Editing Loogootee, Indiana (section)

==Education and sports==
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[[File:Loogootee, Indiana.jpg|thumb|Downtown Loogootee]]

Loogootee has three schools in its district: Loogootee Elementary (PreK-4), Loogootee Middle School (5-8), and [[Loogootee High School |Loogootee High School (9-12)]]. The mascot is a [[lion]]. The school colors are black and old gold. The school song is "Washington and Lee Swing". Loogootee has a long-standing, proud tradition of high school basketball. It is the home of the winningest high school basketball coach in state history, Jack Butcher, who had a career record of 806-250 (all at Loogootee High School). Butcher led Loogootee basketball to two state finals appearances under the single-class state tournament (1970 & 1975). Loogootee's latest boys' basketball sectional title was in 2012, which began a run that ended with Loogootee High School's first state championship in any sport. Loogootee boasts rivalries with area schools, [[North Daviess Junior-Senior High School|North Daviess]] and [[Barr-Reeve Junior-Senior High School|Barr-Reeve]]. The Lions own the all-time series against both schools, and the rivalry with Barr-Reeve has recently been considered the state's best high school rivalry by several media outlets. The boys' basketball program has had an impressive winning record for many years. In the past fifty years, only three seasons have finished with below .500 records. Loogootee's boys' tennis program has also gained notoriety after winning twelve straight sectional titles under the guidance of Coach Rick Graves. Additionally, the girls' tennis program won seven consecutive sectional titles from 2004-2010 under coach Mike Tippery. The volleyball team was state runner-up for three consecutive years (2005–2007)and also in 2012.

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|-
! School
! Type
! Enrollment
! Mascot
! Colors
! [[Indiana High School Athletic Association|IHSAA]] Class
! Athletic Conference
|-
| [[Loogootee High School]]
| [[State school|Public]]
| 314
| Lions
| {{color box|black}} {{color box|gold}} {{color box|white}}
| A
| [[Blue Chip Conference]]
|-
|}

The town has a lending library, the Loogootee Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> The library is part of the Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/evergreen.htm| title=Evergreen Indiana Library System| accessdate= 11 April 2020}}</ref> and the eIndiana Digital Consortium,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cidc.overdrive.com/support/members | title=eIndiana Digital Consortium | accessdate=11 April 2020}}</ref> which allow members to obtain books and eBooks from any member library.