Lincoln-West High School

Lincoln-West High School
Location
3202 West 30th Street Cleveland , Ohio 44109 USA
Coordinates	41°28′0″N81°42′9″W / 41.46667°N 81.70250°W / 41.46667; -81.70250
Information
Type	Public, coeducational high school
School district	Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Principal	Christopher Thompson [1]
Grades	9–12
Colors	Red, White, Blue [2]
Athletics conference	Senate Athletic League [2]
Team name	Wolverines
Accreditation	Ohio Department of Education
Website	clevelandmetroschools.org/lincolnwest

Lincoln-West High School (L-W) is a high school in Cleveland, Ohio's Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school's name reflects the merger between Cleveland's Lincoln High School and West High School. The current school building was built in 1970.

Lincoln-West has a large multicultural and multilingual population including over 41 nationalities and 25 languages. First generation Americans and immigrants represented at the academy include: Puerto Rican, Russian, Ukrainian, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese, Albanian, Nepali, Arab, Urdu, Vietnamese, Laotian/Thai, African, Polish and Croatian.

Originally, the school district was divided into the East and West Senate Conferences with L-W sports teams playing in the West. In the late 1970s, the CMSD reorganized the conferences into the North and South Senate Conferences with L-W in the North Senate.

The Lincoln-West mascot and nickname is the Wolverines and the school colors are red, white and blue.

State championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Lincoln High School

• Baseball: 1946 ^[3]

West High School

• Wrestling: 1947, 1950, 1951 ^[3]
• Boys cross country: 1950 ^[3]

Notable alumni

• Dartanyon Crockett, bronze-medal winner in men's judo at the London 2012 Paralympics and Rio 2016 United States paralympian, class of 2009 ^[4]
• Dave Ford, professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, class of 1975

Lincoln High School

• Walt Yowarsky, professional football player, coach, and scout in the National Football League, class of 1946
• Carl Gerstacker, Army Captain and Chairman of the Board, Dow Chemical Company 1960-1976, class of 1934 ^[5]

West High School

• Linda A. Eastman, chief librarian of the Cleveland Public Library, class of 1885 ^[6]
• Alwin C. Ernst, co-founder of the accounting firm of Ernst & Ernst, class of 1899 ^[7]
• Albert Bushnell Hart, American historian, class of 1870 ^[8]
• Isaac C. Kidd, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, class of 1902 ^[9]
• James Ford Rhodes, American historian, class of 1865 ^[9]
• James A. Frost, University President ^[9]

Notes and references

1. "Lincoln-West High School website" . Retrieved April 24, 2015.
2. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
3. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site".
4. George M. Thomas (July 5, 2013). "ESPN's story continues to reveal layers in lives of Leroy Sutton, Dartanyon Crockett and Lisa Fenn". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
5. "Person record". pastperfectonline.com. Midland Center for the Arts. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
6. "Eastman, Linda Anne". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
7. Fisher, Deanna Bremer. "Alwin C. Ernst House". Cleveland Historical. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
8. "Hart, Albert Bushnell". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
9. "West High School". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Lincoln-West High School yearbooks available on Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery, various years 1975 through 2007