Athletics
Pine Forest won the USA Today High School Football National Championship in 1988 (and the Class 5A state championship) after compiling a 14-0 record, the only time to date a Florida team has won the award (St.Thomas Aquinas, Miami Northwestern, and Lakeland High Schools have also gone on to win National Championships in recent years). The Eagles also won the 5A state championship in 1987 and the 4A state championship in 2000. Pine Forest also played the state championship game in 1978, 1979 and 2006, but did not claim a victory. In 2006 the football team went 14-1 after losing 39-27 to Belle Glades Central. The Eagles went into halftime winning the game 27-24. In the second half the Pine Forest Eagles got beat on both sides of the ball and got shut out 12-0 in the 4th quarter. Three former Eagles now play in the NFL: Mike Johnson of the Atlanta Falcons, George Selvie of the Carolina Panthers, and Alfred Morris of the Washington Redskins. The mascot is an eagle, and the colors are red, white, and blue. The fight song is Hoorah for Eagles a rendition of Hooray for Auburn!! The original fight song was a version of Ghost Riders. The school also offers other sports and a nationally ranked NJROTC program.
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