page_title: Hillhouse High School
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Hillhouse High School / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: Floyd Little Athletic Center (New Haven Field House) after a high school basketball game, March 14, 2012
context_page_description: James Hillhouse High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in New Haven, Connecticut. It serves grades 9–12.
  James Hillhouse High School is the oldest public high school in New Haven, and is part of the New Haven Public Schools.
context_section_description: Hillhouse became involved in athletic competition as early as 1866, when some boys formed a club to play a sport that is described as having "resembled rugby and soccer." By 1884, students were participating in several sports, including modern football, which had been invented by Walter Camp of New Haven. Team competition in baseball, tennis, ice hockey, indoor polo and yacht racing also had been established around this time. Basketball was introduced around the beginning of the 20th century.
  Hillhouse football teams have won 17 state championships, ranking the school third in the state for football championships. The boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have a combined total 33 state championships. 24 for the boys and 9 for the girls. The boys’ and girls’ track teams also have more than 25 state championships between them. The Academics also have won state championships in baseball, swimming, ice hockey and tennis.
  In 1999, a grant was provided by the Connecticut Association of Schools to construct a fieldhouse for sports.  Construction was finished in 2002, and it was named the New Haven Athletic Center, later to become the Floyd Little Athletic Center in 2011. The 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m²) Athletic Center houses events for basketball, indoor track, and tennis. It has a capacity of 3,500 seats.
  In 2016, the school inaugurated its brand new Bowen field (football field) after the discovery of elevated levels of toxic PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) in bleacher caulking joints and exterior locker room paint in 2013 
  The school's official colors are blue and white and the mascot is a bulldog due to the school's early close association with Yale University. The school competes in the Hammonasset Division of the Southern Connecticut Conference and the sports offered are:
caption: Floyd Little Athletic Center after a high school basketball game
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