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Lafourche Parish Lafourche Parish (french: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, whi ...

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s. South Lafourche High School was founded in 1966. Originally South Lafourche only provided 10th to 12th grade. During the 2002–2003 school year the 9th grade was added and removed from the middle schools.

History

In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration.
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'' Therefore, black students now attended the previously all-white school. Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A".

Athletics

South Lafourche High athletics competes in the LHSAA. South Lafourche High School sports include football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and volleyball.

State championships

Football
The South Lafourche football team won two state championships in 1971 and 1977. Boys' basketball
The South Lafourche boys' basketball team won one Class 5A state championship in 1998 and was the 1999 Class 5A runner-up.

Notable alumni

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head coach. * Joseph Orgeron, state representative

References

External links

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