Strong Vincent High School

Strong Vincent High School
Location
1300 West 8th Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16502 United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Virtute non viribus Vincent (by courage, not by force of arms, we conquer)
Established	1930
Principal	Sherry Prater - Principal Michael Pisano - Assistant Principal Barb Zimmer - Assistant Principal
Number of students	650
Color(s)	Red and black
Team name	Colonels
Newspaper	"The Colonel"
Website	www.svcolonels.com

Strong Vincent High School is a public high school in Erie, Pennsylvania.

History

Construction of Strong Vincent High School began in 1928 and the school opened for classes in 1930 with the first class graduating in 1931. It was the first high school on Erie's west side. Originally named West High School, the name was later changed to honor General Strong Vincent. The school was dedicated in 1930 by the Rev. Boyd Vincent, brother of General Strong Vincent.

Athletics

Strong Vincent is a member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) in District 10, Region 6.

Pennsylvania State Championships

Sport	Year(s)
Basketball	1985
Football	1991

Swimming Team, many, most recently 1964; many individual All Americans.

Wrestling, many individual State Champions, including Timmy McCall, and Terry Magoon, 1964.

Notable alumni

Athletes

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Tom Lawless	1974	Major League Baseball player	Tom Lawless
Maurice Williams	2007	Arena Football League player	Maurice Williams

Film and Television

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Ann B. Davis	1944	Movie and TV actor	Ann B. Davis

External links

• Strong Vincent High School Website
• Strong Vincent Alumni Website