Madison High School (Middletown, Ohio)
| Madison Jr./Sr. High School | |
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 Madison Jr./Sr. High School | |
| Address | |
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5797 West Alexandria Road (Madison Township) Middletown, Ohio, (Butler County), 45042 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°32′2″N 84°26′35″W / 39.53389°N 84.44306°WCoordinates: 39°32′2″N 84°26′35″W / 39.53389°N 84.44306°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Principal | Sir Patrick Fuzzbottem the 3rd |
| Asst. Principal | Darren Stevens |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 750 |
| Color(s) | Red and White [1] |
| Athletics conference | Southwestern Buckeye League[1] |
| Sports | Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Basketball, Golf, Track, Cross Country, Football, Soccer, and Wrestling |
| Mascot | Mohawk |
| Team name | Mohawks[1] |
| Rival | Preble Shawnee, Carisle Indians |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2] |
| Athletic Director | Darren Stevens[1] |
| Website | http://www.madisonmohawks.org |
Madison Junior-Senior High School is a public high school near Middletown, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Madison Local Schools district. The school colors are red and white.
Madison's sports teams, known as the Mohawks, participated in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference from 1979 until 1984,[3] when the school left for the Southwestern Buckeye League's Buckeye Division, which consists of smaller schools.
Athletics
Madison Jr/Sr High School has had several state champions in the history of the school. They have won 7 state Individual champions. Madison has came close to winning a team state championship twice. (1969 Men's track and field team and 2010 girls basketball team both runner up). Madison's first state champion in 1969 was Richard Enright for the men's discus. Madison's second state champion was Mike McGee in 1976 for golf. Later after high school, Mike played in the PGA Tour and played in the U.S. Open and other major golf courses. Madison's 3rd state champion was Greg Gephart in 1983. Greg won in wrestling at the 185 weight class. Madison's first women's state champion was Jenna Nance in 2004. The year before Jenna was a runner up in pole vault then the next year was state champion and broke the record for Pole Vault in the state at the time. Madison 5th state champion and 2nd wrestling state champion was Patrick Lanham in 2005 and won in the weight class of 140. Madison's next state wrestling champion is Nick Svarda and won it in 2015 at the weight class 195. Madison's 7th state champion Coty Cobb in pole vault in 2015. Coty not only won state, he also broke the record for the division 2 which was 16'6.25 which was the 4th best in the state of Ohio. Madison has had 2 player of the year basketball players in the school history. Shay Richardson in 1995 was player of the year in basketball and is Madison's all time leader in points. Ally Malott was Gatorade player of the year in 2010 and went to play college at Dayton. Later Ally was drafted 8th in the WNBA in 2015 by the Washington Mystics. Madison has had a great athletic history and hopes to keep having a great history for years to come.
Notes and references
- 1 2 3 4 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ "History". Fort Ancient Valley Conference. 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2010-10-08.