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Athletics

        Athletics - a very important part of the community, not just to Hartford schools.  Did you know that Hartford sported a professional baseball team at one time?   A winning State Football team?  A State Basketball team?  State wrestling champion?  A State Baseball Team?  Well, it did!  Let's take a look....


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if you have pictures of any Hartford High School State Championship for any sport or activity.  This is a work in progress.
 

 

2011 - Hartford Sports Schedule - click here to download. (After file downloads, click on lower right of picture to enlarge for better viewing.)

2010 - New concession stand dedication photos (click here for more photos) at the Summer Recreational Program field - ready for the summer season.  This ball field was the old Hartford High School football field until 1960 when the new high school was built.  The field is located at the end of Lincoln Street in Hartford and now used for all of the Hartford summer ball programs.   For schedules and special announcements, visit the Rec Council website at www.hartfordrec.t35.com.

Looking for photos of the old concession stand when it was green - email the webmaster if you have a photo.

2006 to present - Hartford High School Football schedules, articles, photos, game recaps, stats, history.  Click here for www.hartfordfootball.com created and maintained by Hartford's own, Jarrod Birmele HHS 2004.   Save this site to your favorites!

2003 to present - Hartford leaves Red Arrow Conference to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SAC) - South.  Click here to follow the Hartford Indians team schedule, stats, and up-to-date scores.   Save this site to your favorites!

1950 to 2002 - Hartford Indians Team and Conference Stats in the Little Eight and Red Arrow Conferences.  Remaining current Red Arrow Conference teams are still listed here.  Wonderful website for checking all historical game-by-game Michigan High School football and boys basketball teams. 


2004 Jamin Olds - Herald Palladium Male Athlete of the Year.  First time for Hartford!

1993 State Champion Football Team

1988 State Champion  Baseball Team

1968 State Champion Pole Vault - Jim Olds

1961 Hartford's 1st Full-Season Organized Track Team

1954 Hartford's 1st Little League Baseball Champions

1953 The Indians won the school's first regional crown and advanced all the way to the State semi-final and lost a heartbreaking 65 to 62 overtime contest on a couple of referees' decisions.

1951 HHS Football Team

1945 Cleo "Squirt" Van Woert II - One of Hartford's best Baseball Pitcher's

1935 HHS Football Team

1925 Red Sox Semi-Pro Baseball Team 

1925 HHS Baseball Team

1923-24 HHS Basketball Team

1912 HHS graduate, Martin Conrad - Hartford’s Pro Football Player

1909 or 1910 HHS Basketball Team

1906 HHS Basketball Team
 

 


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