Pensacola High School - Extracurricular Programs

Extracurricular Programs

PHS currently features two strong academic extracurricular activities which have enjoyed great success on the county/northwest Florida/state level:

• The academic team (quiz bowl) has had the longest win streak in the Cox Academic Tournament and has in recent years taken most or all of the spots on the county all-star academic team. The team frequently competes on the state and national level, with both the team and individual team members placing highly.
• Mu Alpha Theta (Math Team) which attends three regional competitions and the Milton math competition. The Pensacola High School math team consistently has individuals placing in the top ten and teams placing in the top five. It usually also places in the sweepstakes division.

Although the school's newspaper, the Prowler, has not been active for several years, this publication was been up and running as of the 2008-2009 school year, but again shut down because of the entire staff consisting of 3 seniors who graduated in 2011. It was again restarted, headed by the AP US History teacher, in February 2012, and is still in the process of being built. It is to be a completely online publication, found at phsprowler.org.

Pensacola High School has had a chess team since 2009. PHS Football team has the distinction of being the oldest football program in the state: pro, college or high school. The first game was played in 1905. On December 18, 2009, the PHS Football team defeated Belen Jesuit, (28-7), and won the Class 3A State Championship.

PHS also features a variety of athletic programs; many of which often do well at the district and occasionally state level. Those are boys' football, weightlifting, and golf and girls' volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball, cross country, track and field, swimming and diving, and tennis. There are also band and cheerleading programs as well as Student Government Association and an active swim and dive team.