Pontiac Township High School (PTHS) is a public high school

High school

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 for grades 9-12 in Pontiac

Pontiac, Illinois

Pontiac is a city in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,931 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Livingston County...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, USA.
PTHS offers over 100 courses, including nine AP

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

 classes.
It is associated with the Livingston Area Career Center

Livingston County, Illinois

Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 38,950, which is a decrease of 1.8% from 39,678 in 2000. Its county seat is Pontiac....

 to provide additional career

Career

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 opportunities for students.
The first class of 24 students graduated in 1898.

Athletics

PTHS is a member of the Corn-Belt Conference.

Sports include:

Fall

Cheerleading

Cheerleading

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Cross Country

Cross country running

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 (G)

Cross Country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 (B)

American football

American football

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Golf

Golf

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 (G)

Golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 (B)

Swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 (G)

Tennis

Tennis

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 (G)

Volleyball

Volleyball

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Winter

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 (G)

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 (B)

Cheerleading

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...

Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 (B)

Wrestling

Wrestling

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Spring

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

Softball

Softball

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Tennis

Tennis

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 (B)

Track

Track and field

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 (G)

Track

Track and field

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 (B)

Bass Fishing Team

Pontiac has been known statewide for sometime for having a great football program.
The Indians won the 1993 3A state chapionship and became 5A runner-up in the 2002 football campaign. Since the 1993 Season the Indians have won 10 consecutive cornbelt conference championships and 15 consecutive playoff appearances. The Indians were led by head coach Mick Peterson and Coach Dave Young
Pontiac hosts the United States' oldest Holiday Tournament.

Prairie Central is Pontiac's Rival, and dispute which one is better.

Music program

The Pontiac Township Marching Indians are directed by Scot Shickel and Kieth Schmink
The team has competed nationally and has won a number of awards, including:

2007

1st Place, Class 4A Field Competition, Washington Marching Panther Festival

Grand Champion, Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational

2006

Runner-Up for Governor's Trophy, Illinois Marching Band Festival

Grand Champion, WIU Marching Classic

Grand Champion, Washington Marching Panther Festival

2005

1st in Class AA, Mahomet-Seymour Marching Festival

2004

3rd Place, Class A Field Competition, Illinois Marching Band Festival

2nd Place, Class 2A, Illinois State University Band Championships

Pontiac also hosts the annual Indian Showdown marching competition.

The choral program is directed by Randi Morrison and includes Concert Choir, Boys Chorus, and the Treble 1 and 2 choirs.
She also is in charge of the annual Madrigal Dinners.

The drama program alternates annually between a musical and non-musical.
The director, Tom Ramseyer, has chosen "Death by Chocolate" as their non-musical this year.