Ottawa-Glandorf High School Explained

Ottawa-Glandorf High School
Location:Ottawa, Ohio
Streetaddress:630 Glendale Avenue
City:Ottawa
State:Ohio
County:(Putnam County)
Zipcode:45875
Country:USA
Coordinates:41.0285°N -84.0456°W
Schoolboard:Becky Leader
David Dalrymple
Lucy Cramer
Beth Hempfling
Brent Schroeder
District:Ottawa-Glandorf Local
Oversight:Putnam County ESC
Principal:Ann Ellerbrock
Dean:Kenneth Schriner
Teaching Staff:27.83 (FTE)
Ratio:19.30
Grades:912
Campus:Rural
Campus Type:Public
Athletics Conference:Western Buckeye League
Team Name:Titans [1]
Colors:Navy and Gold
Yearbook:Thunderbolt
Enrollment:537 (2022-23)[2]

Ottawa-Glandorf High School, is a secondary school and only high school part of the Ottawa-Glandorf Local School District. The school is the largest in Putnam County. The school serves students who are in grades 9 through 12 from Glandorf and Ottawa as well as parts of Greensburg, Liberty, Ottawa, Pleasant and Union Townships.

Ottawa-Glandorf High School was designated "Excellent" or "Excellent with Distinction" (the highest designation given) by the Ohio Department of Education during the last 10 consecutive school years. The district met 24 of 24 state indicators with a 100% graduation rate in 2013.

Athletics

Ottawa-Glandorf is a member of the Western Buckeye League. They are the only school in the county not part of the Putnam County League.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

OHSAA State Runner-Up

OHSAA State Final Four

OHSAA Regional Appearances

Key: * indicates state semi-finalist, state runner-up, or state champions
Note: Not all regional appearances are listed for every sport or every appearance for the sports listed.

Tournament notes

Boys Basketball 1996-2010:
In 1996, Ottawa-Glandorf fell in an overtime thriller to Orrville, 60-59, in the Division II state championship game. Ottawa-Glandorf lost to No. 2 Willard in the regional semi-final, 57-49 in 2001. In 2002, the Titans lost to Lebron James' No. 1 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary team in the regional final, 77-58. Ottawa-Glandorf fell again to the same No. 1 ranked James dominated Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary team in 2003 in the regional final, 69-59. In 2004, they went on to capture their first Division II state championship defeating Canal Fulton Northwest, 75-42. Canal Fulton Northwest beat No. 9 Dayton Chaminade-Julienne, 65-61 in the state semi-final. In 2008, they captured the Division III state championship with a win over Sugarcreek Garaway. In 2009, they were only twice-beaten but lost to state-power Coldwater in the final minutes of the Division III district final. They lost narrowly to Lima Central Catholic in the 2010 district final.

Football 2008-2009:
In 2008, Ottawa-Glandorf's football team defeated No. 10 Marion Pleasant in OT to advance to the first regional final in school's history. They later fell to No. 4 Genoa Area, whom advanced to the state tournament. They advanced to their second straight regional championship game in 2009 after blowing past Eastwood 48-3. They later advanced to their first state semi-final game after knocking off Orrville, 21-20.

WBL Championships

SportChampionship Year
Boys Basketball1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009
Girls Basketball1988, 1989, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Boys Track1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978
Girls Tennis1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997
Girls Track1980, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Boys Soccer1998, 1999, 2008
Football2002, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016
Girls Soccer2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2022, 2023
Baseball1980, 1982
Wrestling1972, 1973
Volleyball2004, 2007
Boys Tennis2004
Boys Cross Country1985, 2022
Girls Cross Country2022, 2023
Girls Swimming2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

State tournament appearances

SportYears (*won state title, 'r' runner up)
Boys Basketball1977, 1978, 1996r, 2004*, 2008*, 2012, 2013*, 2021, 2022r
Boys Track1971r, 1972*
Football2009
Girls Track2002*
Baseball1979
Golf1997
Boys Soccer1998
Girls Soccer2014r, 2021r, 2022r, 2023r

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory. 2009-12-15. OHSAA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101103103132/http://cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=166. 2010-11-03.
  2. Web site: Ottawa-Glandorf High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 17, 2024.
  3. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2006-12-31. OHSAA.
  4. Web site: Yappi Sports Basketball D2. 2007-02-12. Yappi. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113105032/http://www.yappi.com/boysbasketball/D2.html. 2007-01-13. dead.