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