Vintage Clinton Wildcats Shirt Indiana High School Screen Stars 80s

An 1980s Clinton Wildcats high school tee in black with golden felt spell-out lettering, single-stitch construction on a Screen Stars Best blank, Made in USA. Small-town Indiana school spirit on a proper vintage blank.

Clinton, Indiana is a small town in Vermillion County — about 20 miles north of Terre Haute — and the Wildcats have been the local high school identity for generations. A shirt like this would have come from the school bookstore, a booster club fundraiser, or a local print shop that served every team, church group, and civic organization in the county. The felt lettering is a detail worth noting — it’s a heat-applied material that was standard for school spirit wear in the 80s before full-color screen printing became cheaper and more accessible.

Screen Stars Best was the premium tier of the Screen Stars blank line, and it was the go-to for regional screen printers throughout the 1980s. The cotton-poly blend, single-stitch hems, and Made in USA tag place this squarely in the decade. Screen Stars blanks from this era are collected on their own merits now — vintage tee collectors know the tag, and a clean one with an intact graphic commands attention.

Indiana high school pride runs deep, and pieces like this are the fabric of it. Local history, printed on American cotton, worn by someone who cared about their team.