Thomaston High School
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Thomaston High School is a public school for grades 7 through 12 in Thomaston, Connecticut
. The school has an enrollment of about 600 students.
Thomaston, Connecticut
Thomaston is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,503 at the 2000 census.-History:The town, originally part of Plymouth, Connecticut, and referred to as 'Plymouth Hollow' was first settled in the early 18th century. The town is known for clock making, which...
. The school has an enrollment of about 600 students.
Accomplishments
- The Thomaston High School boys cross countryCross country runningCross 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...
team has won the Berkshire League Title 8 times (1972, 1973, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). They have also won Connecticut Class S State Championship title 5 times (1973, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007). The team has recorded wins at multiple state invitationals such as the Windham, Coginchaug, and Nonnewaug invites while going undefeated several seasons. The team has also accomplished a new Berkshire League Record with 59 straight wins. - The girls cross countryCross country runningCross 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...
team has recorded multiple 10-0 seasons with their latest coming in 2010. The girls team has begun having its own success in the Berkshire League, winning four straight league titles (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). In 2010, they won their first Class S State Championship and the week after at the State Open, qualified for the New England Championship in Thetford, Vt. titl
- The Thomaston High School Baseball Team won the school's first Class "S" state championship in 2008.
- The Thomaston High School Basketball Team won the Class "S" state championship in 1990 and again in 1991 in which they were undefeated.
- On February 10, 2007, the Thomaston High School Wrestling Team placed 1st in the Berkshire League Wrestling Tournament becoming the 2007 Berkshire League Champions.
- On May 16, 2009, the Thomaston High School Boy's Track and Field Team won the Berkshire League Championship, the first in school history and accomplished this without a track of their own. The team later finished the season undefeated with a 10-0 record.
High school
- Cross countryCross country runningCross 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...
- WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- GolfGolfGolf 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....
- Indoor Track
- BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- Soccer
Middle school
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Field Hockey
- Softball
- Cross Country
- Track and Field
- Soccer