 1966 was the first of three successive state championships in football, with the school's last state championship occurring in 1968.Football coach Bobby Wilson and basketball coach Bill Joiner led their teams in the state for most of the 1960s, winning six football (1957, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, and 1968) and four basketball (1962, 1963, 1965, and 1967) state championships in the large high school category.The Lee–Lanier rivalry in Montgomery was unmatched in the state in the late 1950s and through the 1960s.