Beulah Hubbard High School

Beulah Hubbard High School was a public high school in Little Rock, Mississippi. In 1990 it was one of the schools merged to create Newton County High School. The school teams were called the "Rebels."[1]

Beulah Hubbard High School
Façade and flag pole of Beulah Hubbard
Location
Little Rock, Mississippi

United States
Information
TypeHigh School
Established1929
Closed1990
Color(s)    Blue, gold
Team nameRebels

History

Beulah Hubbard was formed in 1929 from the consolidation of the nearby schools of Beulah, Witt, Oakland, Rock Branch, Little Rock, Hebron, Greenland, Hopewell, Center Ridge, Duffee, and Battlefield. The school was named for the nearby Beulah Baptist Church and F. J. Hubbard, who was the director of the Mississippi Vocational Education Board when Beulah Hubbard was established.[2]

Athletics

The Beulah Hubbard Rebels football team first season was in 1962 and their final season was in 1989. The overall record was 129-131-17.[3]

The Beulah Hubbard Rebels baseball team won state championships in 1972, 1984, 1986, and 1987. In 2017, Durwood Munn, who coached Beulah Hubbard from 1965 to 1972 and 1979 to 1988, was inducted into the Crossroads Diamond Club Hall of Fame.[4]

  • Beulah Hubbard gymnasium, now used to store equipment for Newton County Highway Department.
    Beulah Hubbard gymnasium, now used to store equipment for Newton County Highway Department.
  • Historical marker for Beulah Hubbard School
    Historical marker for Beulah Hubbard School

References
  1. Consolidation chart of Mississippi High Schools Archived January 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Beulah Hubbard School". hmdb.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. "Beulah-Hubbard Rebels". Mississippi High School Football History. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  4. Kerekes, Drew (June 2, 2017). "Former Beulah Hubbard coach to be inducted into HOF". The Meridian Star. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

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