Discontinued High School Sports

[Yedboy]

I was checking my daughter's high school trophy case, and the high school has state boxing championship trophies from the 1940s. Makes me wonder what other high school sports have been discontinued over the years.

[SportsGuy41017]

Soccer! lol

 

 

Do they still have slow pitch softball? I heard they were going to change to just fast pitch.

[BigVMan23]

Soccer! lol

 

 

Do they still have slow pitch softball? I heard they were going to change to just fast pitch.

 

Did away with that a few years ago. There were still a few hold outs I remember in the WKY area but everyone either made the transition or gave it up.

[Jim Schue]

Did away with that a few years ago. There were still a few hold outs I remember in the WKY area but everyone either made the transition or gave it up.

 

No, those holdouts were in NoKy. Never understood the attraction to beer league softball and the way some of those folks defended it on here. Ridiculous.

[norse1]

How many high schools have bass fishing? I would of loved that in high school

[The Professor]

They use to have fencing as a KHSAA sport. Oneida Baptist won the state title a couple of times.

[gchs_uk9]

According to this link it looks like fencing was a sport from 1974-85, gymnastics from 1967-85, and rifle from 1962-85. What the heck happened in 1985?

 

http://khsaa.org/handbook/20142015/winners.pdf

[Just Jim]

Rifle marksmanship used to be a sport at many schools.

[Jumper_Dad]

Rifle marksmanship used to be a sport at many schools.

 

I wish it still was...

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

I wish it still was...

 

I can't even imagine how awesome it would have been to be a member of the firing squad in high school.

[B-Ball-fan]

According to this link it looks like fencing was a sport from 1974-85, gymnastics from 1967-85, and rifle from 1962-85. What the heck happened in 1985?

 

http://khsaa.org/handbook/20142015/winners.pdf

 

Interesting find.

[jericho]

Bowling

[rjs4470]

Bowling

 

Bowling is still an active sport

[Jim Schue]

Bowling is still an active sport

 

As of about 4 years ago. Was bowling a sanctioned sport in the past?

[rjs4470]

As of about 4 years ago. Was bowling a sanctioned sport in the past?

 

I guess technically its labeled as an activity, along with Bass Fishing, Archery and Competitive Cheer. Records on the KHSAA site only go back to 2012.