Ashland High School (Ohio) Explained

Ashland High School
Streetaddress:	1440 King Road
County:	(Ashland County)
Zipcode:	44805
Country:	United States
Superintendent:	Steve Paramore
Principal:	Josh Packard^[1]
Teaching Staff:	54.29 (FTE)
Avg Class Size:	21
Ratio:	16.12
Rival:	Lexington Minutemen
Mascot:	Arie the Arrow
Team Name:	Arrows^[2]
Colors:	Black and orange
Newspaper:	Panorama
Enrollment:	875 (2018-19)^[3]
Homepage:	School Website

Ashland High School (AHS) is the only high school of the Ashland City School District of Ashland, Ohio. It has around 1200 students.

Athletics

Ashland High School has a long tradition in sports, especially baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, football and golf. The boys varsity golf teams have the only state championships recorded in school history, in 1962 and 1998. The boys and girls golf teams advanced to the OHSAA Division 1 State Golf Championships in 2008 and the girls team returned to the championships in 2009 where senior Rachel Thompson received medalist runner-up honors.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys' Golf – 1962, 1998 ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Ernest Cline – novelist and screenwriter.^[5]
• John Roseboro – former MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators)^[6]
• Tim Seder – former National Football League player with the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars^[7]
• Robert Springer – NASA astronaut^[8]

External links

• Official site of school

Notes and References

1. Web site: Packard hired as principal at Ashland High School. O'Donnell. Waylon. April 29, 2019.
2. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory . 2009-12-15 . OHSAA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101105012226/http://cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=138 . 2010-11-05 .
3. Web site: Ashland High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 19, 2021.
4. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2006-12-31. OHSAA. https://web.archive.org/web/20061231042515/http://www.ohsaa.org/. 31 December 2006 . live.
5. http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/2850502 It's showtime Ashland graduate Ernie Cline breaks into the movies with script for Fanboys
6. Web site: John Roseboro Stats. Baseball Almanac . December 21, 2012.
7. News: A real kick: Former high-school coach lands in Dallas. 2006-12-31. Josie Karp . CNN.
8. Web site: ROBERT C. (BOB) SPRINGER (COLONEL, USMC, RET.). NASA. 24 October 2017.