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Hillhouse football teams have won 17 state championships, ranking the school third in the state for football championships. The boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have a combined total 33 state championships. 24 for the boys and 9 for the girls. The boys’ and girls’ track teams also have more than 25
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In 1999, a grant was provided by the Connecticut Association of Schools to construct a fieldhouse for sports. Construction was finished in 2002, and it was named the New Haven Athletic Center, later to become the Floyd Little Athletic Center in 2011. The 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m) Athletic
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Established in 1859 as New Haven High School, Hillhouse High School is New Haven's oldest public high school. Originally located on Orange Street, it adopted its nickname, "The Academics", in acknowledgment of its close association with
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towns around the city that did not have high schools of their own. Its peak enrollment was nearly 5,000 students, when the school had to conduct double sessions to accommodate the large enrollment.
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The school's official colors are blue and white and the mascot is a bulldog due to the school's early close association with Yale University. The school competes in the Hammonasset Division of the
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Agnes Grace Doody, Class of 1948 Hillhouse High School, Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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Hillhouse became involved in athletic competition as early as 1866, when some boys formed a club to play a sport that is described as having "resembled
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The school is known for having one of the best Basketball teams in the state winning the state championship many years.
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In 1863, the school was moved to a building at Orange and Wall Streets, which was replaced in 1871 by a new school.
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Center houses events for basketball, indoor track, and tennis. It has a capacity of 3,500 seats.
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state championships between them. The Academics also have won state championships in baseball,
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The school includes grades 9 through 12 and enrolls approximately 1,000 students.
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in the early years of the United States' existence as a nation, serving as both a
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Hillhouse High School Sesquicentennial All-Class Reunion Banquet Saturday, May 16
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In 2016, the school inaugurated a new football field, Bowen field.
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Floyd Little Athletic Center after a high school basketball game
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For many years, Hillhouse served not only New Haven but also
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was introduced around the beginning of the 20th century.
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