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Zephyrhills High School was created from the consolidations of one-room schools in the
Zephyrhills area. Students at the former Union, Childers, and Independence schools were consolidated into the new Zephyrhills school, which was located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Sixth Street. The new
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Florida state championship in basketball. The Bulldogs, as they by then had become known, went to the state tournament for basketball five times during a seven-year period in the 1960s, and won the state championship three times in those years.
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September 10, 1926. This building was damaged by fire in 1935, and was closed. For the next two years, classes were held in local businesses, including a bakery. The renovated school was opened in 1937, and was dedicated as a project of the
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