Marysville High School (MHS) is a public
high school in
Marysville, Ohio. It is the only traditional high school in Marysville Exempted Village School District, but is accompanied by the Marysville Early College High School (casually known as "STEM" or "ECHS"). MHS's school mascot is the "Monarch", which is a lion that symbolizes the "King (Monarch) of the Jungle".
Athletics
Marysville offers many athletic teams, including football, baseball, boys and girls basketball, softball, volleyball, boys and girls soccer, track and field, cross country, boys and girls lacrosse, swimming, boys and girls golf, boys and girls tennis, and wrestling. Club sports include gymnastics and bowling.
The mascot for MHS athletics is the Monarch. The Monarch is not the butterfly, but rather the Monarch lion.
Extracurricular activities
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the
Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and
National Junior Classical League (NJCL).
MHS has a competitive
show choir, "Swingers Unlimited". The group has won several competitions in the 21st century. The school has also hosted its own competition since 1991.
Notable alumni
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Robert S. Beightler
Robert Sprague Beightler (March 21, 1892 – February 12, 1978) was an American military officer and Ohio political insider, engineer, and business owner. In the military, he reached the rank of major general, and served as military governor of ...
(1892-1978), American general
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Chase Blackburn
Chase Wyatt Blackburn (born June 10, 1983) is a former American football coach and former linebacker who is the special teams coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New York Giants as an ...
(born 1983), National Football League linebacker (New York Giants)
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Arthur E. Drumm (1929-2014), inventor and former Marine
* Nathan Gale (1979-2004), perpetrator of the
Columbus nightclub shooting
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Dorothy Pelanda (born 1956), lawyer
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Gary Shirk
Gary Lee Shirk (born February 23, 1950) is a former professional American football tight end. He played with the New York Giants of the National Football League for seven seasons. He also played in the World Football League for the Memphis South ...
(born 1950), football tight end (New York Giants, Memphis Southmen, Memphis Showboats)
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Bill Wall (1931/2-2014), USA Basketball executive and college head coach (MacMurray)
References
External links
District Website
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High schools in Union County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio