Lake Forest High School is a small Division II Henlopen Conference School in Felton, Delaware. The school also services the towns Harrington and Frederica. As of 2007 Lake Forest has about 1,013 students enrolled in the high school.
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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 1980s when they won several conference championships. They also won the Division II state title in 1995. Lately the football program has not 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 2008, starting only 4 seniors and 6 juniors, the very young spartan team improved to 3-7 and lost to Milford 48-14. Milford later made it to the state championship game. The Lake Forest Football team finished the 2009 season 7-3,in the annual Battle of the Bell the Spartans defeated rival Milford 26-0. Head coach Freddie Johnson was named the Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year for the 2009 football season.
In 2006 Lake Forest High School had to temporarily shut down their varsity football team due to allegations of use of painkillers. Lake Forest forfeited all of their games for that season.
Lake Forest now has a solid wrestling program due to the hard work of Head Coach Josh McDuff. Although he has not yet bred a wrestling state champion, his work in the program has the Lake Forest wrestling team building, with a team of over 30 wrestlers.
The Lake Forest Softball team has improved over previous years and were 12-6 in the 2011 season. They are hoping to create a winning tradition for many years to come. The Softball team is coached by Ryan Pickett and is assisted by Sandi Begor and Stephanie Scott. The Softball team won a state championship under the guidance of coach Al Wood in 1979.
Lake Forest also has a successful cross country team with a record of 9 wins and 0 losses in the 2007 fall season. Though their top runners are graduating in 2008, the girls team has a strong freshman base. In 2009 the girls cross country team claimed a division title.
Lake Forest has a track tradition that dates back to the 1980s and 1990s when they won several division, conference, and state championships. Lake Forest is led by Head Coach Freddie Johnson, his work in the program has the Lake Forest Track team in contention for division, conference and state championships every year.