Tantasqua Regional High School

OverviewTantasqua Regional High School is located in the village of Fiskdale, Massachusetts, United States (town of Sturbridge). It serves the towns of Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Sturbridge, and Wales. The school is divided into an Academic Division, and a Technical Division, which offers vocational training in Carpentry, Computer Aided Design/Drafting, Computer Technology, Culinary Arts, Electrical, Health Sciences and Manufacturing. Currently there are approximately 1300 students enrolled in the school in both divisions. The school colors are green and gold and the school song is "Hail, Tantasqua", set to the music of "Men of Harlech."HistoryTantasqua Regional High School was founded in 1952. A new high school was completed in 2002. The school derives its name from Tantiusques ("tan-tas-qua"), a Nipmuck word meaning "to a black deposit between two hills."AthleticsTantasqua has varsity teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, tennis, and volleyball.In 2007, the boys' basketball team captured the MIAA Division II State Championship. The following season they made it to the MIAA D-2 State Finals again, only to lose in a rematch with Catholic Memorial.The varsity football team won the state championship, going undefeated (13-0) in 2008. The varsity football team won only six games in 2007.