Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy (Georgia)
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy is the local high school in Fitzgerald, Georgia, United States. A part of the Ben Hill County School District, it serves students in grades 9–12. The principal is Dr. David Sims. Fitzgerald High School is currently involved in the Title I Plan.
Athletics
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy competes in the Class AA division of the Georgia High School Association in football, cross country, softball, competitive cheerleading, basketball, wrestling, riflery, baseball, track, soccer, tennis, competitive weightlifting, and golf. Sports teams are known as the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes, or simply the Canes. The Purple Hurricane Athletic Department also fields football cheerleading and basketball cheerleading squads.The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane Athletic Department won the Georgia Athletic Director Association's Region Director's Cup for the 2015-2016 school year. The Purple Hurricanes compete in Region 1-AA.
Past accomplishments
FHSCCA has won four state championship weightlifting titles.The FHSCCA competition cheer team won a cheerleading state championship in 2005. The "Purple Girls" have won 15 consecutive region titles.
The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane men's track team won four consecutive state titles. In 2015, the FHS men's track team finished as the state runner-up.
The Purple Hurricanes Football team won the state GHSA AA State Championship in 2021.