Lorne Park Secondary School


Lorne Park Secondary School is a public high school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Lorne Park neighbourhood, as well as a larger catchment area for Regional Enhanced Program and Extended French for all of southern Mississauga. Lorne Park is well known in the Peel region for its successful sports teams from which many professional athletes have emerged.
=History=
When the population of Peel County began experiencing a population explosion in the 1950s, the secretary-treasurer for the South Peel Board of Education began negotiations to purchase land for a new school to be built on a 13½ acre site at the price of $32,469 CAD. Construction on the school began in 1957, and the total cost of the school was $752,569.
Billed as a very modern design when the school opened for students in January 1958, the main feature of the school, facing south onto Lorne Park Road, was a suspended concrete canopy with two-story windows. The school opened with 272 students and 16 teachers.
The school went through a series of upgrades in the first 20 years of its existence. In 1962, a cafeteria was built on the South-East of the building. In 1964, the school underwent a major construction project in which a second, larger gymnasium, weight rooms, technology shops and classrooms as well as a completely new section to the north which housed 2 floors of classrooms were constructed. The 1964 upgrades raised the student capacity from 300 to 1800. In 1972, a library and lecture hall was erected to East side of the main building.
While not in use presently, a firing range exists in the basement of the school. It was built in order to secure extra funding during the Cold War period and so that students could have a suitable area to practice in. When such a use became obscure, the firing range housed the drama department's props and costumes. It was listed as permanently closed and removed from official architectural plans in the 2000s through it is still used to store theatrical props.
In 1973, Lorne Park was the first school in the Peel Board of Education to offer full-credit semestering. The success of the experiment led to the extension of semestering to most schools in Peel by 1976.
The school population peaked in 1979, when Lorne Park had a teaching staff of 92 and 1,647 students. The current student population stands at 989 students. It is one of five designated centres of the Peel Regional Enhanced Program, catering to gifted students from across southern Mississauga. Lorne Park also hosts an Extended French program. Its s are Hillcrest Middle School, Tecumseh Public School, Green Glade Senior Public School, St. Christopher Catholic School, Allan A. Martin Senior Public School and St. Luke Catholic School.
As of 2016, Lorne Park was expending around $800,000 in annual operational costs including roughly $150,000 in utilities alone. In the 2015-16 school year, the school spent $786 per student per year in facility costs.
=Student Life=
Lorne Park Secondary students enjoy a variety of school activities, extracurriculars, teams and clubs. These range from anime clubs and 3d and Computer Aided Design clubs to the Chess team and school plays. Students are allowed to use the school facilities like the gymnasium, field and weight rooms during their breaks. Teachers often allow students to use their classrooms during lunch period. There is also a cafeteria and vending machines throughout the school from which students can buy food.
=Sports=
Lorne Park has a variety of athletic programs, including football, cross-country, rugby, ice hockey and women's lacrosse teams. They have produced several OFSAA and ROPSSAA champions in women's lacrosse, cross-country, track and field, boys' and girls' hockey, field hockey, basketball, skiing, badminton, football, baseball, swimming, rugby and tennis. The junior cross-country ski team were 2007 OFSAA champions.
Due to these successes, Lorne Park has been designated as having a by the Peel district school board.

Men's Football

Lorne Park's Football team currently competes in the Region of Peel Secondary Schools Athletic Association at the Tier 1 level. The program conducts both Senior and Junior football programs. Both teams have been consistently competitive within the region since the programs' inception in the late '50s. At the Junior Varsity level, the program boasts 21 regional championships and 1 provincial championship. At the Varsity level, Lorne Park has 20 regional championships and 5 provincial championships.
The strong football culture at Lorne Park is also made evident by the success of the program's alumni. Since 1983, . Spartans have also won numerous awards at this level. In particular, the most prestigious Canadian Interuniversity Sport award——the Hec Crighton Trophy——has been won by a Spartan alumni in 1968. Recently, Spartan alumni Jack Cassar won the for his contributions as middle linebacker with the Carleton Ravens in 2019.
Lorne Park's football program also allowed over 30 players to progress to the NCAA level, and graduates have also gone on to play in the CFL and in the NFL, where the accolades of our former student athletes have continued to display.
Most notably, Klaus Wilmsmeyer was a punter for 7 years in the NFL; during this span, he played alongside Hall of Famers Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, and Steve Young in the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl XXIX victory..
More recently, Brent Urban was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Due to a bicep injury, Urban did not play most of his rookie season. Upon his return in week 12 however, Urban, in his first pro game, delivered a game saving field goal block as time expired while teammate Will Hill recovered it and returned it for the game-winning touchdown.

''Provincial and National Ranking''

Lorne Park's dominance on the football field has resulted in numerous top football rankings over the years. For instance, in 2000, the year the Spartans won the Metro Bowl championship, City news ranked Lorne Park as the #1 team provincially. Lorne Park's rating has also peaked in recent years on a national scale. In 2015 Canada Football Chat ranked Lorne Park as the 6th best Varsity football program in all of Canada.
Currently, at the conclusion of the most recent season, CFC ranks Lorne Park as the 44th best team nationally.

''Super Bowl High School Honour Roll''

In anniversary of Super Bowl 50 in 2015, the NFL created a . This was an initiative which gave recognition to high schools across the world which produced alumni who later went on to win the Super Bowl. Due to Klaus Wilmsmeyer success at the pro level, Lorne Park was among those recognized and were subsequently awarded a commemorative by the NFL. The Lorne Park Spartans football program was 1 of 15 high schools in all of Canada to have received the honour. The football currently stands in the school's football trophy display case.

''Football Wing''

Lorne Park has a hallway dedicated towards football championships. Donned as the "football wing", the school features numerous posters of all former championship winning teams. Below is a list of all teams which are featured.
''Junior Varsity''
''Varsity''

https://lorneparkfootball.ca/spartans-alumni-1 ''Spartan Football Alumni''

LASTFIRSTUNIVERSITY TEAMPOST-SECONDARY LEAGUEPROFESSIONAL TEAMPRO LEAGUE
ACKROYDSTEVEWESTERN MUSTANGSCISTORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
AIKMANMARKCARLETON RAVENSCIS
AIRDSTUWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
ARDILLKYLEWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
ARMSTRONGJOHNMANSFIELD MOUNTIESNCAA
ATKINSONDAVEPURDUE BOILERMAKERSCIS
BALDWINBILLWASHBURN STATE ICHABODSNCAA
BARRATTJEFFWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
BATSONANDREYORK YEOMENCISTORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
BELLDAVEWINDSOR LANCERSCIS
BINNENDYKCHRISTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
BINNENDYKPAULTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
BIRCHRILEYWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
BIRDSTEVEQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
BLACKADAMQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
BOLTPETERQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
BOONEMIKEQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCISOTTAWA ROUGH RIDERSCFL
BOULAZREGSAMIRYORK LIONSCIS
BOWMANJUSTINQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
BROOKSDOUGYORK YEOMENCIS
BROWNTADWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
BUCKLEYJEREMYWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
BUTLERLEIGHTONWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
BYNOERAWLELOUISVILLE CARDINALSNCAAHAMILTON TIGER CATSCFL
CAMPBELLGRANVILLEBISHOPS GATORSCIS
CARLTONMIKETORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
CASSARJACKCARLETON RAVENSCISTORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
CAUSEREJAZQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
CAUSERSALMANQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
CHAMPAGNIEMARCCONCORDIA STINGERSCIS
CHAPMANCAMYORK YEOMENCIS
CHATHAMKEITHWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
CHLEBOWSKITREVORWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
CLARKEAARONMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
CONDLLNDEVINGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
CORBETTDOUGQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCISCALGARY STAMPEDERSCFL
CRANMERPAULWEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERSNCAASASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERSCFL
CREWSJEFFWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
CROOKSIMONMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
CROOKSVINTONALBRIGHT LIONSNCAA
CURITTIMIKEMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
D'ARCYBRENDANMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
DAVIDSONRYANMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
DAVISSEANCENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTSNCAA
DEVEAUXPATWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
DETLORTOMMYOTTAWA GEE-GEESCIS
DIXONADAMMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
DOTYTOBINTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
DOUGLASADAMQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
DOUGLASMIKEQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
DOWDBRYANMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
DUNCANCALQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
DUTCHERKEVINWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
ELIOPOULOUSALEXST MARY'S HUSKIESCISOTTAWA ROUGH RIDERSCFL
ENNESTBILLST MARY'S HUSKIESCIS
ENNESTSHANEYORK YEOMENCIS
EVANSONJASONMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
FAHEYSEANMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
FERENCICDOMST FRANCIS XAVIER X-MENCIS
FINLAYMATTEASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLESNCAAMONTREAL ALOUETTESCFL
FORDMIKEWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
FORDPAULWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
FREEMANMACETOLEDO ROCKETSNCAAHAMILTON TIGER CATSCFL
FREZERANDREWACADIA AXEMENCIS
GABLERWALLYCENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWASNCAA
GABURAANDREWACADIA AXEMENCIS
GAUERBRYANMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
GAUERDAVIDYORK LIONSCIS
GOLDSPINKELLIOTQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
GREGORISPETERTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
GRIMARDSIMONACADIA AXEMENCIS
GROBANEDWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
GUTHRIECOLINWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
HAGGARTCHRISWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
HAISTBENWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
HAMILTONDAVIDTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
HARRISONMATTCORNELL BIG REDNCAA
HARTSTEVEYORK YEOMENCIS
HISLOPSCOTTGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
HOLMESGREGCARROLL FIGHTING SAINTSNCAATORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
HORNERCHRISBISHOPS GATORSCIS
HOWARDMATTMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
HUDSONCORYWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
HUDSONWILLSHIPPENSBURG RAIDERSNCAA
HUGHESSTEVECARLETON RAVENSCIS
INGRAMJEFFMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
ISMAILFERASMCMASTER MARAUDERSCISST. GALLEN VIPERSNLA
JOHNSTONYHENDERSON STATE REDDIESNCAAMONTREAL ALOUETTESCFL
JOHNSTONJEFFWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
JOHNSTONGARYSIMON FRASER CLANSMENNCAA
JOLICDANHENDERSON STATE REDDIESNCAA
KELLYRONWESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERSNCAAHAMILTON TIGER CATSCFL
KINZIEDAVIDBOWLING GREEN FALCONSNCAATORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
KOTERRYCARLETON RAVENSCIS
KOLADICHMIKEWESTERN MUSTANGSCISOTTAWA ROUGH RIDERSCFL
KOSECJASONWESTERN MUSTANGSCISEDMONTON ESKIMOSCFL
KUDUMATTEASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLESNCAATORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
LAINGETRACENORTHERN MICHIGAN WILDCATSNCAATORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
LAVRICALEXOTTAWA GEE-GEESCIS
LEROYJEFFWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
LEWISRICHARDWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
LIPPERTJOELMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
LOVESTEVEWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
LOWRANCEBRIANWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
LUISSERFRANKBRITISH COLUMBIA THUNDERBIRDSCIS
MACDONALDCOLINYORK LIONSCIS
MACNEILDAVEGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
MALTBYBRYANGUELPH GRYPHONSCISOTTAWA ROUGH RIDERSCFL
MARTELLJASONYORK YEOMENCIS
MARTINERROLUTAH UTESNCAAEDMONTON ESKIMOSCFL
MCBURNEYSEANWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
MCCLOSKEYJAMESWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
MCGIVERNRUAIRIGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
MCGUIRESCOTTACADIA AXEMENCIS
MCKEESTEVEGUELPH GRYPHONSCISHAMILTON TIGER CATSCFL
MCKENZIESTUWESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERSNCAAWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERSCFL
MIDGHALLPAULBISHOPS GATORSCIS
MIGHTONMARKWINDSOR LANCERSCIS
MILAZZOCURTISCONCORDIA STINGERSCIS
MOULTONJAYROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE REDMENCIS
MUSSELMANJOHNMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCISHAMILTON TIGER CATSCFL
NAPIERBARCLAYST FRANCIS XAVIER X-MENCIS
NEITAKHARIYORK YEOMENCIS
NIKOULINEANTONWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
OAKLEYEDLENOIR RHYNE BEARSNCAA
OLEXARICHMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
PALMERJOHNWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
PARSONSGRAEMEQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
PEARSONCHRISTOLEDO ROCKETSNCAA
PEREZJOSHGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
PETRIEBOBWESTERN MUSTANGSCISMONTREAL ALOUETTESCFL
PORTWOODCHRISGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
POZAKNEILCALGARY DINOSAURSCIS
RAHAMMIKETORONTO VARSITY BLUESCISCALGARY STAMPEDERSCFL
REYNOLDSKEVINGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
ROBINSONBRADTORONTO VARSITY BLUESCIS
ROSENDANMCGILL REDMENCIS
SAMPSOND'ANTALQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
SAMPSONDEVANTEMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
SANAGANTJWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
SCHWEDTIMMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
SCOTTJOSHST FRANCIS XAVIER X-MENCIS
SCOTTWILLWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
SEMBAYANDREWWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
SHARMAAARONBISHOPS GATORSCIS
SHAVERTODDWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
SOMMERVILLEKYLEWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
SPECKROBCARLETON RAVENSCIS
STANSBURYTODDGEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETSNCAASASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERSCFL
STEELESCOTTMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
STEPHENSMATTHEWCARLETON RAVENSCIS
STEWARTIANQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
STOLARSKISTUMOUNT ALLISON MOUNTIESCIS
SUFFIELDDAVEMANITOBA BISONCIS
SUZUKIMATTGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS
SYMONDSJORDANWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
TAUSKELANOAHQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
TOPLEYJESSEQUEENS GOLDEN GAELSCIS
TULLETTCRAIGWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
TURLEYDAVEMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
TURNERMARKMIAMI UNIVERSITY REDHAWKSNCAABC LIONSCFL
URBANBRENTVIRGINIA CAVALIERSNCAABALTIMORE RAVENSNFL
VALENTINIVINCEWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
VENTOFRANKMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
VURICHARDWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
WHELANRICHWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
WILLIAMSANDREWST FRANCIS XAVIER X-MENCIS
WILLIAMSONJAMIEYORK YEOMENCISTORONTO ARGONAUTSCFL
WILMSMEYERKLAUSLOUISVILLE CARDINALSNCAASAN FRANCISCO 49ERSNFL
WILSONMIKEWESTERN MUSTANGSCIS
WILTSHIREISAIAHOLIVET COMETSNCAA
YACKPETERWATERLOO WARRIORSCIS
YEOMANSBOBWILFRID LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKSCIS
YEOMANS JRROBYORK LIONSCIS
ZAREMBAMIKEMCMASTER MARAUDERSCIS
ZAREMBAANDYCALIFORNIA VULCANSNCAA
ZAREMBAPAULBRITISH COLUMBIA THUNDERBIRDSCIS
ZIMMERWAYNEGUELPH GRYPHONSCIS

Note: Lorne Park's alumni records date back to 1983 so there are unfortunately dozens of players missing from this list.

Men's Rugby

Lorne Park had multiple Ropssaa championships at both Junior and Senior levels as well as tournament wins in the Red Hot Rugby Tournament and the 7's tournament held at Fletcher's Fields. In 2009, after winning the Region of Peel Championships the Senior Spartan team lost in the finals of the OFSAA championships to Lindsay C.I. In 2010, the Spartans returned as Peel Champions. After going through most of the season ranked #4 in Ontario, the Spartans achieved the #1 ranking going into the OFSAA championships. In the 3 day tournament the Lorne Park Spartans ultimately defeated Uxbridge in the finals to win the OFSAA title. This senior team had a 2-year record of 43-1. Some of the players from this team represented Ontario and Canada in National and International competitions. The team was recognized by the Mississauga Sports Council annual Sports Dinner as the High School Team of the Year for their accomplishments in 2010.
In 2011, the Junior Spartans won the ROPSSAA championship against Streetsville with a score of 10-8.
In 2013 and 2014 both Junior and Senior Spartan teams won their respective ROPSSAA championships. Also in 2014, the Junior Spartan team won the Barbarian Cup for the first time in Lorne Park history.

Women's Lacrosse

In 2007 there were two teams, Seniors and Juniors. Both won ROPSSAA. The Seniors placed 13th in Midwest Schools Lacrosse Association at Erie and won Bronze in the Provincial Cup in Peterborough. In 2006 and 2005 Lorne Park's Varsity, Junior Varsity and Rookie teams all swept ROPSSAA. As well, Varsity came 4th in the Provincial Cup tournament in both years and in 2006 also placed 8th in the MSLA at Detroit.
2008 saw a rebirth of the rookie team. 80 girls played on all 3 teams with the Varsity team winning their 4th ROPSSAA title in a row. The junior "A" team repeated as the Jr. Varsity Champions after an undefeated season while the junior "B" team won the bronze medal.

Baseball

Lorne Park's varsity baseball team won OFSAA baseball's Prentice Cup in 2005, competing at the Rogers Centre against top teams from across the province. This victory came after a defeat in the Prentice Cup Semi-Finals the year before.

Notable alumni