Ledford High School is a

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Thomasville, North Carolina Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 27,183 at the 2020 census. The city was once notable for its furniture industry, as were its neighbors High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad comm ...

. It is part of the

Davidson County Schools Davidson County Schools is a School district in Davidson County, North Carolina. The administrative education board is headquartered just off of U.S. Highway 64 on County School Road just outside the city limits of Lexington, North Carolina. The ...

system and serves parts of Thomasville, Wallburg, High Point,

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

, and Kernersville areas.

Administration

*Principal: Matt Coloton *Assistant principals: Zsaquia Green, Warren Munger

Feeder schools

*Friendship Elementary *Hasty Elementary *Wallburg Elementary *Ledford Middle

Athletics

Ledford is a member of the 3A Mid Piedmont Conference. Ledford’s main rivals are North Davidson and Oak Grove. Sports Ledford offers: *

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* Cross country *

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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 ...

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

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State Championship Appearances

*1981 1A/2A Women's Volleyball State Champs *1981 1A/2A Women's Softball Slow Pitch State Champs *1983 1A/2A Women's Softball Slow Pitch State Runner-Ups *1984 Women's Volleyball State Champs *1991 2A Women's Softball Slow Pitch State Champs *1992 2A Men's Basketball State Runner-Up State Finals (1992 2A Men's Basketball - Team Academic State Champions) *1992 2A Men's Golf State Champs *1995 2A Women's Basketball State Champs; MVP Stacey Hinkle *1995 2A Women's Softball State Champs *1996 2A Women's Softball State Champs *1997 2A Women's Basketball State Champs; MVP Stacey Hinkle *1998 2A Women's Basketball State Runners-up *2000 2A Women's Basketball State Champs; MVP Lindsay Smith *2002 2A Women's Basketball State Champs; MVP Leslie Hinkle *2005 2A Men's Golf State Champs *2006 2A Men's Golf State Champs *2007 2A Men's Golf State Champs *2008 2A Men's Golf Runners-up *2011 3A Women's Golf State Champs *2012 3A Women's Golf State Champs *2013 3A Women's Golf State Champs *2018 2A Men's Baseball State Runners-up *2019 2A Men’s Tennis Doubles State Champs *2019 2A Women's Track 4 X 400m Relay State Champions *2021 2A Men’s Tennis Doubles State Champs *2021 2A Men’s 4 x 400m Relay State Champs ;Conference Cup Champs * 1990–91 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1991–92 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1993–94 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1994–95 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1995–96 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1996–97 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1998–99 2A Central Carolina Conference * 1999–00 2A Central Carolina Conference * 2002–03 2A Central Carolina Conference * 2006–07 2A Central Carolina Conference * 2011–12 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2012–13 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2013–14 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2014–15 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2015–16 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2016–17 3A Mid Piedmont Conference * 2017–18 2A Central Carolina Conference * 2018–19 2A Central Carolina Conference ;Cheerleading State Champs * 1996 2A State Champs * 2002 2A State Champs * 2003 2A State Champs * 2004 2A State Champs * 2005 2A State Champs * 2006 2A State Champs * 2007 2A State Champs * 2008 2A State Champs * 2010 3A State Champs ;Wachovia Cup *1985 2A Wachovia Cup Winners (Best overall sports programs in 2A) *1991 2A Wachovia Cup Winners (Best Overall sports programs in 2A)

Music

Ledford Senior High School offers a variety of music programs to its students, such as chorus, concert band, marching band, an indoor percussion ensemble and an honors band. The Ledford Senior High School marching band, also known as The Panther Regiment, has had many successful marching seasons.

Notable alumni

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– NFL fullback and

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Champion with the

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*Erin Hendricks –

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2003 * Brad Hoover – NFL fullback for the

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*Jessica Jacobs –

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USA 2007 * Harrison Rhodes —

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– actress and television show host; former co-host of '' Wipeout''

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in North Carolina Schools in Davidson County, North Carolina