Early Alcoa High School Athletics

Alcoa High School began participating in athletics as the Red Tornadoes in the fall of 1924, and its 1925 football team played on the athletic field at Springbrook School, with homes along Dalton Street beside the field. A gymnasium was added in 1927, and Alcoa High School played its home basketball games there until 1954. The 1924-1925 Red Tornado basketball team may be the oldest photographed Alcoa High School sports team. Herman Thompson became Blount County's first basketball player named to the All-State team, later captained the University of Tennessee Volunteers, became among that school's top scorers, and was named to the Tennessee All-Century team in 2009.

Alcoa, Tennessee · United States