Lovington High School

Lovington High School
Lovington High School
Address
	701 West Avenue K; Lovington, New Mexico 88260; United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Staff	33.92 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	647 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.07[1]
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Royal Blue & White ;
Athletics conference	NMAA - 5A District 4
Mascot	Wildcat

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]

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

Shirley Hooper, New Mexico Secretary of State
Brian Urlacher, 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and former All-Pro linebacker for Chicago Bears. Urlacher led the Wildcats to the 1995 AAA Football State championship. 2018 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and All-American linebacker for New Mexico Lobos football team.[3]
Casey Urlacher, Arena Football League player
Ronnie Black, PGA Golf player

References

"LOVINGTON HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2011-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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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[NCES-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.