Although Alexandria High School (which became Alexandria-Monroe High School) participates in several sports through the IHSAA. Tiger Basketball teams have won 12 sectional championships (1931, 1932, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, and 1999). The Tigers have won 3 Regional Titles (1995, 1998, and 1999) and one State Title (1998). Alexandria-Monroe High School captured their first State Championship at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Under the direction of legendary coach Garth Cone, the Tigers beat Southwestern High School 57-43.
Baseball at Alexandria has seen its own success over the years. The Tiger program has won 6 Sectional titles (1974, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, and 2013), 2 Regional Titles (1981 and 1998). In 1998, Alexandria made school and state history as it defeated Evansville Mater Dei, 4-3, to capture its first IHSAA Class 2A state title at Victory Field in Indianapolis. The second-ranked Tigers, who finished 25-4 under coach Monte Sprague, won the school’s first state championship in baseball and also became the first school in state history to win a basketball and baseball championship in the same year. In 2019, Alexandria won its second 2A state championship in an amazing rally from behind at the bottom of the final inning!
Football at Alexandria High School had its beginning in 1897. They lost their first game to Summitville on Nov. 12, 1897 by a score of 36-4. Later on Thanksgiving Day they lost to Anderson 42-0. Alexandria’s first football victory was over Anderson, 12-11, on Oct. 5, 1901. Shortly after the turn of the century football was abandoned as a major sport at A.H.S., but it returned on Sept. 20, 1940.
The first Homecoming football game was held on Oct. 13, 1950, with the Lions Club as sponsor. The Tigers defeated Delphi, 13-7, to make the day a success. The homecoming festivities lasted Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and included such events as a tractor pull, band concert, parade, luncheon of the Downtown Coaches Club, pep rally, carnival, amateur hour, and religious services.
The Alexandria Tigers have had success in other sports over the years:
- Girls’ basketball (Sectional wins- 1989, 1996, 2000, and 2002- Regional win- 2000)
- Girls’ volleyball (Sectional win in 1977)
- Boys’ wrestling (Sectional win in 1983)
- Girls’ wrestling
- Boys’ tennis (Sectional wins- 1997, 1999, and 2002)
- Girls’ tennis (Sectional win in 2012)
- Girls’ track (Sectional win in 2002)
- Girls’ softball (Sectional wins- 1985, 1986, and 2008)
- Girls’ bowling
- Boys’ bowling
Other student athlete recognitions include:
- 1932 & 1933 Indiana state Shotput record holder Bob Blake
- 2002 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Jean Ann (Bowers) Walker
- Arthur L. Tester Mental Attitude Award Recipients (JD Closser 1997-1998 Baseball, Rusty Garner 1997-1998 Basketball, Luke Blanton 2012-2013 Wrestling)
- Ward E. Brown Mental Attitude Award Luke Blanton 2012-2013
- Jodi Howell, Indiana Miss Basketball 2005
In 2022, beloved and long-time Coach Garth Cone was also inducted in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach.
