School spotlight: Rainier Beach High School

Location/district: Seattle

Mascot: Vikings

Colors: Royal blue and orange

League/class: Metro 3A

Enrollment: 568 (grades 10-12)

Biggest rivals O'Dea and Cleveland

Last state title: 2003 (boys basketball)

When it opened: 1960

Notable alumni: Nate Robinson, University of Washington basketball; Jamal Crawford, guard for the Chicago Bulls; Doug Christie, shooting guard for the Sacramento Kings; Kenny Ellis, middleweight boxer; Vince Mattola, owner of Vince's restaurant; Trent Pollard, former lineman for Bengals and Rams; Tara Davis, former UW, Seattle Reign basketball star; Katie Maloney, Olympic rower; Ginnie Powell, USC track.

Bet you didn't know: Before the locks were built in 1917, the site where the school now stands was under Lake Washington.

Outtake from fight song:

"Down by the lake at RB high

we are the school that is bursting with pride

Viking power leads the way,

oh come what may

Vikings show us your stuff, cause we are the school that is really tough

Viking power leads the way on to victory"

Web site: www.seattleschools.org/schools/rainierbeach