Portsmouth West High School

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Portsmouth West High School
Home of the Senators
Location
15332 US Rte 52 W

West Portsmouth, Ohio
USA

Information
School district Washington-Nile Local School District
Head of school Pat Ciraso, Superintendent
Principal Tony Bazler, Principal

Eric Nichols, Assistant Principal & Athletic Director

Students 500
Type Ohio, public, rural, high school
Grades 9-12
Athletics baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' golf, football, boys' soccer, boys' and girls' track, fast pitch softball, boys' tennis, and girls' volleyball [1]
Athletics conference Southern Ohio Conference[1]
Mascot Senators[1]
Color(s) Black and Orange [1]
Homepage

Portsmouth West High School (PWHS) is a public high school in West Portsmouth, Ohio in Scioto County in Southern Ohio. It is the only high school in the Washington-Nile Local School District. Their nickname is the Senators, and their school colors are orange and black.

The school district serves residents primarily in Nile Township, which includes Friendship, and Washington Township, which includes West Portsmouth.

Contents

[edit] Academics

[edit] Academic Competition Team

[edit] Beta Club

[edit] Mock Trial Team

[edit] Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools.[2] The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has sixteen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County (Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School).[3]

See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the Southern Ohio Conference

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances

  • Football - Division IV State Final Appearance - 2002 (Kenton def. Portsmouth West 45-13)[4]
  • Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Runner-up[5]
1987 - (d. Marion Elgin 4-3 & lost to Akron Hoban 5-1 to finish season at 22-6)
1988 - (d. Newark Licking Valley 5-4 & lost to Tallmadge 16-2 to finish season at 28-1)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (Other than Second Place Finishes)[5]
1986 - (lost to Newark Licking Valley 11-1)
1989 - (lost to Springfield Northwestern 8-4)
1998 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 2-1)
1999 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 1-0)
2000 - (lost to Lima Bath 3-2)
2001 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 3-0)
2002 - (lost to Springfield Kenton Ridge 4-0)
2003 - (lost to Convoy Crestview 5-0)
A view of PWHS from U.S. 52
A view of PWHS from U.S. 52

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d OHSAA. OHSAA Member School Info. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  2. ^ Ohio Department of Development. Ohio County Profiles: Scioto County. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  3. ^ Southern Ohio Conference. "Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws", January 2007. 
  4. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Football. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  5. ^ a b OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program", p. 39. 

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