In 2004, the old Sumter High School and Americus High School merged and formed the current Americus-Sumter High School. Blount said it would be wrong to just drop Americus from the school name.

Trinity Jones scored 11 of her game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter and Jelissa Reese played steady throughout and scored 19 points to lead Americus-Sumter to a 66-52 victory at the Macon ...

The roughly 50-million dollar school will replace Americus-Sumter High School. The new school will also include a college and career academy that will help the students develop workforce skills.