Draft:Kimball High School (Kimball, West Vriginia)
Kimball High School in Kimball, West Virginia in McDowell County, West Virginia. It was part of the Browns Creek School District.[1] SBwcame a junior high school as students were integrated into Welch High School.[2] It became a junior high school in 1966.[3] The football team won the WVAU state football championship in 1952.[3]
Kimball Negro High School .The school's basketball team mascot was the Terrors.[4]
Students and Teachers in a Kimball Negro High School Classroom, McDowell County
In 1925, its basketball team lost in the championship game to Lincoln High School of Wheeling, West Virginia. The tournament was the first for basketball teams from African American high schools held in the state.[5] The school also had a cheerleading swuad.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kimball High School National Alumni Association". www.khsnaa.org.
- ^ "Gary Grade School". laaa.
- ^ a b Telegraph, GARY DOVEBluefield Daily (June 4, 2014). "Nine decades of McDowell County athletics to be inducted into shrine". Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
- ^ .https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/013343
- ^ "March 19, 1925: First Black State High School Basketball Tournament Begins". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. March 19, 2020.
- ^ "Browsing West Virginia History OnView | WVU Libraries". onview.lib.wvu.edu.
- This draft is in progress as of October 10, 2023.