Swanton High School is a public

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Swanton, Ohio Swanton is a village located in Fulton County, Ohio, Fulton and Lucas County, Ohio, Lucas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,897 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. Total area is 8.90 km2 (3.44 sq mi). History ...

, USA. It is the only high school in the Swanton Local School District.

School details

In the 2002-2003 school year Swanton High moved into its new school building. The school' provides for 9th to 12th grades. During the 2005-2006 school year, there were of 145 freshmen, 127 sophomores, 142 juniors and 127 seniors, totalling 541 students. 495 of those students were Caucasian, 9 were Black, 15 Hispanic and 6 of other races. The student-to-teacher ratio was 24.7.

Athletics

Swanton High School's mascot is the Bulldog. Its colors are purple and white. The school is a member of the

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. The current athletic director is Wade Haselman.

NWOAL championships (1957-1969, 1978-)

*American football: 1981, 1985*, 1989*, 1991, 1995, 2015* *Boys' cross country: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 *Girls' cross country: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003 *Golf: 1992, 1993 *Girls' soccer: 2015, 2016, 2020* *Volleyball: 2017, 2020* *Boys' basketball: 1963-64*, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1987-88*, 2014-15*, 2021–22 *Girls' basketball: 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984-85*, 1988-89*, 1990–91, 2006–07 *Wrestling: 1978-79, 1979-80*, 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1982-83*, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1990–91 *Baseball: 1965, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990* *Boys' track and field: 1987, 1988*, 1989 *Girls' track and field: 1979, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992

[Northern Border League championships (1969-1978)

*American football: 1975*, 1976 *Boys' cross country: 1970, 1973, 1974 *Golf: 1969 *Wrestling: 1972-73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977-78 *Baseball: 1970*, 1972* *Boys' track and field: 1974 *Girls' track and field: 1977, 1978 ''Note: shared league titles are denoted with an asterisk (*)''

Band

The Swanton High School marching band and concert band are members of class "C" in the Ohio Music Education Association. The band hosts a yearly marching band competition called "The Bulldog Bowl".

Notable alumni

* Fred Sturt - NFL football player * Emerson Cole - member of 1950 NFL Champion Cleveland Browns * Bernard Benton - former WBC cruiserweight champion *

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- NCAA football coach * Karl Koepfer - former NFL football player * Gary Jones - costume designer and Academy Award nominee

Notes and references

External links

Swanton High School's football web page
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