Hillsborough High School, one of the south's oldest high schools and the oldest high school in the county, is full of history, tradition, and pride. While its entity as a school probably dates closer to 1880, a room over a Franklin Street livery stable in 1885 is recognized as the first location of this famous school. After several moves, the present building was opened in 1927. Hillsborough produced the first high school newspaper in Florida in 1889 and the first yearbook in 1911. In 1913 and 1914, Hillsborough's basketball and baseball teams defeated teams from the University of Florida and Southern College. In 1929, Hillsborough won the high school national football championship. The Alma Mater, the "Red and Black" was written in 1923. Students purchased the Tower Clock in 1949 to honor Hillsborough's casualties in World War II. The names of Hillsborough students who were killed were placed on a plaque under the tower.