Clinton High School was a public school in Clinton serving students in grades 7 through 12. It was created in 1886 and then from the consolidation in 1961 of former high schools in southern Vermillion County, Indiana, Dana High School, Hillsdale High School, St. Bernice High School, and Blanford High School. Then in 1977 Clinton was replaced by a new building and renamed South Vermilion High School
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The school was located in the center of Clinton just off Main St in the 300 Block of Blackman St. Their football field and baseball field was located at SportLand Park on the south west side of Clinton.
Clinton has an all-time record of (25) sectional Championships 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1968.
The Clinton Wildcats made it to the IHSAA Sweet Sixteen (8) times in its history and the Elite Eight (2) times in its history
Year
Site
1912
Terre Haute
1913
Terre Haute
1914
Terre Haute
1916
Terre Haute
1925
Clinton
1928
Clinton
1930
Clinton
1931
Clinton
1932
Clinton
1933
Clinton
1934
Clinton
1935
Newport
1938
Marshall
1939
Clinton
1942
Clinton
1943
Clinton
1945
Marshall
1946
Clinton
1947
Clinton
1949
Clinton
1950
Clinton
1955
Rockville
1956
Clinton
1961
Rockville
1968
Terre Haute
Clinton also has won (4) Regional Championships 1928, 1943, 1947, 1950.
Clinton has won or shared a conference championship around nine occasions, including six Indiana High School Football Conference titles and three Western Indiana Conference titles.
Clinton has won or shared a State championship on five occasions, including three outright Indiana High School Football titles and two shared titles. In 1933 Clinton tied East Chicago Washington 6–6 in the arranged post-season North-South Mythical State Championship Game and was named Winner of Indianapolis Times & IHSAA ‘Most Outstanding Team in Indiana’
Season
Coach
Selector
Record
Conf. Record
1920
Earl M. Morgan
Heze Clark - Best Team In the State (Shared with Wabash)
6-2
4-0
1924
Paul "Spike" Kelly
8-1
4-0
1928
Paul "Spike" Kelly
Indianapolis Times - IHSAA - Dick Miller- "Most Outstanding Team"
John Magnabosco 1923 - Head Coach Ball State 1935-1952 Head Coach Clinton Wildcats 1931-1934 3X State Champs 31,32,33. Indiana Football Hall Of Fame
Tony Berto 1939 - Coached 39 years total - Otsego, Michigan, High School 1946–1948, Boonville HS 1948–1952, and Delphi HS 1952–1985; coached 3 sports for 24 years and 2 sports for 15 years (football, basketball, baseball, track, and golf); Delphi football record of 203 wins. Lettered at Purdue 1939–1943 in Football Basketball and Baseball. Indiana Football Hall Of Fame
Gerry Dick 1976 QB - American journalist and former news anchor at WRTV, a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana.He is best known as the current host of Inside INdiana Business, a television program owned by Grow Indiana Media Ventures.