South Aiken High School is a four-year public high school

High school

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 located in Aiken

Aiken, South Carolina

Aiken is a city in and the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. With Augusta, Georgia, it is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. It is part of the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aiken is home to the University of South...

, South Carolina

South Carolina

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. Approximately 1,500 students attend the school. It was recognized as one of the top 800 high schools in the country.

Nationally acclaimed programs at South Aiken High School include the academic team, both regular and NJROTC, Calliope (literary magazine), and the SAHS chapter of the National FFA Organization

National FFA Organization

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Sports

South Aiken High School's mascot is the Thoroughbred. South Aiken is very accomplished in golf(Having won the AAAA State Championship in 2004, and placing second in the 2008 season with only one senior.), tennis (having won the men's tennis state championship in 2002, 2003, and 2004), and soccer, winning the Men's Soccer state championship in 2005(4A) and 2009 (3A). In the 2005 soccer session, South Aiken was ranked second in the Southern Region, and third overall in the United States. In 2007, South Aiken football team beat its cross town rival, Aiken High, for the first time in 14 years.South Aiken's track and field team has been fairly successful recently. The boys team has won in its region for the six seasons in a row (2003-2008) with the girls team winning 5 out of those 6 years as well.

External links

• SAHS website
• http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2010/may/19/south_aiken_students_create_secret_clubhouse_in_sc-ar-287176/ South Aiken High School Students Create Secret Clubhouse In School's Attic