Smithville High School (Ohio)

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Smithville High School
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Smithville High School Football Stadium
Address
Smithville High School (Ohio)
200 Smithie Drive

Smithville
,
Wayne
,
Ohio
44677

United States
Coordinates 40°52′07″N81°51′28″W / 40.8686111°N 81.8577778°W / 40.8686111; -81.8577778
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Type Public, Co-Ed
School district Green Local School District
SuperintendentDean Frank
PrincipalAndy Bratcher
Teaching staff18.35 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment356 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.40 [1]
Color(s)Green & White
  
Fight song College Boy
Athletics conference Wayne County Athletic League
MascotSmithie
Nickname Smithies
Website http://www.green-local.k12.oh.us/hs

Smithville High School is a public high school in Smithville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Green Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Smithies, which was a nickname given to the school's teams by an early sports editor of the Wooster Daily Record. [2] The colors of green and white came from the town's location within Green Township. [2] Long-time athletic director and coach Wilbur Berkey designed the horseshoe and anvil logo the school uses. [2]

In 1955, Marshallville's district was merged with Smithville's. This was done in order to prevent the transporting of Marshallville students across Orrville's district into Dalton, where Marshallville had sent their students since their school's closure in 1938. [3] The merger enabled Smithville to start up a football program in the WCAL. The Marshallville Tigers had previously competed in the WCAL as well.

Due to the recent success of all three teams, Smithville's football team also has a strong rivalry with both the Dalton High School Bulldogs and the Waynedale High School Golden Bears. All three schools have combined to either share or outright win the WCAL football title 44 times from 1960 to 2019, and in that time frame there have only been 16 seasons where none of the three have contributed to a football championship. [4]

In 2014, Smithville High School, Greene Middle School, Smithville Elementary and Marshallville Elementary were all combined into one new K-12 building, and the old buildings demolished. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Smithville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH.
  3. ↑ History of Wayne County, Ohio. Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX. 1987.
  4. ↑ Wayne County Athletic League#League championships
  5. ↑ Doohan, Thomas (20 November 2014). "Marshallville Elementary School slated for demolition". The Daily Record. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Doohan, Thomas (25 August 2014). "Demolition of Green district buildings progresses". The Daily Record. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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