School District Oddities and Trivia

[Ironman92]

Someone do Vinton Co and Logan-Hocking....are those the only two counties in Ohio with just 1 school district?....and they border one another, gotta be some interesting stuff there

Morgan County and Harrison County each only have one high school physically located within it (Morgan and Harrison Central, respectively.) A small sliver of the Fort Frye district is in MoCo, while portions of Conotton Valley and Buckeye Local are in Harrison.

Monroe County is very close to being in the company of Hocking and Vinton as being the only singular district counties, but a very small and sparsely populated portion of the district is Shenandoah.

Southern Meigs’ district is shaped like a boot (thanks, Ohio River).

Little known fact, but Logan-Hocking extends into Perry County.

Thanks...the only thing I did know was your little known fact lol.

What high school was Murray City/Carbon Hill back in the 50’s

[danicalifornia]

Piketon also has had four major sports win Regional Championships and compete in the state tournament. (Baseball 1985, Volleyball 1986, Boys Basketball 2009, Softball 2010). Although not near as many total appearances as other schools I wonder how many others schools have had Four or more different sports make it to state?

Unioto has 5, Baseball (83, 94), Boys Basketball (91), Girls Basketball (87, 89, 95), Volleyball (88), Boys Soccer (04).

And at Unioto...XC is definitely a major sport. They’ve had some success

I think that they have won the Regional a couple of times. They may have won it in Boys Track in 2005 as well. I originally had it typed out, but I wasn't 100% on the years. Was going to check at the school tomorrow lol

Girls Cross Country - 2015 Regional Champions
Boys Cross Country - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Regional Champions

[formerfcfan]

Unsure about CH, but didn’t Murray City have their own school?

[Ironman92]

Unsure about CH, but didn’t Murray City have their own school?

Not greatly sure. My grandfather was quite the athlete and grew up in Carbon Hill area...not even sure what school he attended

[LucasDavenport]

South Webster HS covers the Bloom-Vernon School District.

It borders Wheelersburg, Sciotoville (East), Minford, Oak Hill, Rock Hill and Green.

South Webster HS was built in 1988 and was one of the very first new schools built with help from the State of Ohio and luckily before The School Facilty Commission started dictating to schools what they could and couldn’t do with respect to gym sizes and bleacher sizes etc...

When you enter the school you will notice the floors and building do not look 30 years old. It was built and designed well and has been very well managed.

South Webster is located approximately 10.5 miles from the Ohio River and covers the northeast corner of Scioto County. State Route 140 which runs from 52 (at the Ohio River) to 93 (2-3 miles southeast of Oak Hill) is the main artery to South Webster.

South Webster’s mascot is The Jeep from Popeye and is Red (not yellow like in the cartoon) and our school colors are Red and White and Black. There is 1 other school in The United States who also uses the Jeep as their mascot and it’s located in Illinois.

[Ironman92]

Unioto has 5, Baseball (83, 94), Boys Basketball (91), Girls Basketball (87, 89, 95), Volleyball (88), Boys Soccer (04).

And at Unioto...XC is definitely a major sport. They’ve had some success

I think that they have won the Regional a couple of times. They may have won it in Boys Track in 2005 as well. I originally had it typed out, but I wasn't 100% on the years. Was going to check at the school tomorrow lol

Girls Cross Country - 2015 Regional Champions
Boys Cross Country - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Regional Champions

Boys XC made state 13 of 14 straight years?

[Proud_Pirate63]

Piketon also has had four major sports win Regional Championships and compete in the state tournament. (Baseball 1985, Volleyball 1986, Boys Basketball 2009, Softball 2010). Although not near as many total appearances as other schools I wonder how many others schools have had Four or more different sports make it to state?

Wheelersburg has had state championships in football, baseball, softball, and individual champions in track. Have completed at state level in boys basketball, girls basketball, cross country, tennis, and golf.

[danicalifornia]

And at Unioto...XC is definitely a major sport. They’ve had some success

I think that they have won the Regional a couple of times. They may have won it in Boys Track in 2005 as well. I originally had it typed out, but I wasn't 100% on the years. Was going to check at the school tomorrow lol

Girls Cross Country - 2015 Regional Champions
Boys Cross Country - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Regional Champions

Boys XC made state 13 of 14 straight years?

14 of 15 at this point. Only 2016, which they would've made without some discipline to one of the top runners, which made me respect Coach Paxton even more.

[Crab's Brother]

Valley has competed in the State tournament in a lot of the "major team sports"

Baseball in 74 (I believe) and 75 (Won schools only state title)
Basketball (long time ago 1935 and 1936)
Football (2014)
Soccer (1998)
Softball (I believe 92 and 94)


Valley's original school colors were blue and gold but a set of basketball uniforms in the 1940's were ordered wrong and showed up purple and gold and the colors were changed.

[Ironman92]

Valley has competed in the State tournament in a lot of the "major team sports"

Baseball in 74 (I believe) and 75 (Won schools only state title)
Basketball (long time ago 1935 and 1936)
Football (2014)
Soccer (1998)
Softball (I believe 92 and 94)


Valley's original school colors were blue and gold but a set of basketball uniforms in the 1940's were ordered wrong and showed up purple and gold and the colors were changed.

Nice trivia piece

[Omega]

I like these types of discussions...

Scioto Valley Local is Piketon. In mid 1950s Piketon and Scioto Township (Wakefield) consolidated. This was A-Plant boom. Scioto Valley ran dual sessions (7-12 & 12-5) for few years to accommodate influx of students. A gentleman who lived outside of Jasper said it used to take about 45 minutes to get from Jasper 32-104 Intersection to A-Plant entrance due to traffic and employees coming in from all directions. Scioto Valley is a huge school district in miles & has to be one of largest in southern Ohio. It spans from Pike-Scioto Co line to Walmart and Union Hill to Givens.

Only someone really old would even know this

Hey, I resemble your remark. Anyone remember when Stockdale in Pike County had it's own high school? History and geography are important in understanding today's current events.

[Ironman92]

I like these types of discussions...

Scioto Valley Local is Piketon. In mid 1950s Piketon and Scioto Township (Wakefield) consolidated. This was A-Plant boom. Scioto Valley ran dual sessions (7-12 & 12-5) for few years to accommodate influx of students. A gentleman who lived outside of Jasper said it used to take about 45 minutes to get from Jasper 32-104 Intersection to A-Plant entrance due to traffic and employees coming in from all directions. Scioto Valley is a huge school district in miles & has to be one of largest in southern Ohio. It spans from Pike-Scioto Co line to Walmart and Union Hill to Givens.

Only someone really old would even know this

Hey, I resemble your remark. Anyone remember when Stockdale in Pike County had it's own high school? History and geography are important in understanding today's current events.

I spent some of my student teaching time at Stockdale...didn’t Branch Rickey get started right there?

[bbjunky81]

South Webster HS covers the Bloom-Vernon School District.

It borders Wheelersburg, Sciotoville (East), Minford, Oak Hill, Rock Hill and Green.

South Webster HS was built in 1988 and was one of the very first new schools built with help from the State of Ohio and luckily before The School Facilty Commission started dictating to schools what they could and couldn’t do with respect to gym sizes and bleacher sizes etc...

When you enter the school you will notice the floors and building do not look 30 years old. It was built and designed well and has been very well managed.

South Webster is located approximately 10.5 miles from the Ohio River and covers the northeast corner of Scioto County. State Route 140 which runs from 52 (at the Ohio River) to 93 (2-3 miles southeast of Oak Hill) is the main artery to South Webster.

South Webster’s mascot is The Jeep from Popeye and is Red (not yellow like in the cartoon) and our school colors are Red and White and Black. There is 1 other school in The United States who also uses the Jeep as their mascot and it’s located in Illinois.

Good info Lucas, but only one minor change I can see --- the other school with a Jeeps mascot is actually in Indiana. The school is called Northeast Dubois High School, located in Dubois, Indiana.

The only other relevant information I would add is that a lot of people don't know about the Vernon region of South Webster's schools. Vernon was another high school which consolidated into South Webster some 30-40 years ago (I can't recall the exact date) and makes up a good portion of the student population at South Webster. Vernon, or "Laury" as the folks out there call it, is a more rural area. I would love to know the exact mileage of South Webster's entire school district as I would imagine it's fairly large with all the hills / hollers / and farmlands.

[Ironman92]

South Webster HS covers the Bloom-Vernon School District.

It borders Wheelersburg, Sciotoville (East), Minford, Oak Hill, Rock Hill and Green.

South Webster HS was built in 1988 and was one of the very first new schools built with help from the State of Ohio and luckily before The School Facilty Commission started dictating to schools what they could and couldn’t do with respect to gym sizes and bleacher sizes etc...

When you enter the school you will notice the floors and building do not look 30 years old. It was built and designed well and has been very well managed.

South Webster is located approximately 10.5 miles from the Ohio River and covers the northeast corner of Scioto County. State Route 140 which runs from 52 (at the Ohio River) to 93 (2-3 miles southeast of Oak Hill) is the main artery to South Webster.

South Webster’s mascot is The Jeep from Popeye and is Red (not yellow like in the cartoon) and our school colors are Red and White and Black. There is 1 other school in The United States who also uses the Jeep as their mascot and it’s located in Illinois.

Good info Lucas, but only one minor change I can see --- the other school with a Jeeps mascot is actually in Indiana. The school is called Northeast Dubois High School, located in Dubois, Indiana.

The only other relevant information I would add is that a lot of people don't know about the Vernon region of South Webster's schools. Vernon was another high school which consolidated into South Webster some 30-40 years ago (I can't recall the exact date) and makes up a good portion of the student population at South Webster. Vernon, or "Laury" as the folks out there call it, is a more rural area. I would love to know the exact mileage of South Webster's entire school district as I would imagine it's fairly large with all the hills / hollers / and farmlands.

http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment ... E.XLS.aspx

South Webster 84 square miles, Whiteoak 120, Fed Hock over 200, OH 160

[danicalifornia]

South Webster HS covers the Bloom-Vernon School District.

It borders Wheelersburg, Sciotoville (East), Minford, Oak Hill, Rock Hill and Green.

South Webster HS was built in 1988 and was one of the very first new schools built with help from the State of Ohio and luckily before The School Facilty Commission started dictating to schools what they could and couldn’t do with respect to gym sizes and bleacher sizes etc...

When you enter the school you will notice the floors and building do not look 30 years old. It was built and designed well and has been very well managed.

South Webster is located approximately 10.5 miles from the Ohio River and covers the northeast corner of Scioto County. State Route 140 which runs from 52 (at the Ohio River) to 93 (2-3 miles southeast of Oak Hill) is the main artery to South Webster.

South Webster’s mascot is The Jeep from Popeye and is Red (not yellow like in the cartoon) and our school colors are Red and White and Black. There is 1 other school in The United States who also uses the Jeep as their mascot and it’s located in Illinois.

Good info Lucas, but only one minor change I can see --- the other school with a Jeeps mascot is actually in Indiana. The school is called Northeast Dubois High School, located in Dubois, Indiana.

The only other relevant information I would add is that a lot of people don't know about the Vernon region of South Webster's schools. Vernon was another high school which consolidated into South Webster some 30-40 years ago (I can't recall the exact date) and makes up a good portion of the student population at South Webster. Vernon, or "Laury" as the folks out there call it, is a more rural area. I would love to know the exact mileage of South Webster's entire school district as I would imagine it's fairly large with all the hills / hollers / and farmlands.

http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment ... E.XLS.aspx

South Webster 84 square miles, Whiteoak 120, Fed Hock over 200, OH 160

Hey! I know it isn't in our district, but I taught at the largest city school district in the state, Wilmington (161 sq. miles), which I can't believe is bigger than SW City schools in Columbus.

Miami Trace is 401?! Westfall is 200 (thought it was bigger TBH)

Westfall consolidated in 1966. It was 5 different schools, Derby, Williamsport, Monroe, Jackson, and Deer Creek. You can pretty much drive in random parts of the school district and find where they schools are were, as they were all used as elementaries until the early 2000's when the centralized Elementary was built off of SR56.

Westfall shares a border with several other school districts: Adena, Circleville, Madison Plains, Miami Trace, Southwestern City (Grove City, Central Crossing, Westland), Teays Valley, and Unioto.
They have reached the Final Four in 3 different "major" sports, Football (2007), Softball (Champs, 2014), Volleyball (04, 05, 06)

[Ironman92]

Good info Lucas, but only one minor change I can see --- the other school with a Jeeps mascot is actually in Indiana. The school is called Northeast Dubois High School, located in Dubois, Indiana.

The only other relevant information I would add is that a lot of people don't know about the Vernon region of South Webster's schools. Vernon was another high school which consolidated into South Webster some 30-40 years ago (I can't recall the exact date) and makes up a good portion of the student population at South Webster. Vernon, or "Laury" as the folks out there call it, is a more rural area. I would love to know the exact mileage of South Webster's entire school district as I would imagine it's fairly large with all the hills / hollers / and farmlands.

http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment ... E.XLS.aspx

South Webster 84 square miles, Whiteoak 120, Fed Hock over 200, OH 160

Hey! I know it isn't in our district, but I taught at the largest city school district in the state, Wilmington (161 sq. miles), which I can't believe is bigger than SW City schools in Columbus.

Miami Trace is 401?! Westfall is 200 (thought it was bigger TBH)

Not labeled but you can see how MT is so big

https://www.google.com/search?client=sa ... g7A9fUHzVM:

[Omega]

Only someone really old would even know this

Hey, I resemble your remark. Anyone remember when Stockdale in Pike County had it's own high school? History and geography are important in understanding today's current events.

I spent some of my student teaching time at Stockdale...didn’t Branch Rickey get started right there?

You are correct on Branch Rickey. By the way, I cannot remember the mascot name for Stockdale, can you fill me in.

[danicalifornia]

http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment ... E.XLS.aspx

South Webster 84 square miles, Whiteoak 120, Fed Hock over 200, OH 160

Hey! I know it isn't in our district, but I taught at the largest city school district in the state, Wilmington (161 sq. miles), which I can't believe is bigger than SW City schools in Columbus.

Miami Trace is 401?! Westfall is 200 (thought it was bigger TBH)

Not labeled but you can see how MT is so big

https://www.google.com/search?client=sa ... g7A9fUHzVM:

So from what I gather, Fayette County is about 425 square miles lol

[Raiderball]

I think it was early 70' s Hannan Trace, Kyger Creek, North Gallia and Southwestern school districts consolidated to form the Gallia County Local School District. From this consolidation through the 91-92 school year these 4 high schools remained open. Beginning with the 92-93 school year the 4 high schools consolidated to form River Valley High School (in the former KC building). After 4--5 years??? South Gallia opened in the former HT building.
382 square miles
Bordering districts Gallipolis City, Fairland, Symmes Valley, Oak Hill, Vinton County, Meigs, (not sure if the district borders Wellston at any point or not)
2 high schools River Valley, South Gallia

[EagleEye3]

Hey, I resemble your remark. Anyone remember when Stockdale in Pike County had it's own high school? History and geography are important in understanding today's current events.

I spent some of my student teaching time at Stockdale...didn’t Branch Rickey get started right there?

You are correct on Branch Rickey. By the way, I cannot remember the mascot name for Stockdale, can you fill me in.

The Stockdale Bulldogs