Wheelersburg High School

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Wheelersburg High School
Location
701 Pirate Drive

Wheelersburg, Ohio,
USA
Information
School district Wheelersburg Local School District
Head of school Mark Knapp, Superintendent
Principal Matthew McCorkle, Principal

Chris Porter, Asstistant Principal & Athletic Director
Type (Ohio) public, rural, high school
Grades 9-12
Athletics baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' golf, boys' soccer, fast pitch softball, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track, and girls' volleyball [1]
Athletics conference Southern Ohio Conference - Division II [1]
Mascot Pirates [1]
Color(s) Orange and
Black [1]
Homepage Wheelersburg LSD

Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the Ohio River in Southern Ohio. Wheelersburg's nickname is the Pirates and their school colors are orange and black.

The district is bordered by the Bloom-Vernon Local School District and the Minford Local School District to the north along Ohio 140, the Green Local School District to the east along U.S. 52 and Ohio 522 (before entering Lawrence County), and the Portsmouth City School District to the west.

A new K-12 academic building is currently under construction. Students are expected to enter the new building during the 2008-2009 school year.

A view of construction on the new Wheelersburg (K-12) School from the current high school parking lot.
A view of construction on the new Wheelersburg (K-12) School from the current high school parking lot.

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[edit] Academics

Wheelersburg High School won the Ohio Academic Competition in 1985 and 1986.[2] The school also won the 1984 National Academic Championship.[3]

For the fifth consecutive year, the Wheelersburg High School received an "Excellent" rating on the State of Ohio's Local Report Card.[4]

[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.[5] 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).[6]

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

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances

OHSAA State Runner-up[9]
1984 - (d. Willard 70-64 & lost to Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary 75-71 to finish season at 23-5)
1995 - (d. Columbus Bishop Hartley 76-60 & lost to Orrville 79-50 to finish season at 23-4)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances[9][10][11]
1982 - Youngstown Rayen d. Wheelersburg 61-45)
1989 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 71-67 (2OT))
2006 - (Cleveland Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph d. Wheelersburg 71-62)
2007 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 69-66 (OT))
OHSAA State Basketball Tournament Records[9]
Largest Margin of Victory - Championship Game (Division III) - Orrville 79 d. Wheelersburg 50 in 1995
Most Two-Point Field Goals - Championship Game - Orrville (35) v. Wheelersburg in 1995
Most Two-Point Field Goals, Both Teams - Championship Game - 53 (Orrville 35 & Wheelersburg 18) in 1995
Most Rebounds - Championship Game - Orrville (44) v. Wheelersburg in 1995

[edit] Football

In 1989, the Wheelersburg "Pirates" football team won the Division IV state championship by defeating the Warren John F. Kennedy "Eagles" 14-7. The Pirates were led by head coach Ed Miller, who also won two Ohio Associated Press state championships at Portsmouth Notre Dame in 1967 and 1970.

The Pirates are members of the Southern Ohio Conference, Division II. "The Burg," as it is affectionately called, has won their conference twenty-seven times. In fact, Wheelersburg has captured more conference titles than all other member schools (Lucasville Valley, Minford, Portsmouth West, Scioto Northwest and Waverly) combined.

Making the OHSAA football playoffs eighteen times, the Pirates have captured five regional titles, reaching the state playoffs in 1981, 1989, 1991, 1994 and 1998.[14] The Pirates won the SOC title against the West Senators for their 27th SOC title, on October 26,2007.

[edit] Notable alumni, coaches, and faculty

  • Ed Miller - He is a former football coach and member of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1996).[15] He won the 1989 football championship while at Wheelersburg and the 1967 and 1970 Associated Press football championships while at Notre Dame.[16]
  • Dave Pyles - He is 1987 graduate of Miami University and former National Football League player with the Oakland Raiders[17]
  • Josh Newman - He was a 2000 graduate of Wheelersburg High School and a current member of the 2007 National League West Champion Colorado Rockies

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d OHSAA. OHSAA Member School Info. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
  2. ^ OAC. Ohio Academic Competition. Retrieved on 2007-05-22.
  3. ^ QuestionsUnlimited. "National Academic Champions. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
  4. ^ District Local Report Card Information.
  5. ^ Ohio Department of Development. Ohio County Profiles: Scioto County. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  6. ^ Southern Ohio Conference. "Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws", January 2007. 
  7. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Baseball. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  8. ^ OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  9. ^ a b c OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program", p. 51 & 59. 
  10. ^ OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2006 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
  11. ^ OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2007 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
  12. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Football. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  13. ^ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program", p. 37. 
  14. ^ Wheelersburg Athletic Department. Wheelersburg High School Championships. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
  15. ^ Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  16. ^ Ed Miller's Induction into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame (Class of 1996). Wheelersburg High School. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
  17. ^ Oakland Raiders. Oakland Raiders: All-Time Roster. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.

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Preceded by
Walt Whitman High School		 National Academic Championship champion
1984		 Succeeded by
Skyline High School
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