Lake Forest High School (Delaware)

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Lake Forest High School is a small Division II Henlopen Conference School. This school has the population of three towns, Harrington, Felton, and Frederica. As of 2007 Lake Forest has about 1,013 students enrolled in the high school.

Athletics Lake Forest High School participates in athletics in the Henlopen Conference and is one of the smaller high schools based on enrollment, thereby competing in the Henlopen South.

Lake Forest has a football tradition that dates back to the 1980's when they won several conference championships. They also won the Division II state title in 1995. Lately the football program hasn't managed to live up to its tradition, but is hoping to turn around under the Head coach Freddie Johnson and his coaching staff. Lake Forest High School has a long standing football rivalry with division rival Milford High School, the yearly Battle of the Bell, which began in 1969. Lake Forest leads the all-time series, just 20 to 19, however Milford has won 4 of the last 5, including a forfeit in 2006 and a 41-0 blowout on November 9, 2007 in the season finale.

In 2006 Lake Forest High School had to temporarily shut down their varsity football team due to allegations of steroid use.
Lake Forest now has a solid wrestling program due to the hard work of Head Coach Josh McDuff. Although he hasn't yet bred a wrestling state champion, his work in the program has Lake Forest wrestling team building, with a team of over 30 wrestlers.

Lake Forest also has a successful cross country team with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses in the 2007 fall season. Though their top runners are graduating in 2008, the girls team has a strong freshman base.