Type Public Principal Kevin Driskil Grades 10–12 Phone +1 208-748-3100 | Established 1888, 1928 (current) Faculty 64 Enrollment 1,077 (2012) Mascot Bengal tiger | |
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District Lewiston School District, Lewiston Independent District | ||
Lewiston High School is a three-year public secondary school in Lewiston, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Lewiston School District. The school colors of LHS are purple and gold and the mascot is a Bengal.
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Athletics
Lewiston competes in IHSAA Class 5A with the largest schools in the state, and its conference is the Inland Empire League (5A) with Coeur d'Alene, Lake City, and Post Falls; all about two hours north in Kootenai County. Lewiston has long-term rivalries with adjacent Clarkston and also with Moscow, about 30 miles (50 km) north on the nearby Palouse. The football rivalry with Clarkston started 111 years ago in 1906, and was formerly played on Thanksgiving day.
The origin and first use of "Bengal" as the mascot is not precisely known, but the local newspaper used it for the LHS basketball team in early 1925. With a compact campus that opened 89 years ago in 1928, LHS athletics are conducted at various venues in the city.
State titles
Boys
(baseball records not kept by IHSAA, state tourney in late 1940s, canceled in 1950, re-introduced in 1971)
Girls
Coaches
Coaches with stops at Lewiston High include Babe Brown, Steve Belko, Tony Knap, and Bud Riley, all University of Idaho alumni.