Lindsay High School (Texas)
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Lindsay High School is a public high school located in Lindsay, Texas
Lindsay, Cooke County, Texas
Lindsay is a town in Cooke County, Texas, United States, along U.S. Route 82. The population was 788 at the 2000 census.-History:In 1887 the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad constructed a line from Gainesville to Henrietta that passed through the site that would become Lindsay. The story of its...

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LHS is the only high school in the Lindsay Independent School District
Lindsay Independent School District
Lindsay Independent School District is a public school district based in Lindsay, Texas .Lindsay ISD has a strong record of academic success as evidenced by the Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system...

. It is a combined junior high and high school, and serves all students in the district in grades 7-12.

Athletic State Championships

  • 2005 Boys Track
  • 2007 Girls Basketball
  • 2007 Girls Track
  • 2007 Girls Cross Country
  • 2010 Boys Track

Football

Lindsay has always had a respected football team. In 2009 they were Regional Champions with a record of 12-2. Lindsay had a good shot at advancing to State until four two way starters and 2 others became injured, which was too much for the Knights to overcome against Albany in the State Quarter Finals.

UIL Academic State Championships

  • Overall UIL Academic Champion – 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
    • The 1998 and 1999 championships were in Class AA; all others were in Class A. The 14 overall academic titles is the most of any high school in Texas in any classification.
    • Lindsay is the only school to score more than 200 points at the UIL State Academic Meet; it has done so three times (274 points in 2005, 263 points in 2007, and 280 points in 2009). It has also held the last three records for most overall points at the state meet by any school (187 points in 2001, 274 in 2005, 280 in 2009). The 280 points in 2009 equaled the combined total of the next five highest placing schools in Class A, and the margin between first place Lindsay and the second place Class A finisher was 204 points, a larger point total than the winning scores of any of the other conference winners.
  • Calculator Applications
    Calculator Applications (UIL)
    Calculator Applications is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. It is also a competition held by the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association, using the same rules as the UIL....

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    • Individual – 2008, 2009
    • Team – 2009
  • Computer Applications
    Computer Applications (UIL)
    Computer Applications is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.Computer Applications is designed to test students' abilities to use word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications software, including integration of applications...

     – 1999 (this is an individual event only)
  • Current Issues and Events
    Current Issues and Events
    Current Issues and Events is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League...

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    • Individual – 2001, 2002
    • Team – 1992, 1994, 1995 (co-champion), 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Journalism Events (all events are individual events only; however, beginning in 2004 UIL began to recognize the school with the best overall performance in all Journalism events):
    • Editorial Writing – 2001, 2007
    • Headline Writing – 1987, 2002
    • News Writing – 1992, 1999
    • Overall Team Award – 2007
  • Literary Criticism
    Literary Criticism (UIL)
    Literary Criticism is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. The contest began with the 1986-87 school year.Literary Criticism is designed to test students' knowledge of literary history and of critical...

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    • Individual – 1996, 2000, 2005
    • Team – 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003
  • Mathematics
    Mathematics (UIL)
    Mathematics is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League...

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    • Individual – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
    • Team – 1994, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Number Sense
    Number Sense (UIL)
    Number Sense is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. It is also a competition held by the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association, using the same rules as the UIL...

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    • Individual – 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
    • Team – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • One Act Play – 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 (this is a team event only)
  • Ready Writing – 1968, 1996
  • Science
    Science (UIL test)
    Science is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. It is also a competition held by the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association, using the same rules as the UIL....

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    • Individual (overall) – 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994
    • Individual (biology) – 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994
    • Individual (chemistry) – 1987, 1994, 1995, 2009
    • Individual (physics) – 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994
    • Team – 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2009
  • Shorthand – 1978, 1980, 1981 (now discontinued, was an individual event only)
  • Social Studies:
    • Individual – 2010
    • Team – 2005
  • Speech Events (all events are individual events except for Cross-Examination Debate; however, beginning in 2004 UIL began to recognize the school with the best overall performance in all Speech events):
    • Cross-Examination Team Debate – 1994, 1996, 1999
    • Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 1992, 2007
    • Extemporaneous Informative Speaking – 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
    • Persuasive Speaking – 1974 (boys)
    • Poetry Interpretation – 2007
    • Prose Interpretation – 2004, 2007
    • Overall Team Award – 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Spelling and Vocabulary:
    • Individual – 1980, 1992, 2005
    • Team – 1992, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
    • Prior to the 1992-1993 school year the event was known as Spelling and Plain Writing.
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