Lampasas High School or LHS is a

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located in the city of

Lampasas, Texas Lampasas ( ) is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 7,291 at the 2020 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County. Lampasas is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area. History ...

, United States and classified as a 4A school by the

University Interscholastic League The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organi ...

(UIL). It is a part of the

Lampasas Independent School District Lampasas Independent School District is a public school district based in Lampasas, Texas (USA) that serves about 3,350 students. In addition to Lampasas, the district also serves the city of Kempner and part of the Bend community. Located mos ...

located in south central Lampasas County. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Fine Arts

Lampasas High School has found great success in their Fine Arts Department. Students can participate in UIL (One-Act Play), Band, Art, and Dance. In 2013, the Lampasas Speech and Debate Team received the award of top Speech Team in the state, conference AAA. The members earning points towards the championship were Emily Kleinburg, earning 9 points through her 3rd-place finish in Lincoln Douglas Debate as well as 8 points through her fourth-place finish in Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking. Also with Brenden Dimmig, and his second-place finish in Informative Extemporaneous Speaking earning 12 points. Finally, the team of Brenden Dimmig and Tiffani Walthrop, with their second-place finish in the Cross examination debate tournament earning 16 points.

Athletics

The Lampasas Badgers compete in these sports - *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* Cross Country *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

State titles

*Girls Golf - **1951(1A), 1952(1A) *Boys Track - UIL Boys Track Archives
**1976(3A)

State Finalist

*Girls Golf **2011(3A) *Tennis **2011(3A)

Notable alumni

*Johnny

Lam Jones John Wesley "Lam" Jones (April 4, 1958 – March 15, 2019) was an American sprinter and professional football player. He won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was also a wide receiver in ...

- Olympic Gold Medalist sprinter and former University of Texas star and the number two overall selection in the NFL Draft was a 1976 graduate of Lampasas. *

Keith Null Keith Aaron Null (born September 24, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at West Texas A&M. Null was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars and ...

- Former

St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The arri ...

Quarterback was a 2003 graduate of Lampasas High School. *

Al Witcher Thomas Albert Witcher (born September 28, 1936) is a former American football linebacker who played one season with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the thirteenth round of the 1 ...

- African American; football player

References

External links

Lampasas ISDLHS Theatre
{{authority control Schools in Lampasas County, Texas Public high schools in Texas