Arthur Hill High School

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Arthur Hill High School
Location
Saginaw, Michigan
USA
Coordinates 43°25′49″N 83°59′25″W / 43.4302, -83.9903
Information
School district Saginaw Public School District
Principal Nathaniel McClain
Students approx. 1550
Type Public
Grades 9-12
Athletics Football
Athletics conference Saginaw Valley League
Mascot LumberJacks
Color(s) Blue, Gold
Homepage


Arthur Hill High School is located in Saginaw, Michigan. The student population is approximately 1550 students.

Arthur Hill recently celebrated 100 years of North Central Accreditation (2003-04 School Year).

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Arthur Hill competes along with eleven area high schools in the Saginaw Valley League. The current list of schools includes the Bay City Central Wolves, Bay City Western Warriors,Midland High Chemics, Midland Dow Chargers, Flint Central High School Indians, Flint Northern Vikings, Flint Southwestern Academy Knights and Saginaw High Trojans.

Current NBA player Jason Richardson of the Charlotte Bobcats, winner of two NBA Slam Dunk titles, is an alumnus of Arthur Hill, as is current Drake University point guard and 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Adam Emmenecker. Other notable Arthur Hill graduates include Theodore Roethke, awarded the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and current Oakland Athletics pitching coach Curt Young.

Arthur Hill recently won the 2006 Class A Boys Basketball Championship, defeating Okemos under coach Greg McMath.

The 1973 Arthur Hill Lumberjack football team, coached by George Ihler, is still the only high school football team in Michigan state high school history to complete a season untied, undefeated and unscored upon. The scores were as follows:

Opponent PF PA
Midland Chemics 40 0
Highland Park Polar Bears 51 0
Midland Dow Chargers 55 0
Flint Northwestern Wildcats 45 0
Bay City Handy Wildcats 48 0
Pontiac Central Chiefs 66 0
Flint Northern Vikings 34 0
Bay City Central Wolves 47 0
Saginaw Trojans 64 0

The Lumberjacks officially won the state title in Class AA in 1991 by defeating the reigning champion, Detroit Catholic Central by a score of 13-12. Coached by Jim Eurick, the Lumberjacks outlasted the Shamrocks, who went on to win the title again the next year (1992).

Opponent PF PA
Saginaw Heritage Hawks 21 7
Flint Central Indians 27 21
Flint Northwestern Wildcats 6 8
Bay City Western Warriors 31 18
Muskegon Big Reds 0 12
Bay City Central Wolves 26 20
Flint Northern Vikings 21 14
Midland Dow Chargers 16 6
Saginaw Trojans 16 0
Playoffs
Flint Central Indians 32 28
Traverse City Central Trojans 21 18
Adrian Maples 29 0
Detroit Catholic Central Shamrocks 13 12

Other titles in the Arthur Hill H.S. trophy case are:

Boys Golf 1966 - Class A State Championship, Coach Seymour Murphy

Boys Basketball 1944 - Class A State Championship, Coach Bill Kelly

Boys Swimming 1945 - Class A State Championship Coach David Gainey 1946 - Class A State Championship Coach Gainey

Boys Track and Field 1944 - Class A State Championship

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