Griffith, former Alabama Crimson Tide placekicker