Lawton High School (LHS) was the first high school built in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. It is a part of Lawton Public Schools.
Lawton High is located at 601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard. 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.
On-post residents of Fort Sill are zoned to this high school.
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Athletics championships
Oklahoma 6A
Football: 2014 runner-up, 2016 runner-up
Oklahoma 5A
Football: 1987
Wrestling: 1989, 1992, 1993
Wrestling: National Champions 1993
Oklahoma 4A
Football: 1970
Boys' track: 1974, 1976
110 hurdles state meet record: 1980
Oklahoma 2A
Baseball: 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965
Boys' basketball: 1962
Football: 1962, 1963
Boys' track: 1960, 1961, 1962
Oklahoma A
Boys' tennis
Singles: 1966
Girls' tennis: 1958, 1959, 1962
Doubles: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
Singles: 1959, 1962
Oklahoma Class 1
Girls' basketball: 1928
Girls' golf: 1939
Notable alumni
Randy Bass – MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball player
John Bateman – Major League Baseball (MLB) player
Don Blanding – poet
John Paul Brammer – advice columnist / writer
Dewell Brewer – NFL running-back for the Carolina Panthers
C. J. Cherryh – Award-winning science fiction novelist
Ginny Creveling – activist and charity organizer
Weldon Gentry – NFL player and coach
Eddie Hinton – NFL player
Stacey King – National Basketball Association (NBA) player
Paul Littlechief – Las Vegas performer
Mike Minter – NFL player and football coach
Rico Noel – MLB player
Antonio Perkins – NFL player
Will Shields – NFL player
Ray Gene Smith – NFL player
Kelly Stinnett – MLB player
Tony Sumpter – NFL player
James Trapp – NFL player
Hank Walbrick – college football coach