Hillsdale High School is a public high school near
Jeromesville, Ohio
Jeromesville is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 531 at the 2020 census.
History
Jeromesville was platted in 1815 ( near the site of a former and abandoned Native-American village named "Jerometown"). It is ...
, United States. The building is located in
Mohican Township in between the villages of Jeromesville and
Hayesville. Athletic teams are known as the Falcons, and the school colors are Columbia Blue, Navy Blue and gold. The school opened in the fall of 1964.
History
The idea for Hillsdale High School was born in 1961 when Jeromesville and
Hayesville decided to merge their school districts. Joyce Justice's suggestion for the name "Hillsdale" was selected as the winner of the contest to name the school.
A committee made up of representatives from both districts agreed on the school colors of Columbia blue and gold, and the nickname the "Falcons".
The school eventually opened in the fall of 1964. The first senior class graduated in 1965.
Hillsdale was a member of the
Firelands Conference
The Firelands Conference is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) athletic league located in north-central Ohio. The league was formed in the 1960–61 school year and is named for the Firelands area of the old Western Reserve, wher ...
until 1970, when they were asked to replace
Triway High School
Triway High School is a public high school in Wooster, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Triway Local School District. Their nickname is the Titans.
Background
Triway serves primarily the townships of Wooster, Franklin, and Clinton, and t ...
in the
Wayne County Athletic League
The Wayne County Athletic League is an OHSAA athletic conference whose eight members are from Wayne County and Ashland County, Ohio. The following are currently members:
Former members
League history
1920s
*The league began slowly in the 192 ...
, despite not being located in
Wayne County.
Hillsdale recorded the first WCAL football championship for a non-Wayne County school in 2010 when they won the league title outright.
State championships
* Girls
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
- 1979, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2018
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High schools in Ashland County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
1964 establishments in Ohio