Lawrence High School (Maine)
Encyclopedia
Lawrence High School is a four-year public high school located in Fairfield, Maine
, United States
. It is a part of the Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 49
and is the district's only public high school. Lawrence serves students from the four towns of Albion
, Benton
, Clinton, and Fairfield
. . Lawrence offers dual enrollment credits through the local colleges Colby and KVCC. Students can also earn college credits through a variety of AP classes.
, soccer, cross country
, Marching Band
, indoor track, basketball
, outdoor track
, softball
, field hockey
, cheerleading
, hockey
, golf
, bowling
, swimming
, wrestling
and baseball
. Lawrence sports teams are part of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference
(KVAC). Lawrence competes in class A which comprises the largest high schools in the state.
Lawrence High School has a long tradition of excellence in athletics. They won their first Football State Championship in 1973 followed by championship victories in 1983, 1984, and 2006. Lawrence also appeared in the State Championship in 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2007.
The Boy's Outdoor Track team won State Championships in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, and 1982. The Boy's Indoor Track team won State Championships in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982. The Boy's Soccer team won a State Championship in 2002. The Boy's Cross Country team won a state Championship in 1995. The Girls Basketball Team won State Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. The Boy's Basketball team won State Championships in 1990 and 1994, and were runners-up in 1974, 1976, 1986, 1989 and 1999.
Fairfield, Maine
Fairfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,735 at the 2010 census. The town includes Fairfield Center, Fairfield village and Hinckley...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a part of the Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 49
Maine School Administrative District 49
Maine School Administrative District 49 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield....
and is the district's only public high school. Lawrence serves students from the four towns of Albion
Albion, Maine
Albion is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
, Benton
Benton, Maine
Benton is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census. The town was named for Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton.-Geography:...
, Clinton, and Fairfield
Fairfield, Maine
Fairfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,735 at the 2010 census. The town includes Fairfield Center, Fairfield village and Hinckley...
. . Lawrence offers dual enrollment credits through the local colleges Colby and KVCC. Students can also earn college credits through a variety of AP classes.
Sports
Lawrence High School offers several sports both in varsity and junior varsity. These sports include American footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, soccer, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Marching Band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
, indoor track, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, outdoor track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. Lawrence sports teams are part of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference
Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference
The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference is a high school athletic organization, featuring schools from the towns that surround the Kennebec River in the state of Maine...
(KVAC). Lawrence competes in class A which comprises the largest high schools in the state.
Lawrence High School has a long tradition of excellence in athletics. They won their first Football State Championship in 1973 followed by championship victories in 1983, 1984, and 2006. Lawrence also appeared in the State Championship in 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2007.
The Boy's Outdoor Track team won State Championships in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, and 1982. The Boy's Indoor Track team won State Championships in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982. The Boy's Soccer team won a State Championship in 2002. The Boy's Cross Country team won a state Championship in 1995. The Girls Basketball Team won State Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. The Boy's Basketball team won State Championships in 1990 and 1994, and were runners-up in 1974, 1976, 1986, 1989 and 1999.
Notable alumni
- Bruce BickfordBruce Bickford (athlete)Bruce Emery Bickford is a retired long-distance runner from the United States. He claimed the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the Men's 10,000 metres, and represented his native country in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the 10,000 metres in 1985 in Stockholm,...
, former U.S. Olympic 10,000 meter runner. - Cindy BlodgettCindy BlodgettCindy Lee Blodgett is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was also the head coach at University of Maine, located in Orono, Maine from 2007 to 2011. Cindy attended Lawrence High School in Fairfield, where she was an all-star basketball player. She led the Bulldogs to a...
, former WNBA player, and former University of MaineUniversity of MaineThe University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
women's basketball coach. - Dan GwadoskyDan GwadoskyDan A. Gwadosky was a Maine politician. A Democrat, Gwadosky was first elected to the served Maine House of Representatives in 1978 at the age of 23 and served there for 18 years as well as 8 years as Secretary of State of Maine from 1997-2005. Beginning in 2005, Gwadosky was appointed Director of...
, Maine politician and former President of Lawrence High alumni association