Tell City High School

Tell City High School
Location
Tell City, Indiana 47586
Information
School type	Public high school
School district	Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation
Grades	9-12
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Pocket Athletic Conference
Mascot	Marksmen
Rival	Perry Central Cannelton Heritage Hills

Tell City High School is a high school in Tell City, Indiana. Their athletic mascot is the "Marksmen" and their colors are cream and crimson (Red and White). They play in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The schools principal is Brad Ramsey, and the Assistant Principal is Chris Hollinden. Also has a marching band is known as the Marching Marksmen.

Tell City is home to the Tell City High School Marksmen. The school is in Class 2A for football, basketball, and baseball. The boys basketball team was a traditional power, winning 34 sectionals, five regionals and one semi-state, the latter coming in 1961 when the Marksmen won the southern semi-state, thus reaching the state championship round. The Marksmen were led by Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame guard, future University of Kentucky star Tommy Kron. The coach that season was Orlando 'Gunner' Wyman, an Indiana Hall of Fame head coach who won the State Championship at Vincennes Lincoln High in 1981.

The Marksmen also boast of three other Indiana Hall of Fame head coaches, Ray Eddy, Andy Taff and Bob Lochmueller. Eddy went on to coach the Madison, Indiana Cubs to a state final appearance in 1949 and the state championship in 1950. He then returned to his alma mater, Purdue University where he was the head coach for fifteen seasons.

Notable alumni

• Bob Polk (Class of 1935), Head Basketball Coach; Vanderbilt, Trinity (Texas), St Louis and Rice Universities.
• Burke Scott (Class of 1951), 2x All-PAC basketball player, starter on Indiana University's 1953 NCAA National Championship team.
• Tommy Kron (Class of 1962), NBA veteran, All-State basketball player, starter on the University of Kentucky's 1966 NCAA National Finalist Team

External links

• Official website