Victory High School

Victory High School was a public high school in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States that operated from 1917 through 1973. This name was chosen as it was built during World War I and completed after the war was over.[1]

Victory High School

Colors and mascot

Victory's school colors were black and orange. The school's teams were known as the Victory Fighting Eagles.

A contest was conducted in 1930 to pick a mascot to go along with Victory. Joe Tipper, a student from Adamston in his junior year, won the contest. He came up with the name "Eagles." His reward was an engraved plaque bearing his name and the mascot name. The plaque was encased in one of the trophy cases in the main hallway at Victory.[1]

Athletics

State Championships

  • Boys' Basketball: 1933, 1941[2]

Two state basketball championships were won. The first was by the 1933 team, coached by Farley Bell. The second team, coached by Howard "Doc" Hutson, won in 1941.[3]

Victory also won football state championships in 1925 and 1935.

World War II

17 students died in the armed services during World War II.

Faculty

Full-time principals:

  • Fred V. Bouic (1919–1922)
  • E.A. Luzader (1922–1927)
  • Arthur V.G. Upton (1927–1929)
  • Henery L. Ash (1929–1937)
  • Lucy M. Bailey (1937–1950)
  • J. Edward Powell (1950–1966)
  • Glenn E. Willis (1966–1973)

Alumni

Closure

Victory High School consolidated, along with Bristol High School and Salem High School, into the new Liberty High School in 1973.

Adamston Elementary School

From 1971 through 2021, the school operated as Adamston Elementary School.

Renovation

In 1998, a new bricked driveway was built in front to allow students to be dropped off and picked up in a safe environment. To cover the cost of this project, a brick wall was also established containing names of former Victory High alumni and faculty, Adamston Elementary students, and veterans. Bricks were sold from $20 to $50 and totally covered the cost of the project.

Closure

Adamston Elementary was closed after being consolidated with Wilsonburg Elementary into the newly renovated Victory Elementary (formerly Gore Middle School), located north of Clarksburg on Route 19.

United High School

From 2021 to 2022, the school continued operations as United High School, an alternate high school for troubled youth.[4] In 2022, United High School was relocated to the former Wilsonburg Elementary School.

In 2023, the building was put up for auction by the Harrison County Board of Education. [5]

Clarksburg Classical Academy

Opened in 2024, ACCEL Schools operates a tuition-free, PK-6 charter school in the former Victory High School building. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Victory High School". www.victoryhighschool.org. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "WVSSAC Basketball State Tournament History". Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  3. ^ "WVSPN.com - West Virginia Sports on the Net". Sportsmediainc.net. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  4. ^ WRITER, Kailee E. Gallahan STAFF (October 9, 2019). "WV BOE votes and approves school closure, consolidations of Wilsonburg and Adamston elementary schools". WV News. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Former Victory High School, Adamston Elementary up for auction". WDTV. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "Clarksburg Classical Academy". Retrieved December 6, 2025.

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