Lakes High School

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Lakes High School
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Location
Lakes High School
10320 Farwest Dr. SW
Lakewood, Washington 98498
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Once a Lancer Always a Lancer!"
Established1962
School district Clover Park School District
PrincipalRay Kurtz
Staff60.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,286 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.43 [1]
Color(s)Orange & Blue
  
AthleticsFootball, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Track, Wrestling, Water Polo, Bowling, Dance
Athletics conferenceWIAA
MascotLancers
Rival Clover Park High School
Information253-583-5550
Website Link

Lakes High School is located in Lakewood, Washington. It serves students from 9th grade to 12th grade. It is one of the two major high schools in the Clover Park School District.

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Daffodil Festival

Every year, Lakes participates in the Pierce County Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Lakes Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Lakes Band accompanies the float through various towns and 4 stops throughout areas such as Tacoma in Western Washington. The Lakes Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps also attends as well, showing up in a similar way in Uniform.

Football

The Lakes football team has had several championship-level seasons. The team won the state championship in 1997, was a state champion runner-up in 2000, placed third in 3A WIAA State playoffs in 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2015. The Lancers also produced a regular season winning streak of 45 games during 1999-2003, before losing to Clover Park High School. The football team won the league championship in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

NFL football player Zach Banner attended Lakes High School, where he was a two-time football All-American offensive lineman on the Lancers football team. [2] [3] As a junior in 2010, he made USA Today All-USA first team. [4] His 2011 honors as a senior included USA Today All-USA first team, Super Prep All-American, and Sports Illustrated All-American first team. [4] Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was ranked as the No. 2 offensive tackle in his class. [5] Banner also played center in basketball for Lakes High School, averaging 18.6 points and 17.3 rebounds, while guiding Lakes to the 2011 Washington State Class 3A championship in his junior year. [6] [4] [7] In addition, he was the Lakes class president. [4] [8]

Choral Programs

Lakes' choral program was organized in the fall of 1962 by Edward R. Harmic.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

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Zach Banner

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lakes High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "USC's Zach Banner moves to left tackle against Utah". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Newberry, Ron (November 18, 2011). "Talented Lakes Lancers fall short again". The Seattle Times.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Zach Banner - Men's Basketball". USC Athletics.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Football Recruiting Rankings," Yahoo.
  6. ↑ Doug Pacey (31 January 2012). "Lakes' Zach Banner chooses USC". Longview Daily News.
  7. ↑ "Zach Banner". www.steelers.com.
  8. ↑ Keefer, Zak (May 13, 2017). "Mammoth rookie has big personality, bigger challenge ahead of him". The Indianapolis Star.
  9. ↑ Condotta, Bob (2007-11-09). "UW Football: Numbers prove Russo caught on". Seattle Times . Retrieved 2010-10-25.

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