The original Broadway School was a small, one-room building that opened in the mid-1870s and was taught by C. E. Barglebaugh, just eighteen years old. Four rooms were added over the years, but it burned down in 1907. A brick building with a library, office, auditorium, and six rooms replaced it. A high school was built adjacent to that building in 1920, and grade school and high school were divided. A new facility built west of the town in the 1950s was used as a high school until completion of the current building at its current location in January 1998, upon which time it became J. Frank Hillyard Middle School, named for its former principal. The SCA buried a time capsule in 1992 that will be opened in 2032.[2]
Athletics
Track and field (indoor–outdoor)
Brett Olinger was the two-time state champion in the 300 meter hurdles (2005-2006).
Cross country
Coached by Darrell Zook
Tennis
The Broadway Boys' Tennis Team was undefeated, and thus the champions, of the 9-school Valley District in 2007.
Number 1 seeded Martin Donaire was Broadway's first ever Massanutten District Tennis Champion in Singles and Doubles in 2008.
Coached by Derrick Trumbo
Boys Basketball
Varsity Head Coach: Dwight Walton
2007-08 - Varsity reached the Region 3 semifinal game for the first time in school history.
2007-08 - Junior Varsity finished with an 18–3 record.
2009-10 Region 3 champions.
Girls Basketball
Varsity Head Coach: Jeremy Fulk (2021-present)
Between the years of 2013-2017 the girls basketball team went to 3 of the 4 state championship games. In 2013/2014 falling to district rival Spotswood, in 2015/2015 falling to district rival Turner Ashby in the title games.
In the 2016/2017 season led by a group of 6 seniors the Broadway Girls basketball team won the first ever group sport state title beating Magna Vista in the title game.
The 2016/2017 team also won the district and conference titles going undefeated in district and conference play. Beating the reigning state championship team by 30 points (50-20) in the conference title game.
Football
Varsity Head Coach: Danny Grogg
2007 Massanutten District Champions.
Had five players sign LOIs to play football in college after the 2007 season.
Brett Olinger carried the ball over a thousand yards in his high school career.
Abel Uribe holds the school record with a 46-yard field goal.
The junior varsity football team finished the 2008 season undefeated
In 2011 Broadway went undefeated in the regular season and won both the Valley District and Region 3 Championships. The 2011 team finished with the best record in school history: 12–1.
In 2014 Broadway won the Valley District championship and finished the season with a 9–3 record.
2021: Co-Valley District Champions. Advanced to the Region 3C Semifinals.
Volleyball
Golf
Addison Ritchie was a golf superstar 2013-2017
Wrestling
Coached by Nate Bradley
Swimming
Coached by Ashlee Sites and Matt Fulk
Founded in 2004, Broadway swimming has continued to improve throughout the years. In 2008, the entire team qualified for Regional Three Meet, and five Broadway swimmers; Andrew Bahr, Justin Chambers, Ashleigh Ray, Zachary Ritchie, and Sam Roderick, attended VHSL AA State Championships at George Mason University, competing in five events. In 2009, the team size doubled and Broadway swimming became more competitive. Also in 2009- Andrew Bahr, Justin Chambers, Sydney Collins, Hunter Good, and Sam Roderick attended VHSL AA State Championships at University of Virginia. In 2015, the team of Daniel Beyeler, Paul Armentrout, Joseph Whitmire, Jesse Pierce, Nate Snider, And Zach Hiter competed in the AAA State meet at Christiansburg Aquatic Center.
Softball
Varsity Head Coach: Becky Cantrell
Baseball
Varsity Head Coach: Tim Turner
Girls Soccer- Team coached by Randy Black went on to win the District Championship in 2013/2014. Team was then coached by Bobby Mongold from 2015/2016-2018/2019. The 2016 team went on to play in the district, conference, and regional title games. Followed by the first ever trip to the state soccer tournament, losing in the semi-finals by a score of 1–0. The 2017 team went on to play in the district, and conference championship games before falling in regionals.
Broadway has had 2 district player of the years since 2010. One coming in 2016 and the other following in 2017.
Band department
The band department is currently headed by Cameron Flake, and consists of Concert Band for the younger musicians, Wind Ensemble for mostly upperclassmen, and the Jazz band year round. Marching band begins in late summer and generally ends with a Christmas parade. For those who aren't in the cast or crew of the spring musical, there is pit orchestra. Broadway Band Department earned the status of Virginia Honor Band in both 2007 and 2010 as well as the Music Department earning the honor of Blue Ribbon School in 2010. The Fighting Gobbler Regiment is a proud blue ribbon school, winning local and state competitions yearly.
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2010: Dreams and Nightmares, an original composition by Ben Frenchak - Superior Rating at VBODA and First Place in Class A at Parade of Champions, hosted by James Madison University
2013: Transcendent Journey - Superior Rating at VBODA
1989: No Mother to Guide Her: or More to Be Pitied than Censured
Fall one-act plays
Mr. Reger directed them until he left, then Ms. Dickerson and Mrs. Tate ran them, and Andrea Bentley, Andrea Sisk, took over for a year, but now Mr. Reger has returned. In 2013, Mrs. Johnson started directing. Claire Covington is the current director.
The Broadway Academic team of '06-'07 had twenty-six members: one freshman, six sophomores, one junior, and eighteen seniors. Their A team beat all schools at least once save for Lee and Rockbridge.
Broadway High School is also a participant in Massanutten Regional Governor's School for Integrated Science and Technology, alongside all the other schools in the district.[4]
Technology Student Association - 2008-09 - 1st Place in State & 3rd Place in National TSA Conference, Radio Controlled Transportation - Daniel Rittenhouse & Jeremy Evans & 2009-10 - 1st Place in State TSA Conference, Radio Controlled Transportation - Daniel Rittenhouse & Jeremy Evans
