Aberdeen High School — Aberdeen, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Population: about 5,300
Aberdeen was named Blue’s Crossing until 1888. Energetic lumber men built railroads to move their timber. The railroads made Aberdeen a hub of industry and contributed to its growth.
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Aberdeen High School
Mascot: Red Devils
Colors: Red & Grey
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Both Aberdeen High School basketball teams were Moore County Champions of the 1947-1948 season, with the girl’s team going undefeated (19-0).
(from a history of Aberdeen in The Pilot)
In 1969, Aberdeen High School became Aberdeen Middle School and Pinecrest High School was opened.
There are several stories about Aberdeen High School in the archives of ThePilot.com, “your online news site for Pinehurst, Southern Pines and the rest of North Carolina’s Sandhills”.
Football:
Aberdeen High School made four appearances in North Carolina championship games:
- 1956 State Champion (6-man teams)
- 1957 State Runner-up (6-man teams)
- 1963 State Runner-up, Region 2
- 1964 State Champion, Region 2
Bob Lee, who was Aberdeen’s football, baseball, softball and women’s basketball coach from 1950-1959, organized the first women’s basketball state championship, even before the sport was recognized by the NCHSAA. He was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame in 2003.
Here’s a link to the Google Street View of Aberdeen Elementary School. (Is this the old Aberdeen High School building?) [See alumni comments below]
I’ve gathered a little more info since I wrote the original post:
The first recorded Aberdeen School was a frame building opened in 1909 that housed all grades. It was replaced by a brick building in 1913 (which burned in 1949.) In 1922, the lower grades moved into a new brick school (the current Aberdeen Elementary School).
Hopefully an alumni will add comments to this post and tell us a little more about Aberdeen High School.
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Links:
Town of Aberdeen, NC website
Aberdeen, NC photos on flickr.com
Aberdeen on Facebook:
Aberdeen High School Reunions
Class of ’89
Cold Stone Creamery of Aberdeen
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Thanks go out to Aberdeen alumni Donna L. for letting us know we had the colors wrong for AHS:
“I went to AHS in the 60′s and our colors were red and grey . I remember the Red Devil mural being painted on the gym wall and the silky red and grey basketball uniforms along with the cheerleaders . Those were the days !
Go Red Devils !”
It’s worth noting that we have our AHS Museum located in the railroad depot building in the picture above. The museum is a treasury of our school’s history going back to the early 1900′s.
Thanks, Jim. I was unaware of that. I just picked a random photo that I thought would reflect Aberdeen, NC.
Can you tell me if the elementary school in the Google Street View above is the old Aberdeen High School?
The current Aberdeen Elementary School is the former Aberdeen Middle School, which was originally AHS. I attended AMS for one year in the late 80′s, and it was wonderful to attend a middle school with a REAL football field, tennis court, baseball field, AND a gym with a separate auditorium.
The picture you have posted was never a high school. I was in second grade, about 1950, when this building was built and it accommodated grades 1-8. I think this school was in the process of being built when our original elementary school burned to the ground on a December weekend around that time. The students were then dispersed to local churches for class until the building in your photo was finished. The school you may have in mind was adjacent to the one in the photo and that was our high school, 2 story brick with white columns, but I believe at one time it was an elementary school. That building was torn down at some point after the new consolidated high school, Pinecrest, was operational. I graduated in 1961 and I don’t recall the year that the above elementary school became a middle school, but I suspect sometime in the 70s. The AHS Museum, as mentioned by Jim Whitlock above, has a treasure trove of information about our school and is one of about 2-3 museums in the country that is dedicated to just a school. Thank you for creating a page for our wonderful alma mater! Those were indeed the “good old days!”