Editing Lumen Field (section)

=== High school ===
Lumen Field has been used for [[high school football]]. The [[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association]] (WIAA) puts on the annual Emerald City Kickoff Classic at the stadium. The event is a season-opening series of games between some of the best teams in the state.<ref name="MaxPreps 2009-09-07">{{cite web |url=http://www.maxpreps.com/news/jliJBZvdEd6OEwAcxJTdpg/washington--skyline-wins-showdown-of-top-ranked-football-teams.htm |title=Washington: Skyline wins showdown of top-ranked football teams |last=Joyce |first=Nathan |date=September 7, 2009 |publisher=MaxPreps |access-date=September 10, 2009}}</ref> The WIAA approached the Seahawks regarding use of the stadium for their high school football state championship games after moving them out of the [[Tacoma Dome]] in 2019, but the latter declined and recommended using Husky Stadium instead, noting that they were unable to match the offer terms from [[Washington Huskies|UW's athletic department]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manley |first1=Jon |title=Why Husky Stadium? WIAA leader explains reasons for moving state football championships |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/high-school/article276147816.html |access-date=June 7, 2023 |work=[[The News Tribune]] |date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>

The stadium features a meeting between one of the best teams in Washington and one of the best from another state in the "Best of the West" game. On September 4, 2004, Washington's [[Bellevue High School (Bellevue, Washington)|Bellevue High School]] and California's [[De La Salle High School (Concord, California)|De La Salle High School]] played in front of over 25,000, a state high school event attendance record. Bellevue ended De La Salle's national-record 151-game winning streak in a 39–20 win.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grippi |first=Vince |date=September 9, 2004 |title=Bellevue's win over De La Salle had bit of deja vu |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/sep/09/bellevues-win-over-de-la-salle-had-bit-of-deja-vu/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> On September 16, 2009, Bellevue defeated another highly regarded California school at Qwest Field in a 30–16 victory over [[Long Beach Polytechnic High School|Long Beach Polytechnic]]. ''[[USA Today]]'' had recently rated both teams highly with Long Beach third and Bellevue at 16th in the nation.<ref name="Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2008-09-20">{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Cameron |title=Bellevue headlines Classic |date=September 20, 2009 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/preps/379887_bellevue20.html |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=July 5, 2009}}</ref>

After the organizer of the event announced a match-up between Washington's [[Skyline High School (Sammamish, Washington)|Skyline High School]] and Oregon's [[Jesuit High School (Beaverton, Oregon)|Jesuit High School]] in 2009, he said that he proposed the possibility of televising games to [[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox Sports]], but Fox did not televise the game.<ref name="The Oregonian 2009-09-03">{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/09/high_school_football_taking_to.html |title=High school football taking to NFL stadium, national television in 2009 |last1=Wilson |first1=Mike |first2=Jerry |last2=Ulmer |date=September 3, 2009 |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] |access-date=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111222030/http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/09/high_school_football_taking_to.html |archive-date=January 11, 2010}}</ref> Skyline went on to shut out Jesuit 17–0 during that year's Emerald City Classic.<ref name="Sammamish Review 2009-09-08">{{cite news |url=http://sammamishreview.com/2009/09/08/skyline-shuts-out-oregon%E2%80%99s-best |title=Skyline shuts out Oregon's best |last=Huber |first=Christopher |date=September 8, 2009 |work=Sammamish Review |access-date=September 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007161255/http://sammamishreview.com/2009/09/08/skyline-shuts-out-oregon%E2%80%99s-best |archive-date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref>

Within Lumen Field, a large art piece called ''The State of Football'' pays tribute to high school football in the state of Washington. The piece features a depiction of Washington and holds replica football helmets from every high school football team in the state. The installation is part of the Stadium Art Program commissioned through First & Goal's lease of the facility, costing nearly $1.75&nbsp;million.<ref name="Seattle Times 1998-09-25" />