Southwood Junior-Senior High School is a junior/senior high school in Wabash

Wabash, Indiana

Wabash is a city in Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana, United States. The population was 10,666 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Wabash County....

, Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

 with more than 600 students in grades 7-12.

The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is "Southwood Knights".

Southwood beat South Putnam 17-14 to win the class A state championship in football in 2002.

The Southwood Knights were the class 2A (sectional 39) Indiana sectional champions in 2010. In the regional tournament opening round, they went on to play the Bishop Luers Knights

Bishop Luers High School

Bishop Luers High School is a Catholic high school located on the south side of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Bishop Luers is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The school was founded in 1958 by the Franciscan Fathers of the Saint John the Baptist Province in...

 team, two-time defending state champions and led by the famed Deshaun Thomas

Deshaun Thomas

Deshaun Thomas graduated high school as a highly-regarded five-star player who verbally committed to play basketball in college for the Ohio State University Buckeyes when he was still a high school freshman. Thomas was also recruited by in-state powers Indiana University and Purdue University...

. Southwood came away with a huge upset winning 70-68.

External links

• Southwood Junior-Senior High School