Brooks County High School
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Brooks County High School is a high school serving Quitman, Georgia, United States. It won several Georgia Interscholastic Association state football championships.[1]
The school offers community service clubs, technology and career clubs, and honors and special interest clubs. Sports include football, basketball, volleyball, softball, cheerleading, tennis, baseball, golf, wrestling, soccer, and track. There is also a debate team, marching and concert band, guitar class, literary group, and art program.
The school is located at 1801 Moultrie Highway.[2]
Notable alumni
- Kendra Norman-Bellamy, Christian author
- Marcus Stroud, class of 1996, won a state title at Brooks County High School in 1994 and went on to a successful career at the University of Georgia and in the NFL; his senior year, he was a 6'6" 266-pound defensive end and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in a story about National Signing Day;[3] gave the University of Florida a verbal commitment but switched to become a Georgia Bulldog after Georgia's coach, Ray Goff, was fired in November 1995 and the new coach, Jim Donnan recruited him[3]
- Lawrence Virgil, football player
References
- ^ "GIA Football Champions | GHSA.net".
- ^ "Brooks County Board of Education | BCHS Map". www.brookscountyschools.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17.
- ^ a b Layden, Tim (1996-02-19). "Sign Language". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01.
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Coordinates: 30°48′36″N 83°33′47″W / 30.81000°N 83.56306°W
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