Sports
Sports include boys football, boys basketball, girls basketball, baseball, softball, boys soccer, girls soccer, boys tennis, girls tennis, boys volleyball, girls volleyball, track & field, and cross-country. Lynwood High School plays in the San Gabriel Valley League against Warren, Downey, Dominguez, Paramount, and Gahr. The schooll has been recognized for their "Lady Knights" girl's basketball team. Every year the Lady Knights win championships in Southern California and tournaments around the nation. They have won over 25 SGVL championships, nine CIF SS championships, and three CIF State Championships. In 2002, the "Lady Knights" won the National CIF Championship with a record of 33-0 in girls basketball and finished ranked Number 1 in the country. Now the girls basketball team is ranked in the top 50 in the USA and in the top 20 in California.
For nearly a decade the girls tennis team dominated the SGVL, winning almost every season. They won the CIF division AA in 2012.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)