Flint Northern High School Explained
Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in Flint, Michigan, United States. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the Flint Community Schools district along with Flint Northwestern High School (now Flint Junior High School) and Flint Southwestern Academy. It was closed in 2013 and reopened as Northern Academy. The Flint school board finally closed the school completely in 2014.
Athletics
Its terms were the Vikings. The school competed in the Saginaw Valley High School Association and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).
The following teams have won their respective MHSAA state championships.
- Basketball (boys): 1932–33, 35–36, 38–39, 39–40, 46–47, 70–71, 71–72, 77–78, 94-95[6]
- Basketball (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 81–82, 94–95, 95-96[7]
- Cross Country (boys): 1974-75[8]
- Cross Country (girls): 1981-82[9]
- Tennis (boys): 1930-31[10]
- Track & Field (boys): 1949–50, 52–53, 60–61, 62–63, 75–76, 78-79[11]
- Track & Field (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 82-83[12]
- Wrestling: 1962–63, 94-95[13]
Notable alumni
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: District Administration directory. Flint Community Schools. 26 June 2011.
- Web site: Flint Community Schools: High Schools. Flint Community Schools. 26 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072031/http://www.flintschools.org/schools/schools003.htm. 21 July 2011.
- Web site: High School Code Search. College Board. 26 June 2011. 30 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090830044201/http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_code/codeSearchHighschool.jsp. dead.
- Web site: School info for Flint Northern HS. Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). 26 June 2011.
- Web site: Institution Summary for Maine South High School. AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. 26 June 2011.
- Web site: Boys Basketball Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 26 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626175750/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/boysbasketball/yearlychampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Girls Basketball Team Champions 1973-2011 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 5 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405121158/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girlsbasketball/yearlychampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Boys Cross Country Team Champions 1978-2010 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 2 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102170411/http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysCrossCountry/TeamChampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Girls Cross Country Team Champions 1978-2010 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011.
- Web site: Boys Tennis Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A-B). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 8 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121208134515/http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTennis/TeamChampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Boys Track & Field Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 9 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130609211042/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/boystrackfield/teamchampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Girls Track & Field Team Champions 1973-2011 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011. 18 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618165946/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girlstrackfield/teamchampions.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Wrestling Team Champions 1948-2011 (Class A). Michigan High School Athletic Association. 26 June 2011.
- Web site: Wayman Britt. biographic sketch. Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame / Flint Public Library. 2005. 26 June 2011. Wayman arrived in Flint as a sophomore at Flint Northern and after graduating from Northern, he received a basketball scholarship to the University of Michigan ... In 1976 Wayman was drafted by the L.A. Lakers in the fourth round ....
- Web site: Wayman Britt. statistics & biographic info. Basketball-Reference.com. 26 June 2011.
- Web site: J'Nathan Bullock. player profile. Cleveland State University Athletics. 26 June 2011. Fourth team all-state choice by the Detroit Free Press as a senior at Flint Northern High .... https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212414/http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bullock_jnathan00.html. 8 July 2011. dead.
- Web site: Tony Burton. biographic sketch. Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame / Flint Public Library. 2005. 26 June 2011. At Northern he played halfback.. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617095552/http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/hallfame/93/burton93.shtml. 17 June 2011. dead.
- Web site: Mateen Cleaves. statistics & biographic info. Basketball-Reference.com. 26 June 2011.