Midland High School (Midland, Texas)
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Midland High School
Principal | Ms. Linda Jolly |
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Established | 1926 |
School type | Public |
Location | Midland, Texas |
School colors | Purple and Gold |
Nicknames | Bulldogs |
Athletic Conference | District 3-5A |
Website | http://www.midlandisd.net/campus/mhs/ |
Midland High School (officially Midland Senior High School) is a public high school located in Midland, Texas and is part of Midland Independent School District. The original Midland High School was built in 1926 and was moved twenty-three years later to a new building in 1949 where it currently sits today. In recent years, Midland High School has received major renovations including complete asbestos removal and new science wing.
Midland High School hosts only high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors (10th-12th grades) as Midland Freshman High School serves as a feeder school hosting freshman high school students. Both Midland High School and Midland Freshman High School use the same school mascot, the Midland High Bulldog. However, Midland Freshman High School enacted a mandatory school uniform policy for students while Midland High School has failed to receive support to enact a similar policy.
Since the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year, the school principal of Midland High School has been Ms. Linda Jolly.
[edit] Notable Events
- In 2006, Midland High School's baseball team returned to the state baseball tournament only to lose in the state semi-finals to eventual state and national champion The Woodlands 5-3
- In 2002, Midland High School's football team ended a state record playoff drought of 51 years by advancing to the state championship game.
- In 2001, Midland High School's baseball team won the state championship beating Austin High in the finals 4-2.
- In 1998, Midland High School's boys basketball team won the state championship 63-51 over San Antonio Taft.
- In 1994, Midland High School's boys basketball team advanced to the state semi-finals losing 86-51 to eventual state champion Sugar Land Willowridge.
- In 1994, Midland High School's boys soccer team advanced to the state semi-finals losing 1-0 to Tyler Lee.
- In 1973, Midland High School's boys baseball team won the state championship.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Doug Russell, 1968 Olympic gold medalist
- Tom Craddick, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
- Mike Timlin, Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- Laynce Nix, Center Fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Mike Stanton, Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
[edit] External links
- Midland High School website
- Midland Freshman High School website
- Midland High School profile provided by schooltree.org