School spotlight: Lake Stevens High School

Location/district: Lake Stevens

Mascot: Vikings

League/class: WesCo North/4A

Colors: purple and yellow

Enrollment: 1,871 (grades 9-12)

Biggest rivals: Snohomish, Arlington

Last state championship: 2001 (wrestling)

When it opened: 1909

Notable alumni: Marv Harshman, Washington Hall of Fame men's basketball coach; Steve Thompson, defensive tackle on 1987 Washington Redskins that won Super Bowl; Chris Pratt, actor on TV show "Everwood"; Kelly Foster, world champion rower; Burke Barkes, four-time state wrestling champ.

Bet you didn't know: 1997 graduate Chris Pratt, who plays high-school athlete Bright Abbott on WB's "Everwood," was a waiter in Maui when he was discovered by director/actor Rae Dawn Chong. She offered to fly him to Los Angeles to appear in her comedy/horror film "Cursed 3. The role kick-started his acting career.

School fight song excerpt:

"On Lake Stevens, on Lake Stevens,

Fight right down that line,

Take the ball right down the center,

Touchdown every time. Rah! Rah! Rah!"

Web site: viking.lkstevens.wednet.edu/