Hickory High School (North Carolina)

Hickory High School is located in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. It is a public high school in the Hickory City School system, located in Catawba County.

General information
Hickory High School moved to its current location of 1234 3rd Street NE, in 1972. Hickory High is currently classified as a NCHSAA 3A high school. It is the largest school within the Hickory City School district.

Athletics
Hickory is a part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and are classified as a 3A school. It is a member of the Western Foothills 3A Conference. The school colors are garnet and gold, and its team name are the Red Tornadoes. Team and individual state championships have been won in a variety of sports.

Hickory has won the following NCHSAA team state championships:
 * Girls Basketball: 1995 (3A), 1998 (3A), 1999 (3A), 2015 (3A)
 * Football: 1996 (3A), 2023 (3A)
 * Boys Golf: 2001 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2007 (3A), 2009 (3A)
 * Boys Soccer: 2001 (3A), 2022 (3A)
 * Girls Swimming & Diving: 1981 (Open), 1994 (1A/2A/3A)
 * Boys Tennis: 1989 (4A), 2004 (3A), 2006 (3A), 2021 (3A), 2023 (3A)
 * Girls Tennis: 1993 (3A), 2006 (3A)

Clubs and organizations
The Quill Writing Team competes in writing competitions, in which they are given 90 minutes to complete an essay on given writing prompts. In 2016 and 2017, they won The Quill State Finals.

Alumni

 * Austin M. Allran, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
 * Jeff Barkley, former MLB pitcher
 * Rick Barnes, college basketball head coach
 * Gary Glenn, political activist and former member of the Michigan House of Representatives
 * Ryan Hill, long-distance track runner
 * Austin Johnson, former NFL fullback
 * E. Patrick Johnson, the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and Professor of African-American Studies at Northwestern University
 * Trevin Parks, professional basketball player
 * J.T. Poston, professional golfer
 * Ryan Succop, former NFL kicker and Super Bowl LV champion with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 * Chris Washburn, former NBA player
 * Andy Wells, served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate

Faculty

 * Frank Barger, high school athletics coach and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
 * Elwood L. Perry (nicknamed “Buck” Perry) teacher, author, and inventor of the fishing lure known as the spoonplug