Northwestern High School (West Salem, Ohio) Explained

Northwestern High School
Streetaddress:7473 N Elyria Road
Region:Wayne County
City:West Salem
State:Ohio
County:Wayne County
Zipcode:44287
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.8893°N -82.1074°W
District:Northwestern Local School District
Superintendent:Julie McCumber (Interim)
Principal:Tyler Keener
Graduates:94%
Type:Public high school
Grades:9-12
Conference:Wayne County Athletic League
Rival:Norwayne Bobcats
Mascot:Husky
Sports:Football, golf, cheerleading, soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, indoor track (club), baseball, track and field, softball, volleyball
Team Name:Huskies
Colors:Blue and gray
Established:1951
Enrollment:407 (2016–17)[1]
Homepage:Home Of The Huskies

Northwestern High School is a public high school in West Salem, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Northwestern Local Schools district, which is located in north-west Wayne County, Ohio. Their nickname is the Huskies.

History

Northwestern was created in 1951 from a merger of the school districts in Chester Township, Congress, and West Salem. The school name came from the district's northwestern location within Wayne County. Chester basketball coach Roy Bates chose the school colors of blue and gray, which were a combination of the basketball uniforms of Chester, which were blue, and Congress, which were gray. Bates would also become the first basketball coach at Northwestern. Bates chose the nickname of "Huskies".[2]

Athletics

Northwestern is one of eight high schools that compete in the Wayne County Athletic League.

-(Jake Ewing-3rd Place in State)

-(Frank Read-5th Place in State)

-(Brent Runkle-7th Place in State)

-(Josh Ewing- State Runner Up)

In 2017 a Northwestern middle school student would throw 175ft in the discus for track and field, it’s still a wcal record to this day.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

*title won by West Salem High School prior to consolidation into Northwestern HS.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northwestern High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 10, 2019.
  2. Book: Vasas, Michale Paul . A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988 . Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH . 1989 .
  3. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2006-12-31. OHSAA.
  4. Web site: Yappi Sports Basketball A. 2007-02-12. Yappi. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113105156/http://www.yappi.com/boysbasketball/A.html. 2007-01-13. dead.
  5. Web site: Yappi Sports Baseball. 2007-02-12. Yappi. https://web.archive.org/web/20070308100827/http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html. 2007-03-08. dead.

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