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Lakewood High School (Sumter, South Carolina)
Lakewood High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Sumter, South Carolina, serving grades 9 through 12.[3] Lakewood is one of only three public high schools in the Sumter School District and enrolls between 1,100 to 1,300 students each year from the southern half of Sumter County.[4][2] The mascot of Lakewood High School is the Gator, chosen for Alligator Branch, a nearby stream.[2] HistoryLakewood High School, along with Crestwood High School, was built in 1996 as the result of a $28.5 million bond referendum passed by the voters of Sumter County to build two high schools in Sumter District 2.[2][4] Lakewood High is named after Lakewood Links, a nearby golf course community in Lakewood, South Carolina.[5] The school was dedicated on August 15, 1996.[5] The first students of Lakewood High School were former students of Furman High School and Mayewood High School, both of which were subsequently converted into middle schools.[5] The school colors are kelly green, white, and purple.[2] Purple was chosen as an accent color to represent unity among Sumter District 2 schools.[2] On July 1, 2011, Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated forming Sumter School District.[2] Lakewood's feeder school is Furman Middle School.[citation needed] SportsLakewood High School's mascot is the Gator and the school's sports teams are referred to as the "Lakewood Gators".[2][6] The school offers cross country, football, golf, volleyball, softball, basketball, baseball, and wrestling.[6] The sports rivalry between the Sumter High Gamecocks and Lakewood Gators was memorialized in country singer Lee Brice's song,"Sumter County Friday Night".[7] Notable alumni
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