Lovington High School

Lovington High School is the public senior high school of Lovington, New Mexico. Its colors are Royal Blue and White and their mascot is a Wildcat.[2]

Lovington High School
Address
701 West Avenue K

,
88260

Information
TypePublic high school
Staff33.92 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment647 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.07[1]
CampusRural
Color(s)Royal Blue & White
   
Athletics conferenceNMAA - 5A District 4
MascotWildcat

Athletics

Lovington's athletic teams have had some success throughout the school's history, winning 64 NMAA state championships in various sports. Most notably the football team has achieved greatest success winning 18 state championships, 2nd most in New Mexico, while finishing state runner-up six times (1972, 1989, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2008).

Football

  • State Champions - 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011

Boys Basketball

  • State Champions - 1949, 1983

Boys Track

  • State Champions - 1966, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Boys Golf

  • State Champions - 1984, 1992, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2011

Baseball

  • State Champions - 1963, 1973, 2006

Girls Basketball

  • State Champions - 2011, 2012

Girls Track

  • State Champions - 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2001

Girls Golf

  • State Champions - 1989

Softball

  • State Champions - 2001, 2002

Cheer

  • State Champions - 2018, 2019

(Lovington also won 8 state championships (4 Boys and 4 Girls) in gymnastics during the 1960s. Gymnastics is no longer a NMAA sponsored sport. This gives the Wildcats 72 state championships in school history.)

Notable alumni

References

  1. "LOVINGTON HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2011-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Boeck, Greg (2007-01-28). "Bear country in New Mexico: Urlacher's roots run deep in home town". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

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