Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in

Wheelersburg Wheelersburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the northern banks of the Ohio River in southern Ohio. Wheelersburg is approximately east of Portsmouth and west of Ironton. It is in Porte ...

, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the

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in Southern Ohio. Wheelersburg's mascot is the Pirates and their school colors are orange and black. The district is bordered by the Bloom-Vernon Local School District and the

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to the north along Ohio 140, the

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to the east along

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and Ohio 522 (before entering Lawrence County), and the Portsmouth City School District to the west. Students entered a new

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academic building during the 2008–2009 school year.

Academics

Wheelersburg High School won the Ohio Academic Competition in 1985 and 1986. The school also won the 1984 National Academic Championship. For the past five years, the Wheelersburg High School has received an "Excellent" rating on the State of Ohio's Local Report Card.

Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well as several private and community schools. The school's athletic affiliation is with the

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(OHSAA) and the

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(SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County ( Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County ( Saint Joseph Central High School and Symmes Valley High School), Pike County ( Waverly High School,

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, and Western High School), and Scioto County ( Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School,

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, and Wheelersburg High School). ''See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the

Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances

*Boys' Baseball ::OHSAA State Championships :::::1996 (def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1), :::::2012 (def. Lima Central Catholic 1-0) :::::2013 (def. Bloom-Carroll 5-4) In 2015, Wheelersburg Baseball became the first OHSAA team ever to win 6 straight regional championships from 2010 to 2015. *Boys' Basketball ::OHSAA State Runner-up :::::1984 - (d. Willard 70-64 & lost to Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary 75-71 to finish season at 23-5) :::::1995 - (d. Columbus Bishop Hartley 76-60 & lost to Orrville 79-50 to finish season at 23-4) ::OHSAA Final Four Appearances :::::1982 - Youngstown Rayen d. Wheelersburg 61-45) :::::1989 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 71-67 (2OT)) :::::2006 - (Cleveland Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph d. Wheelersburg 71-62) :::::2007 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 69-66 :Football :: OHSAA State Championship :::::1989 (def. Warren John F. Kennedy 14-7) :::::2017 (def. Pemberville Eastwood 21-14OT) *Girls' Softball ::OHSAA State Runner-up :::::2004 (d. Archbold 2-1 & lost to Woodsfield Monroe Central 1-0 to finish season at 25-6), ::OHSAA Division III State Champions :::::2016 (d. Johnstown-Monroe, 1-0, within the state semifinals, and then d. South Range, 8-3, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 26-2. :::::2022 (d. Cardington-Lincoln, 5-2, within the state semifinals, and then d. Tuslaw, 5-2, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 27-1.

Notable alumni

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, President of Ohio State University 1925-1938 * Seth Morrison Class of 2006 - Lead Guitarist Skillet *

Josh Newman Joshua Paul Newman (born June 11, 1982) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played parts of and for the Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals. Biography A native of Wheelersburg, Ohio, Newman played college baseba ...

Class of 2000 - Former MLB pitcher and current assistant baseball coach at Penn State Nittany Lions * Rohit Kataria Class of 2020 - Former contestant, Season 35 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament * Redonda Miller, MD, MBA Class of 1984 - President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2016-

References

External links

* {{Authority control High schools in Scioto County, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio