Lawton High School (LHS) was the first high school built in Lawton, Oklahoma. Lawton High is located at 601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard in Lawton, Oklahoma. The school was originally housed in a building on 800 Southwest 'C' Avenue, which later came to be the Central Junior High building until the junior high was also moved to 1201 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard. The current Lawton High School was built in 1954.
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601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard , 73507 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°37′02″N 98°24′13″W / 34.617144°N 98.403671°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
| Established | 1901 |
| School district | Lawton Public Schools |
| Faculty | 111.75 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,417 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.68[1] |
| Color(s) | Black Scarlet White |
| Athletics conference | 6A Division 2 (Football) 6A (All other athletics) |
| Mascot | Wolverine |
| Rivals | Eisenhower High School & MacArthur High School |
| Newspaper | The Tatler |
| Yearbook | The Lore |
| Website | www |
Athletics championships
edit- Oklahoma 6A
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- Football: 2014 Runner Up, 2016 Runner Up
- Oklahoma 5A
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- Football: 1987
- Wrestling: 1989, 1992, 1993
- Wrestling: National Champions 1993
- Oklahoma 4A
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- Football: 1970
- Boys Track: 1974, 1976
- 110 Hurdles State Meet Record: 1980
- Oklahoma 2A
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- Baseball: 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965
- Boys Basketball: 1962
- Football: 1962, 1963
- Boys Track: 1960, 1961, 1962
- Oklahoma A
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- Boys Tennis
- Singles: 1966
- Girls Tennis: 1958, 1959, 1962
- Doubles: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
- Singles: 1959, 1962
- Boys Tennis
- Oklahoma Class 1
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- Girls Basketball: 1928
- Girls Golf: 1939
Notable alumni
edit- John Bateman – Major League Baseball (MLB) player
- Randy Bass – MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball player
- Don Blanding – American poet, graduated in 1912[2]
- John Paul Brammer – advice columnist / writer
- Dewell Brewer – National Football League (NFL) player[3]
- C. J. Cherryh – Award-winning science fiction novelist
- Ginny Creveling – activist and charity organizer
- Darryl Gardner – NFL player
- Weldon Gentry – NFL player and coach
- Eddie Hinton – NFL player
- Butch Huskey – MLB player[3]
- Stacey King – National Basketball Association (NBA) player
- Mike Minter – NFL player and football coach
- Rico Noel – MLB player
- Antonio Perkins – NFL player
- Will Shields – NFL player[3]
- Ray Gene Smith – NFL player
- Kelly Stinnett – MLB player[3]
- Tony Sumpter – NFL player
- James Trapp – NFL player[3]
- Hank Walbrick – College football coach
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c "Lawton HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Hays Marable, Mary; Boylan, Elaine (1939). A Handbook of Oklahoma Writers. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 48.
- ^ a b c d e Hersom, Bob (May 8, 2006). "Stinnett proud of pinstripes Ex-Lawton QB is backup for Yanks". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
External links
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