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Murray High School is a public high school located in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Currently, the school is on Sycamore Street, but from 1872 to 1971 it was located at 801 Main Street, in the building now used for Murray Middle School.




Extracurricular activities






= Athletics

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The Murray High Lady Tiger Basketball team is currently the most successful sport at the school. During former head coach Rechelle Turner's 21-year tenure from 1997 to 2017, the team had unprecedented success. Perhaps the most notable accomplishments of the Lady Tigers are their two back to back KHSAA Final Four appearances in 2016 and 2017, along with a Class A state championship in 2016 and 2018. Additionally, the Lady Tigers were Region 1 champions in 1997, 2010, 2016, and 2017. Turner is now the head women's basketball coach at NCAA Division I Murray State University.
Murray's football team is well known across Kentucky to be one of the best in Class AA. Murray High School had undefeated regular seasons in 2009 and 2010. The program has reached the third or fourth round of KHSAA Class AA Playoffs each year from 2009 to 2014. Prior to moving to Class AA, Murray High School won the Class A state championship in 1961 and 1974.
The Murray girls' track and field team won the KHSAA Class A state championship in 2016 and 2017.

Archery
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross country
Dance
Football
Golf
Marching Band
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball-Ladies




= Murray Tiger Band

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Murray High School's band has arguably been the most successful activity at the school. The marching band has won three BOA Grand National Class A Championships in 1977, 2021, and 2024, as well as five KMEA state championships in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, and 2024. The band has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and Walt Disney World in Florida. The Murray Tiger Band is currently under the direction of Tim Zeiss.



Accomplishments

BOA Grand National Champion - 1977
BOA Class A National Champion - 1977, 2021, 2024
BOA National Semifinalist - 2021, 2022, 2024
KMEA State Champion
Class A - 2017, 2018
Class AAA - 2021, 2023, 2024
KMEA 2nd Place
Class A - 1997, 2009, 2013, 2015
Class AA - 2007, 2019
Class AAA - 2022
KMEA 3rd Place
Class A - 1987, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
KMEA 4th Place
Class AA - 2001
KMEA State Finalist - 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
KMEA West Regional Champion
Class A - 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Class AA - 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019
Class AAA - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
BOA Class A Super Regional Champion (Indianapolis) - 2016
BOA Class A Super Regional Champion (St. Louis) - 2006
Murray State Festival of Champions Grand Champion - 1976, 1977, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Murray State Festival of Champions Reserve Grand Champion - 1978, 1979, 2002, 2005, 2011
MTSU Contest of Champions Finalist - 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979



Notable performances

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - 1980
Orange Bowl Parade - 1975, 1977




Notable alumni


Shane Andrus, football placekicker
Gordon Cooper, Mercury-Atlas 9 astronaut
Tim Masthay, punter for the Green Bay Packers
Mel Purcell, tennis player
Molly Sims, model and actress




Historical timeline



1872: Community leaders raise money to build the Murray Male and Female Institute, recognized as "the finest school in the Jackson Purchase"
1900: The Institute catches fire (in "some unaccountable way," according to a contemporary account) and burns to the ground. The new "Murray Graded School Building" is built with state funds. It houses grades 1–12 in the Murray Independent School District. However, this second school building catches fire in 1919 during the Christmas break and also burns to the ground. It is believed that the fire was caused by students smoking and gambling in the boiler room.
1922: A new three-story schoolhouse is completed. It includes an auditorium, a large library, and several classrooms.
1930: The west wing, with several classrooms, a gymnasium and locker rooms, a home economics lab, and an unfinished third floor, is added onto the building.
1939: Ty Holland Stadium is built by Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps and named for the Murray City School's highly respected teacher and coach.
1953: With the construction of Austin Elementary (named for A.B. Austin, long-time member of the Murray Board of Education), the Murray school building becomes Murray High School.
1958: The "Band and Manual Arts" building is added onto the Murray High campus to house band, music, and industrial arts.
1971: The new Murray High School is built on Doran Road, and the school system is reorganized to include four years of elementary school, five years of middle school, and four years of high school.




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