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Thomasville High is known for its football program. When the football program began in 1910 it was known as the Thomasville Red Cyclones. This changed in 1923 when they were given permission by the University of Georgia to use the Bulldog mascot.
The school colors were initially red and black. These did not change until segregation came to an end and the school merged with Douglas High School and took on the color gold, while doing away with black. In 97 years of football the school has one high school football national championship (1974), five state championships (1925, 1945, 1958 co-champs, 1973, 1974, 1988). They have also won 24 region titles, with the most recent coming in 2007. Thomas County Central High School and Cairo High School are their primary rivals, while there was a suspension of the two series' in the late 1990s they now play the two schools in their first two games of the season each year. The school has produced major college and NFL players including: William Andrews, Mike Bobo, Shawn Jones, Mike Jones (University of Georgia),Charles Bostick (Georgia Southern University), Eric Curry, Guy McIntyre, and most recently, Brandon Thompson of the Cincinnati Bengals.
The school won a state baseball championship in 1999. Levale Speigner was part of the 1999 team and he has gone on to play professional baseball.
The school won a state soccer championship in 2010. They were the Area 2 AA/A champions as well with an overall record of 19-0-4, the school's first undefeated season. They scored 100 goals and allowed 15 on the season. They ended the season #1 in division AA/A, ranked #8 overall in the state and ranked #47 nationally.
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