Charles Henderson High School

Charles Henderson High School
Address
George Wallace Dr. Troy, Alabama 36081
Information
School type	Public high school
School board	Troy City School Board
School district	Troy City Public Schools
Superintendent	Mr. Lee Hicks
Principal	Boyd English
Staff	68 (2011)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	664  (2006)
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Orange and Blue
Mascot	Trojan
Website	http://www.chhs.troyschools.net/ http://sharepoint1.troyschools.net/sites/admin/chhshome/default.aspx

Charles Henderson High School is a grades 9-12 high school located in the city of Troy, Alabama. The namesake of the school, Charles Henderson, was the governor of the state of Alabama from 1915-1919. After his death in 1937, Henderson left some of his considerable estate to family members, but most of his money was used to establish a perpetual trust to fund education and healthcare in Troy. The fund was to be used for the construction of new schools and to start a charity hospital for children in Troy[1]. Money from Henderson’s trust has been used to fund Charles Henderson High School, Charles Henderson Middle School, and The Charles Henderson Child Health Care Center.

Athletics

Football

The school's football team is in the 5A division of the AHSAA and participates in Region 2 (Southeast Alabama). After the 2007 regular season, the program was ranked number 7 in the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) football final poll with a record of 12-0. The team made it to the Quarterfinals of the 5A Division playoffs, amassing a season record of 13-1. In 1980, the school won the 3A Alabama State Championship.

Year	Team Record		Playoffs
	W	L
2001	7	2	3rd Qualifier, Region 2
2002	8	1	2nd Qualifier, Region 2
2003	8	1	2nd Qualifier, Region 2
2004	7	2	2nd Qualifier, Region 2
2005	3	5	Did Not Make Playoffs
2006	5	4	4th Qualifier, Region 2
2007	13	1	1st Qualifier, Region 2
2008	7	4	2nd Qualifier, Region 2
2009	5	5	Did Not Make Playoffs
2010	5	5	Did Not Make Playoffs

• No immediate info on years prior to 2001

Baseball

The baseball team is in the 5-A classification. The Trojans home field is Frazier Field at Hogan's Hole. There is a blue wall in left field that is similar to the "Green Monster" at Fenway Park. The Trojan baseball team routinely wins area championships and is always a threat to be a playoff contender.

In 2004, the Trojans won the 5A State Championship by defeating Cullman High School in best-of-three series. The team finished the season with final record of 34-11. The 2004 championship was dedicated to the late Terry Sikes, a former player for the Trojans in the late 70's and early 80's who coached the CHHS junior varsity baseball team.

Four years later in 2008, the Trojans tried to re-create the magic that had lead them to a state title in 2004. The Trojans made it all the way to the 5A State Championship game, where they would lose a tough series to Cullman High School and finish as the 5A State Runner-Up.

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Tennis

In 1992, Charles Henderson's Royce Emerson won an individual state championship after winning the #1-seed bracket in the 5A State Playoff. In 2001 and 2002, Vimal Patel and Matt Brown won 5A state championships at the #2-seed doubles bracket in consecutive years.

The team has reached the state tournament six times in the last ten years.

Robotics

The Charles Henderson High School BEST Robotics team was first sponsored in 2010 by the physics teacher at the time. The robotics team is in the Wiregrass BEST Hub of the BEST robotics national competition. In the years of 2010 and 2011 the robotics team made it to the South's BEST competition, which is the second stage of what is usually a three stage competition which is in order: Hub (Wiregrass Best), Regional (South's Best), National (BEST Robotics). For more information go to the Best Robotics website. [2]

Notable Graduates

• Jerrod Massey (Pled guilty as a part of one of the largest public corruption scandals in the nation's history)
• Brian Meadows (Major League Baseball player)
• Angi Horn Smith (GOP Political Strategist)

Coordinates: 31°48′08″N 85°56′51″W / 31.80228°N 85.94740°W / 31.80228; -85.94740