Colors, mascot revealed for Chambers County High
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT
THE LAFAYETTE SUN
CHAMBERS COUNTY — As uncertainty surrounding a federal court order to consolidate LaFayette High School and Valley High School continues to swirl, future Chambers County High School students now know their colors and mascot.
When CCHS opens during the 2028-29 school year, athletes will take to the fields, courts and tracks wearing blue and yellow and known as the Lions.
While the branding and colors will look much different, both the name and mascot pay homage to the original school that was located in the unincorporated Milltown community decades ago.
“We pulled in colors, mascots and names and all that, and so we're very proud of the Chambers County High School Mighty Lions,” said Sharon Weldon, Chambers County Schools superintendent.
According to Weldon, the decisions were made with input from students from both schools, with much of the conversation dedicated to merging traditions from VHS and LHS.
“We talked about things that were important to LaFayette High students, and things that were important to Valley High students, [which] were traditions,” Weldon said. “They spent a lot of time talking about the traditions, and then we talked about things like unity, what we know will create unity when the schools are combined, and so they went to that.”
By the time it becomes operational, the new school will be 26% larger than the school district’s current largest school, VHS, and allow student-athletes to compete against some of the state’s largest schools.
According to the most recently available Alabama High School Athletic Association enrollment figures, VHS currently has 512 students, while LHS has 133 students.
That would give the future CCHS an enrollment of 645 students, making it the 75th largest school in the state.
At that size, CCHS would be a Class 5A program and on par with programs such as Pike Road High School, Park Crossing High School and Benjamin Russell High School.
Entering the 2026-27 school year, VHS is classified as a 4A school, while LHS is a 1A school.
Last school year, the Rams and Bulldogs competed as 5A and 2A schools, respectively, before the AHSAA reclassified all private member schools into two new divisions and disbanded the 7A division.
