William Mason High School, also known as Mason High School (WMHS or MHS), is a four-year public

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located in the Mason City Schools district in

Mason, Ohio Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, approximately north of downtown Cincinnati. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, Mason's population was 34,792. It is home to Kings Island amusement park and one of ...

, a suburb of

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

History

Mason High School's first commencement was held May 21, 1886, at the Mason Presbyterian Church. The seven graduates completed the three-year high school program and each read their topic paper at the graduation ceremony. Professor Louis Coleman was the school superintendent and possibly the only teacher in the high school.

Current

The current Mason High School facility opened for the 2002-03 school year with 379,000 square feet on a 73-acre campus. In 2009, a $30 million expansion project added 49 classrooms in two new, three-story wings. Opened in 2003, and connected to the high school, is the 149,000 square-foot Mason Community Center, which features an Olympic-sized competition swimming pool, therapy pools, six basketball courts, fitness rooms and exercise equipment. It was a joint project of the City of Mason and Mason City Schools. As of the 2020-21 school year, Mason High School's enrollment is 3,507 students. It is the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Ohio.

Athletics

Mason high school foto by andy hemmer cincinnati

The Comets participate in the

Greater Miami Conference This is a list of high school athletic conferences in the Southwest Region of Ohio, as defined by the OHSAA. Because the names of localities and their corresponding high schools do not always match and because there is often a possibility of ambig ...

, in which they have won 18 consecutive All-Sports titles through 2024-25. Previously, Mason was a charter member of the

Fort Ancient Valley Conference This is a list of former high school athletic conferences in the Southwest Region of Ohio, as designated by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. If a conference had members that span multiple regions, the conference is placed in the article o ...

from 1965-66 to 2006-07.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships/Team

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- 2024 *Boys

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- 2019 *Boys Cross Country - 2008, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024 *Boys

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

- 2013 *Girls

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and

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- 2018, 2019 *Girls Cross Country - 2012, 2013, 2022 *Girls

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

- 2008, 2009, 2010 *Girls

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- 2004 *Girls

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

- 2000

Non-OHSAA State Championships/Team

* Girls

- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (Ohio Tennis Coaches Association tournament) * Boys

- 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025, (Ohio Tennis Coaches Association tournament) * Boys

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- 2004 * Girls

Water Polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

- 2013 * Boys

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- 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023

Notable alumni

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(class of 2006),

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national champion, 9-time All-American cross country and track runner at the

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(class of 1894),

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pitcher *

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(class of 2004), actor, ''

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'' * Josh Kline (class of 2008),

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offensive lineman; member of 2015

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-winning

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(class of 2013),

offensive lineman * Dan Patrick (class of 1974), sports broadcaster and host,

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and

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, TV/radio host of ''

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'' *

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(class of 2013),

pitcher

References

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