Lawton High School
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601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard , 73505 United States | |
Coordinates | 34°37′02″N 98°24′13″W / 34.617144°N 98.403671°W |
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Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
Established | 1901 |
School district | Lawton Public Schools |
Faculty | 109.74 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,512 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.78[1] |
Color(s) | Black Scarlet White |
Athletics conference | 6A Division 2 (Football) 6A (All other athletics) |
Nickname | Wolverines |
Rivals | Eisenhower High School & MacArthur High School |
Newspaper | The Tatler |
Yearbook | The Lore |
Website | www |
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.
Athletics championships
- 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
- John Bateman – various Major League Baseball clubs
- Randy Bass – various Major League Baseball clubs and Hanshin Tigers of Japanese Baseball
- Don Blanding - American poet, graduated in 1912[2]
- John Paul Brammer – advice columnist / writer
- Dewell Brewer – NFL player
- C. J. Cherryh – Award-winning science fiction novelist
- Ginny Creveling – activist and charity organizer
- Darryl Gardner – NFL Miami Dolphins
- Weldon Gentry – American football player / coach
- Eddie Hinton – Baltimore Colts
- Stacey King – Chicago Bulls
- Mike Minter – Carolina Panthers (player) / Campbell University (head coach)
- Rico Noel – Professional baseball player
- Antonio Perkins – Americal college football player
- Will Shields – Kansas City Chiefs
- Ray Gene Smith – NFL player
- Kelly Stinnett – various Major League Baseball clubs
- Tony Sumpter – American football player
- James Trapp – NFL Player (Baltimore Ravens, Oakland Raiders)
- Hank Walbrick – American football coach
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Lawton HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ Hays Marable, Mary; Boylan, Elaine (1939). A Handbook of Oklahoma Writers. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 48.
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