Northridge High School is part of Northridge Local Schools. The school is located in

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, United States. The school

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. Northridge's mission is "Educating Today for Tomorrow's Success". Northridge met nine of the 12 state indicators for the 2008–2009 school year, earning an "Effective" rating.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys

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– 1945 *Track - Boys-4 X 800 Relay (1988-1989) - Scott Rairden, Mike Green, Brian Smith, Mike Banta *Track - Boys-800 Meter Run (1994-1995) - C.J. Szekely *Wrestling - 160 lb (1996-1997) - Shawn Brightman

Alumni

This is a partial list of notable alumni of Northridge High School (Dayton, Ohio). * Joseph G. Lapointe Jr - received Medal of Honor * Frank J. Myers - Grammy winner, singer-songwriter of Baker & Myers *

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- lead singer of Guided by Voices *

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- Former MLB player (

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) *

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- former college basketball player, central figure in point shaving scandal * Andrew Ogletree -

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pick from Youngstown State. * Matt MacPherson - Associate Head Coach (Safeties) of

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* Nolan R Jones - Associate Athletics Director for Football Operations of

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* Jay Hooten - Director of Football Performance of

References

External links

Northridge Schools Website

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