Talk:Hillsborough High School (Tampa, Florida)

Formatting and Notable Alumni
Please Read Before Editing

Please do not add notable alumni without citing sources.

Please do not make the formatting for the Sports any worse than it is.

It's not perfect, but it's better than what it was. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 19:46, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Compliments and suggestions
The references to the renovations in the 1970's continue to hold several inaccuracies. The Juniors and Seniors of HHS and the entire Thomas Jefferson High School class met in double sessions at the TJHS campus during the 1976 session while renovations were performed on HHS. The renovations were completed during the summer of 1976 and the 1977 school year had each High School back to its normal campuses. The sophomore class of HHS joined GWJHS in double session during the renovations not the entire class. Someone keeps changing these facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.50.133.43 (talk) 04:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Mike Newman hasnt graduated, and what is the thing on Fason as God etc.

This is one of the oldest high schools in florida and is a landmark, as well as beautiful. Therefore, i think a pictre is necessary, maybe we can get one from during the construction with the portables as well. Whatup 019:21, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

two things removed/changed- "This is similar to the McDonalds located across the street from King High School, where a student was killed in the 2005-2006 school year." should go in King's article, sounds like a feeble attempt by the administration (who is known to edit this page) to scare kids that go to McDonalds when they shouldn't. removed.

"Although there were several local gangs in the surrounding area, few (if any) had ever vandalized the school with graffiti." i feel this is unneccesary, but will leave it for now, i'm just changing the tense.

Sorry, a couple edits. Those are actually true.

counterfeit edit
A recent edit under my ID, with the edit summary "men's baseball champs", was not my work. I did indeed insert a comment about the 1967 or 68 mem's baseball team state championship, but this somehow became a rather sarcastic comment on a magazine rating. Not clear how it was accomplished, but I decline the credit. ww 07:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

news about school
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/24/Hillsborough/School_newspaper_cens.shtml

Daryl Strawberry
Did not attend Hillsborough High School in Tampa Florida

24.73.214.118 19:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Alumni
Please do not put alumni if there is not a verifiable source. I will post alumni here that do not have a source. This is a task far greater than I want to undertake. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 03:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

The following have no source stated for their alumni status.

National Figures
 * Bennett, Charles Edward U.S. Representative from Florida; Florida State House of Representatives, 1941

Decorated Military Heroes
 * Baldomero Lopez USMC 1st Lt. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the first casualty of the Korean War.
 * Angus R. Goss USMC Gunner. Recipient of the Navy Cross & Britain’s Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for extraordinary heroism in WWII.

Professional Entertainment/Arts
 * Otis "Slim" Whitman Legendary Country Singer with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
 * Rondo Hatton Hollywood Film Star
 * "Uncle" Fred Laswell Artist/Writer
 * Mike Scaglione Saxophonist/Studio Musician/Touring Pro
 * Jacqueline Adams Famous 1980s Cover/Print Ad Model

MLB Baseball

Major Leagues
 * Gary Sheffield infielder (Major League Baseball -1988-present)
 * Dwight Gooden pitcher/Cy Young Award Winner (Major League Baseball -1984-2000)
 * Mike Heath catcher/utility player (Major League Baseball -1978-1991)
 * *Gene Nelson Pitcher (Major League Baseball -1981-1993) *attended HHS, graduated from Dade City.
 * Floyd Youmans pitcher (Major League Baseball -1985-1989)
 * Jason Romano CF/2B (Major League Baseball -2002-2005)
 * Jose Alvarez pitcher/2B (Major League Baseball -1981-82, 88-89)
 * Vance Lovelace pitcher (Major League Baseball -1988-1990)
 * Rich Puig 2B/3B (Major League Baseball -1974)
 * Alan Brice Pitcher (Major League Baseball -1961)

Minor Leaguers
 * Joseph Abene Minor League Baseball 1967-1970

Basketball
 * Wanda Guyton International pro women's basketball player (17 years) (Women's National Basketball Association -1997-2000)

Football
 * Steve Kiner defensive player (National Football League -1970- 1978)
 * Juran Bolden defensive player (National Football League -1996-2006)
 * J. R. Reed defensive player (National Football League -2004-2006)
 * Garnell Wilds defensive player (National Football League -2004-2006)
 * Maurice Crum Sr. FB/LB player (World League of American Football -1992/CFL -1993/Arena Football League -1995)
 * Dan Footman defensive player (National Football League -1993-1998)

Soccer
 * Adrian Bush soccer player (United Soccer League -First Division/A League)

Amateur Athletics

International:


 * Adrian Bush soccer player (1993 US Olympic Festival Team (South) -won the Gold Medal)

National:
 * Maurice Crum, Sr. linebacker at University of Miami (1990 First-Team All-America honors as a senior)
 * Adrian Bush soccer player (1994 NCAA Div. II -National Champions -University of Tampa)
 * Sergio Jarmillo soccer player (1994 NCAA Div. II -National Champions -University of Tampa)
 * Matt Schurig baseball -RHP (2006 Louisville Slugger High School All-American)
 * Shannon Snell lineman (2000 Parade High School All American -Football-Lineman)

State:


 * Willard Brimm: First Floridian to (pole vault) 14 feet.
 * Joseph Abene baseball-3B/Pitcher (1967 All-State First Team Baseball 3B)
 * Jim Diaz baseball-Pitcher (1967 All-State First Team Baseball Pitcher)

Florida Politics

State Officials:


 * Dick A. Greco (D) (50th & 56th Mayor of Tampa -1967-1974, and 1995-2003)
 * William F. Poe (D) (53rd Mayor of Tampa -1974-1979)
 * Nick C. Nuccio (D) (47th & 49th Mayor of Tampa -1956-1959, and 1963-1967)
 * Julian B. Lane (D) (48th Mayor of Tampa -1959-1963)
 * Junie L. Young Jr. (?) (46th (Acting) Mayor of Tampa in -1956)

Formatting.
Please stop formatting the championships to include numbers and hyphens. Adding the parentheses is poor formatting, especially when the number of appearances is right there anyway. Hyphens + colons are not good formatting either. Please stop changing it. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 04:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for Third Opinion
For whomever replies to my request, here's the lowdown. After a friend showed me this page, I decided to take it on as a pet project. I redesigned the page, added sources, removed unsourced material and reduced the sports section to show only the most important to save space by moving it to a list page. The list page was also an attempt at a peace truce (and plea to stop). Since I first started, User:Ebrikowski has repeatedly put back the unsourced material (I have posted warnings on their talk page) and I suppose wishes the runner-up years to stay on the main page despite being on the list page. I say "I suppose" because User:Ebrikowski has not posted here, nor replied to comments on their talk page, nor commented on mine. The only response I get to comments is a revert of my work.

I think that the page looks much better than it once did, where the sports section took up over half the page's length, and I would revert the page back, but I already reverted the unsourced material, and I know my previous edits can be considered reverts (as can User:Ebrikowski's continued reversions-by-edit) I figured it best to avoid reverting again and instead look for a third opinion. I would much prefer the Runner-up years only listed on the list page, not on the main article. They don't seem like information a casual reader would care to see when looking for information on the High School. Please help resolve this. - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 04:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * EDIT: I had to revert once I saw what User:Ebrikowski was changing in the format of the site. Subheadings are more appropriate in my opinion than is bold text.  Please stop doing massive formatting reversions of the article!  I'm getting tired of reorganizations! - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 04:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Third Opinion
After reading the description of the conflict, looking through the List of Hillsborough High School Sports Awards, and reading the Sports Championships section, it is my opinion that there is no need to include runner-up years in the Sports Championships section, for the following reasons: a)listing runner-up years would lengthen the Sports Championships section unnecessarily. b)Given that the full List of Hillsborough High School Sports Awards is linked to the section, it is unnecessary to list runner-up years here. Again, it is my opinion that runner-up years should not be included in the Sports Championships section. Corvus  coronoides   Contributions  M Go Blue 20:32, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * different opinion--proposed merge

there is no need for the List article at all, and a simple list of years of championships is sufficient. I've accordingly proposed a merge. The names of winners is for the school web site, unless they were also subsequently notable, in which case they go as alums. DGG (talk) 01:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Questionable Citations
The citation from usf is questionable. They say that they played the University of Florida in football, and yet the University of Florida's history of games does not include any mention to Hillsborough at all. See here: http://gatorzone.com/football/history/yby_scores.pdf Also, the third opinion specifically says that there's no need to mention Runners Up at all. Please follow the decision. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 14:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20120227044220/http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=9282 to http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=9282

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