Oviedo High School - Athletics

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are known as the Lions. The school offers Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Swimming, and Volleyball, as Fall sports. It offers Basketball, Soccer, and Wrestling as Winter sports. It offers Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Water Polo as Spring sports.

Classified by the Florida High School Athletic Association as a Class 5A high school, Oviedo High School is recognized as a superior school. In February 2007 the school's wrestling team won its fourth consecutive state championship, becoming the only team ever in the history of Florida high school wrestling to win four straight titles in the big schools division (2004–2007). The team won eighty-four consecutive dual meet events from 2004 to 2008.

The Oviedo Lions have an in-town rivalry with Hagerty High School, and are 4-2 in matchups against the Huskies for Varsity Football. The wins occurred in 2007, 2009, and 2011 at OHS, and a win in 2012 at HHS, while the losses occurred in 2008 and 2010 at HHS. The Lions also have a rivalry with Winter Springs High School and Lake Brantley High School.

In May 2011, Oviedo High School was fined $57,000 (the fine was originally $280,000, but was reduced because of their cooperation with the FHSAA) and the school's head volleyball coach and entire wrestling staff were fired after the volleyball and wrestling teams had players who lived outside the district, violating eligibility requirements. The violations involved at least one volleyball player and five wrestlers and include falsifying addresses, athletes transferring to Oviedo and living with assistant coaches in order to circumvent location mandates, and recruiting through a club program run by the volleyball coach. The FHSAA also banned the wrestling team from regional, district, and state competition for three years. The volleyball team was put on probation for two years. The athletic director and assistant athletic director lost their jobs. The fines come out of the athletic fund instead of taxpayer resources. The volleyball and wrestling teams were forced to forfeit all their wins from the 2010-11 season. The wrestling team was also placed on probation for four years. The fines and sanctions are the harshest in Florida history. In June 2012, the FHSAA removed the remaining two years of Oveido's postseason ban in wrestling, allowing team members to compete for regional and state honors, while keeping the school on probation for two years. The coaches involved and illegally enrolled students were no longer at the school.