Western High School (Russiaville, Indiana)
| Western High School | |
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| Address | |
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2600 S 600 W Russiaville, Indiana, Howard County, 46979 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°26′15″N 86°14′31″W / 40.43750°N 86.24194°WCoordinates: 40°26′15″N 86°14′31″W / 40.43750°N 86.24194°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Educating, Engaging, and Encouraging Students to Excel |
| Superintendent | Randy McCracken |
| School code | 21934 |
| Principal | Rick Davis |
| Enrollment | 826 |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Indiana Conference |
| Sports | Soccer, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Golf, Wrestling, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track, Softball, Baseball |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Rival | Northwestern, Kokomo |
| Newspaper | Western Union |
| Yearbook | Echo |
| Website | Website |
Western High School is a high school located in Russiaville, Indiana. The school is a part of Western School Corporation. It was established in 1949. Western High School is one of 5 public high schools in Howard County. There is one city school, Kokomo High School, and the other three are county schools. They are Northwestern High School, Eastern (Greentown) High School, and Taylor High School.
Founding
Western was founded in 1949 by combining three smaller school systems into one corporation, Western School Corporation. The New London Quakers, West Middleton Broncos, and Russiaville Cossacks came together and formed the Western Panthers.
Academics
The Western student average was over the state-wide average in Algebra and English for the End of Course Assessment (ECA) tests, including being 15 percent over the state average in English.[1]
Band Program
The Western High School Marching Panthers have been ISSMA Class C State Champions in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 and Class B State Champions in 1988 for a total of 14 State Championships. This is good enough for the second most state championships in the state.[2] The Western Marching Band has also been Bands of America Grand National Class A Champions in 1984, 1985, 1990, and 2012.[3]
Athletics
Western High School is one of the 8 schools associated with the Mid-Indiana Conference.
Currently, the teams are as follows: Boys- Football, Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming, Track and Field, Golf, and Baseball. Girls- Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, Swimming, Track and Field, Softball, Golf, and Soccer. In addition, there was a club bowling team added in 2010, however its events do not count towards conference standings since not all of the other schools have a team.
Team State Championships: 2002 - Girls Golf[4]
2012 - Baseball (3A)
2014 - Girls Basketball (3A)
Individual State Championships:
1977 - Joe Swartz, Wrestling, 98 lbs
1984 - Ray Shepherd, Wrestling, 138 lbs
1985 - Jeff Glick, Swimming, 200 IM
1988 - Michelle Faulkner, Track & Field, 800 Meters
1991 - Chad Shepherd, Wrestling, 135 lbs
2000 - Kylee Wells, Diving
2003 - Ted Brown, Swimming, 200 IM & 500 Free Style
2006 - Brandon Youngdale, Track & Field, High Jump
Honors:
1979 - Demetris Gaines, Football, North-South All-Stars
1987 - Brett Etherington, Basketball, Indiana All-Stars
1993 - Bob Jarrett, Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame - Coach
1993 - The Shepherd Family, Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame - Family
2000 - Jim Plummer, Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame - Official
2003 - Ted Brown, Swimming, Herman F. Keller Mental Attitude Award
2012 - Ty Calloway, Baseball, Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame
2006 - Mike Fulk, Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
2010 - Michelle Faulkner, Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
2010 - Bob Jarrett, Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
2013 - Ty Calloway, Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
2013 - Kylee Wells, Howard County Sports Hall of Fame
Michelle Faulkner, Indiana Track & Field Hall of Fame
Michelle Faulkner, University of Indianapolis Athletics Hall of Fame
Ryan White Incident
Western School Corporation became somewhat infamous for expelling Ryan White in 1984 because of the controversy about his diagnosis of HIV, a disease that, at the time, was just coming into the national spotlight.[5]
Notable alumni
- Ezra Hendrickson - former MLS and international soccer player.
- Ryan White - Famous AIDS victim, expelled in 1984
References
- ↑ "Western High School". Greatschools. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ http://www.issma.net/mbhistory.php
- ↑ http://www.indianamarching.com/bands/index.php?indexyear=2014&type=Band&school=Western&city=Russiaville
- ↑ http://www.ihsaa.org/Sports/Girls/Golf/StateChampions/tabid/393/Default.aspx#219381-teams
- ↑ Ginder, Jeanne White. "Who was Ryan White?".
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