Northwestern High School (West Salem, Ohio)

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Northwestern High School (West Salem, Ohio) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 40°53′21″N 82°06′27″W / 40.889298°N 82.107392°W

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Northwestern High School
Address

7473 N Elyria Road Wayne County West Salem , Wayne County , Ohio 44287 United States
Coordinates	40°53′21″N 82°06′27″W / 40.889298°N 82.107392°W / 40.889298; -82.107392
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1951
School district	Northwestern Local School District
Superintendent	Julie McCumber (Interim)
Principal	Tyler Keener
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	407 (2016–17)^[1]
Color(s)	Blue and gray
Athletics conference	Wayne County Athletic League
Sports	Football, golf, cheerleading, soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, indoor track (club), baseball, track and field, softball, volleyball
Mascot	Husky
Team name	Huskies
Rival	Norwayne Bobcats
Graduates	94%
Website	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.

2008 Girls' Volleyball Team District Champions
2008 Wrestling- 1 state placer

-(Jake Ewing-3rd Place in State)

2008 Wrestling- 2 state qualifiers
2007 Girls' Volleyball Team District Champions
2007 Football League Champions
2007 Track- 1 state placer
2007 Wrestling- 2 state placers

-(Frank Read-5th Place in State)

-(Brent Runkle-7th Place in State)

2007 Wrestling- 3 state qualifiers
2007 (February) Wrestling- "Seniors Spencer Hershey Jr., Brent Runkle, Frank "The Tank" Read and Josh Cutter, along with junior Mat Schaefer, have all topped 100 career wins already. In fact, their combined 637 victories are believed to make them the winningest quintet in area history." Quoted in the Daily Record
2006 School Record of 6 state qualifiers in wrestling
2006 Football League Champions (10-0)
2006 Second Football Playoff Team in School History.
2005, 2006 WCAL Wrestling Champions
2005 Wrestling- 1 State Qualifier
2005 Sectional Wrestling Champions
2005 Football Regionals (10-3)
2005 First Football Playoff Team in School History.
2004 Wrestling- 1 state placer

-(Josh Ewing- State Runner Up)

2004 Wrestling- 3 state qualifiers
2004 Golf League Champions
The school is known for its strong tradition in basketball in the 2000s, with 5 league championships, (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 3 District Championships, (03, 06, 17) in the 2000s.

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

Boys' basketball – 1958, 1965 ^[3]^[4]
Boys' baseball – 1933*, 1959, 1966 ^[3]^[5]

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

References

^ "Northwestern High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH.
^ ^a ^b OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Archived from the original on 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

External links

District website

v t e Wayne County Athletic League
Current members	Chippewa (Chipps) Dalton (Bulldogs) Hillsdale (Falcons) Northwestern (Huskies) Norwayne (Bobcats) Rittman (Indians) Smithville (Smithies) Waynedale (Golden Bears)
Former members	Apple Creek (Aces) Big Prairie (Bobcats) Burbank (Bombers) Chester (Pups) Congress (Senators) Creston (Panthers) Fredericksburg (Freddies) Marshallville (Tigers) Mt. Eaton/Paint Township (Pirates) Shreve (Trojans) Sterling/Milton Township (Eagles) Triway (Titans) West Salem (Clippers)

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