TL Hanna High School, Anderson, SC

TL Hanna High School Yellow Jackets

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      TL Hanna is located several miles from my house and it is where my father went to high school.  Growing up I went to TL Hanna football games over at what is now Westside High Schools football stadium, formally known as District 5 Stadium.  After a student died a little over 10 years ago, her family donated money for TL Hanna to build a new football stadium at the new campus.  It's a gorgeous stadium and in my high school years it was always fun to go to games because Rafael Little was the RB (eventually signed w/ Kentucky, then was with the Tennessee Titans for a while and is now playing in the CFL).  TL Hanna is also home of 'Radio', the lovable guy who still roams the hallways and leads the team out onto the field before every game.  I will go into some more detail about him later.  Enjoy!

Home stands

     The home stands are unique because the bottom half that is built into the hill are cement with metal seats, and the top half are completely metal bleachers.  You can walk up from the bottom or in through the middle entrances.  There is a press box as you can see, and on top of the press box there are spaces for coaches to stand and watch the game.  It spans the entire length of the field.

View from teachers parking lot

Visitors stands

     The visitors stands don't exactly span the length of the field but come close to doing so.  The can either be accessed from the bottom of the bleachers or the middle which is something I think is really nice at any football stadium.  Other than that, they are just your standard metal bleachers.  There are areas behind both the home and visitors stands for students to hang out which is nice.

Scoreboard

     This is a standard high school scoreboard with everything you need when watching the game.  There are game clock boards in both end zones which is a nice touch as well.

Close-up of the ticket gates

Wide shot of the ticket gates

Statue of James 'Radio' Kennedy 

     Radio was a young man when he started hanging around football practice back in the '60s.  He was allowed to ride on the bus to away games, and attended all practices.  He has been going to school at TL Hanna since then and has become a fixture at the school.  There was a movie made about Radio in 2004 and it starred Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Harris.  He got the name Radio from the transistor radio he would carry around with him wherever he went.

Front of the high school

     I hope you enjoy one of my hometown high schools and the school that I rooted for growing up.  It is a great place to watch a football game and even going to one home game just to see radio is a show in itself.