Spotlight: Kent-Meridian High School
District: Kent
Mascot: Royals
Colors: Red and blue
Enrollment: 1,340 (grades 10-12)
League/Class: South Puget Sound/4A
When it opened: 1917, as Meridian High School.
Biggest rivals: Auburn, Kentwood.
Notable alumni: Robin Earl, former UW fullback and NFL tight end; Dave Reichert, King County sheriff; Jeff Jaeger, former UW and NFL kicker.
Last state championship: 1995 (girls basketball).
Bet you didn't know: The school was created from the merger of Kent and Meridian high schools. The district's football field, French Field, is on campus. It was named after former football coach Claude French.
Outtakes of a school cheer:
"Washington's hills around us, Washington blue above, in the fairest of her valley, Kent is the place we love."
Web site: www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/KM/index.html