Nashville Community High School District 99

Public school in Nashville, Illinois, United States

Song“Illinois Loyalty”Athletics conferenceSouthern Illinois River-to-River ConferenceSportsBasketball, Baseball, Football, Track & Field, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, Cross Country, Swimming, Cheerleading, Dance, Bass FishingNickname“Big Blue”Team nameHornets and HornettesRivalsOkawville Rockets, Pinckneyville Panthers, Mater Dei KnightsWebsitewww.county.washington.k12.il.us/nashville/nash2.htm^[4]

Nashville Community High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Illinois. The school educates about 400 students in grades 9 to 12.

Notable alumni

Kirk Rueter - Retired pitcher for the Montreal Expos and the San Francisco Giants. Is the Giants franchise record holder for career wins by a left-handed pitcher in the San Francisco Era, and a member of the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame.
Royce Newman - Current offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers.

Athletics

The Hornets and Hornettes, the school's athletic teams, compete in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference and have won 7 Illinois High School Association championships, 3 of them in softball. They have also had 7 runner-up appearances, 9 3rd-place finishes, and 7 4th-place finishes.

Baseball: 4th, 1994 (Class A)
Boys Basketball: 4th, 1949; State Champions, 1978 (Class A); 2nd, 2014 (Class 2A), 2019 (Class 2A)
Football: 2nd, 1998 (Class 3A), 2019 (Class 2A), 2021 (Class 2A)
Boys Track: 2nd, 1997 (Class A); State Champions, 1998 (Class A - tied with Chicago Leo)
Boys Golf: 3rd, 2013 (Class 1A); 3rd, 2014 (Class 1A)
Girls Basketball: 3rd, 1989 (Class A); 2nd, 1990 (Class A); 4th, 2002 (Class A); 3rd, 2009 (Class 2A); 3rd, 2010 (Class 2A); 4th, 2011 (Class 2A); State Champions, 2013 (Class 2A)
Girls Golf: 3rd, 2010 (Class A); 2nd, 2011 (Class A); State Champions, 2013 (Class A); 2nd, 2016 (Class 1A); 3rd, 2017 (Class 1A)
Softball: 4th, 1999 (Class A); State Champions, 2001 (Class A); 3rd, 2004 (Class A); State Champions, 2012 (Class 2A); 3rd, 2013 (Class 2A); State Champions, 2015 (Class 2A)
Volleyball: 4th, 2018 (Class 2A)

References

^ NCHS Board of Education^{[permanent dead link]}. Nashville Community High School. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
^ ^a ^b "Nashville Comm High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ "Nashville Comm High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ Administration^{[permanent dead link]}. Nashville Community High School. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.