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Tift County High School
Location
Map
1 Blue Devil Way

Tifton
,
Georgia
31794

United States

31°28′13″N 83°28′36″W / 31.470342°N 83.476641°W / 31.470342; -83.476641
Information
School typePublic 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
Principal
Jennifer Johnson (soon-to-be)
Teaching staff
126.30 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-ed
Student to teacher ratio
17.47[1]
ColorsBlue and white    
Fight songTCHS Fight Song
AthleticsGHSA Class AAAAAAA
SportsFootball, softball, basketball, track and field, cross country, golf, swimming, baseball, competition cheerleading, gymnastics, tennis, soccer
MascotBlue Devil
NicknameBig Blue
Team nameTCHS Blue Devils
Information(229) 387-2475
Websitehttps://tchs.tiftschools.com/o/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.

TCHS football

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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

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Tift County High School has the following teams:

State Titles

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  • Boys' Basketball (3) - 1996(4A), 2014(6A), 2017(7A) [2]
  • Football (1) - 1983 (4A) [3]
  • Boys' Golf (3) - 1995(4A), 1996(4A), 1997(4A) [4]
  • Girls' Golf (1) - 2011(5A) [5]
  • Gymnastics (2) - 2011(All), 2012(All) [6]
  • Slow Pitch Softball (5) - 1987(4A), 1988(4A), 1989(4A), 1990(4A), 1996(4A) [7]

School band

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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

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Tift County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  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.
  12. ↑ Holcomb, Todd (August 12, 2021). "Tyre West, Tift County". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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