Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Hillcrest High School is public high school near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.[2] The school is located in the unincorporated suburban area south of Tuscaloosa informally known as Taylorville. The school is administered by the Tuscaloosa County School System under the authority of the Alabama State Department of Education.

Hillcrest High School
Address
300 Patriot Parkway

Tuscaloosa
,
Alabama

United States
Coordinates33°07′46″N 87°32′16″W
Information
TypePublic secondary school
School districtTuscaloosa County School System
PrincipalJeff Hinton
Teaching staff76.00 (on a FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12[1]
Enrollment1,362[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.92[1]
Color(s)Red, white and blue    
NicknamePatriots
Websitewww.tcss.net/Page/37

Athletics

Hillcrest participates in interscholastic athletics in Class 6A of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. The school's athletic squads are nicknamed the Patriots. The school's original nickname was the Red Devils but this nickname was changed after criticism and pressure from local church groups.

19 varsity sports are sponsored: 8 for boys (baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, tennis, bowling, and wrestling), 6 for girls (women's basketball, golf, women's soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball) and 5 coed (cheerleading, cross country, track and field, swimming and JROTC).

In 2007, the baseball team won the 6A state championship. The following year the men's basketball team won the 6A state championship, which was Hillcrest's first 6A basketball championship. The 2010-2011 Varsity Basketball team won the state championship again. In 2015, Hillcrest won another state championship. The boys tennis team won the state tournament in Mobile, Alabama.

In 1993, JROTC was founded. It includes the following teams: Academic, Color Guard, Drill, Orienteering, Physical Training (PT), Raider, Rifle teams. As of 2019, Hillcrest JROTC will be offering varsity letters to all cadets on special teams.

In 2019, Hillcrest's baseball team is ranked number 1 in class 6A.[3]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Hillcrest High School". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. "Welcome to Hillcrest High School!". www.greenville.k12.sc.us. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  3. "RANKINGS: Hillcrest baseball ranked No. 1 in Class 6A". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2013-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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