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'''Rossford High School''' is a public [[high school]] in [[Rossford, Ohio|Rossford]], [[Ohio]]. It is the only high school in the Rossford Exempted Village Schools district. The district also serves parts of [[Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio|Perrysburg]] and [[Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio|Lake]] townships within [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood County]].
'''Rossford High School''' is a public high school in [[Rossford, Ohio]], United States. It is the only high school in the [[Rossford Exempted Village School District]]. The district mainly serves the city of Rossford and also includes parts of the city of [[Northwood, Ohio|Northwood]], [[Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio|Perrysburg Township]], and [[Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio|Lake Township]] within [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood County]].


==History==
The current high school was built in 1923 and is connected to the adjacent junior high by an underground tunnel. The school buildings need upgrading according to recent studies.<ref>[https://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2013/01/22/School-buildings-in-need-of-significant-upgrades.html School building in need of significant upgrade] January 22, 2013 Toledo Blade</ref>
The current high school was built in 1922 with its first class graduating in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15005coll25 |title=Rossford Public Library Digital Collection
|year=2018 |accessdate=May 10, 2018 |work=Ohio Memory Project |publisher=[[Ohio History Connection]]}}</ref> The George G. Wolfe Field House opened in 1950 to be used for indoor athletic events.<ref>{{cite web | last = WTOL Staff| title = Rossford High says fond farewell to school's field house at final b-ball game| publisher = WTOL.com | date = February 23, 2018| url = http://www.wtol.com/story/37580566/rossford-high-says-fond-farewell-to-schools-field-house-at-final-b-ball-game| accessdate = May 10, 2018}}</ref> In 1957 and 1958 respectively, Rossford absorbed the students that attended the Glenwood Elementary and Lime City Elementary school districts as a means of eliminating such jurisdictions across Ohio.<ref>{{cite web | last = Braatz| first = George| title = Wood County Watching School Districts Vanish| publisher = [[Toledo Blade]] | date = August 11, 1967| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nwhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7310,2602346&dq=glenwood+rossford+1958&hl=en| accessdate = May 10, 2018}}</ref> The final addition to the high school was built in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rossford School District Facilities Committee Meeting |url=http://www.rossfordschools.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/4845e14f22768/10-19-16%20Summary.pdf |date=October 19, 2016 |accessdate=May 10, 2018 |publisher=Rossford Exempted Village School District}}</ref>


Starting with the 2018–19 school year, Rossford students will temporarily be housed at [[Owens Community College]] while the high school and middle school complex is upgraded, which is expected to be finished by early 2020.<ref>{{cite web | last = Brown| first = Kristian| title = Rossford H.S students to move to Owens Community College| publisher = 13 abc WTVG | date = February 21, 2017 | url = http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Rossford-HS-students-to-move-to-Owens-Community-College--414379143.html| accessdate = May 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Message from Superintendent Creps: Update on District's Facilities| publisher = Rossford Exempted Village Schools | date = 2017 | url = http://www.rossfordschools.org/vnews/display.v/ART/58349f0f6dbf0| accessdate = May 10, 2018}}</ref> The refurbished building will include technological improvements, areas for grades 6–8 and 9–12, and new gymnasiums for both high school and middle school use. It will also retain the original structure from 1922.<ref>{{cite web| last = Skebba| first = Jay| title = Rossford puts together building plans| publisher = Toledo Blade| date = April 25, 2016| url = http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2016/04/25/Rossford-puts-together-building-plans.html| accessdate = May 10, 2018| archive-date = September 6, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180906132205/http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2016/04/25/Rossford-puts-together-building-plans.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Notable alumni==
* [[Jonathan Bennett (actor)|Jonathan Bennett]], actor
* [[Maurice A. Thompson]], famous constitutional lawyer
* [[Dennis Richmond]], former news anchor ([[KTVU]] - [[San Francisco Bay Area]])
* [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]], founder of [[American Atheists]] <ref name="Madalyn Murray O'Hair">{{cite
web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/862/000022796/|title=Madalyn Murray O'Hair bio|accessdate=2006-02-22|author=NNDB}}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{| style="float: right;" border="1"
Rossford calls their sports teams the [[Bulldog]]s and they wear the school colors of maroon and gray. They were one of the founding members of the [[Northern Lakes League]] in 1956, but joined the [[Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)|Northern Buckeye Conference]] in 2011. Rossford has had a strong athletic tradition that dates back to the school's earliest competitions, despite being one of the smaller (if not smallest) schools in their league.
|-align=center style="background: maroon; color: #D3D3D3"
! colspan=2 |State runners-up
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! Sport
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|-style="background: #D3D3D3; color: maroon"
| Boys basketball
| 1966, 1970
|}


Rossford sports teams are known as the Bulldogs with school colors of maroon and gray. Rossford was one of the founding members of the [[Northern Lakes League]] in 1956, but joined the [[Northern Buckeye Conference]] in 2011.
At the high school's location, basketball, volleyball, football, and the occasional soccer game are played. Baseball, softball, track & field, and soccer are played at the Glenwood Elementary complex almost 4 miles south of the main campus. Rossford is known locally for their unique football field setup, which only has one large set of stands set in the side of a hill.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} This leaves the visiting football team on a sideline without their fans behind them.


At the high school campus, basketball, volleyball, football, and the occasional soccer game are played. Baseball, softball, track & field, and soccer are played at the Rossford Elementary complex, almost {{convert|4|mi}} south of the main campus.
===Northern Buckeye Conference championships (2011-)===
*'''Boys Soccer''': 2013, 2014
*'''Golf''': 2014, 2015
*'''Boys Basketball''': 2014-15*


Rossford's greatest athletic run to date came during the 1960s and 1970s when the Bulldogs secured numerous NLL titles in football, boys basketball, and baseball.<ref name="by">{{cite web|title=RHS gym banners|publisher=Rossford High School}}</ref> Three trips were made to the final four for basketball, which included runner-up finishes in 1966 and 1970 and a semi-final appearance in 1975. Two trips were also made to the Final Four in Baseball in 1957 and 1965 bowing out in the semi-finals 1-0 to Doylestown and 11-2 to Shaker Heights respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/history/BBK/tourn_participation.htm#R|title = All-Time State Tournament Participation}}</ref>
(years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title)


The Rossford football team has made nine appearances in the state playoffs, earning their first win with a come-from-behind victory in the first round of the 2015 Division V playoffs over [[Norwayne High School]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Stumpf | first = Todd| title = Rossford rally ends Bobcats' season| publisher = The Northern Wayne Post | date = November 6, 2015 | url = http://www.thepostnewspapers.com/northern_wayne/sports/norwayne_sports/rossford-rally-ends-bobcats-season/article_2d406704-84fb-56fe-9472-743a976233a6.html| accessdate = May 10, 2018}}</ref>
===[[Northern Lakes League (OHSAA)|Northern Lakes League]] championships (1956-2011)<ref name="by">{{cite web|title=RHS gym banners|publisher=Rossford High School|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>===
*'''Football''': 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1989, 1990, 2002<ref>{{cite web | last = Emmons| first = Donald | title = Rossford seals deal | publisher = [[Toledo Blade]] | date = October 26, 2002 | url = http://www.toledoblade.com/HighSchool/2002/10/26/Rossford-seals-deal.html | accessdate = January 12, 2014}}</ref>
*'''Volleyball''': 1975, 1987, 1988, 1991
*'''Golf''': 1985
*'''Boys Basketball''': 1961-62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1988–89, 1992-93
*'''Girls Basketball''': 1971-72, 1992–93
*'''Wrestling''': 1984-85
*'''Baseball''': 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1987
*'''Softball''': 1978
*'''Boys Track & Field''': 1971


==Notable alumni==
===Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships===
* [[Jonathan Bennett (actor)|Jonathan Bennett]], actor
*'''Wrestling''':<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fA1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1AIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=champion%20rossford%20wrestling&pg=4520%2C590456 State Mat Results</ref>
* [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]], founder of [[American Atheists]]<ref name="Madalyn Murray O'Hair">{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/862/000022796/ |title=Madalyn Murray O'Hair bio|accessdate=2006-02-22|author=NNDB}}</ref>
**Mark Tinney, 1985-86 Class AA 95&nbsp;lb
* [[Jim Penix]], basketball player<ref>{{cite news|title=Jim Penix finally at home at BG State University |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121397765/the-circleville-herald/ |newspaper=Circleville Herald|date=February 26, 1970|page=15|via =[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = March 22, 2023}} {{Open access}}</ref>
**Mike Romp, 1985-86 Class AA 155&nbsp;lb
* [[Dennis Richmond]], former news anchor at [[KTVU]]
*'''Track''':
* [[Maurice A. Thompson]], constitutional lawyer
**Tiffany Paige, 1997 Girls 100 meter hurdles
**Ricardo Ross, 2008 Boys 110 meter hurdles<ref>http://ohsaa.org/sports/tf/2008/results08.htm 2008 OHSAA State Track Meet</ref>

===OHSAA Football Playoff Appearances <ref>http://ohsaa.org/sports/history/FT/tourn_participation.htm#R OHSAA State Football Tournament All-Time Participants</ref>===
'''Division III'''
* 1987 ([[Elyria Catholic High School|Elyria Catholic]]), 1989 ([[Bath High School (Lima, Ohio)|Lima Bath]]), 1990 ([[Willard High School (Ohio)|Willard]]), 2007 ([[Big Walnut High School|Big Walnut]])
'''Division IV'''
*1981 ([[Otsego High School|Otsego]]), 1982 ([[Archbold High School|Archbold]]), 2002 ([[Delta High School (Ohio)|Delta]]), 2004 (Otsego)
'''Division V'''
*2015 (Creston Norwayne, [[Chippewa High School|Doylestown Chippewa]])

On November 6, 2015, Rossford won their first ever playoff game by defeating the 2011 Division IV champion, the [[Norwayne High School|Norwayne Bobcats]], 36-35. The Bulldogs had been 0-8 prior to the win.<ref>{{cite web | last = Emmons| first = Donald| title = Rossford restores pride with first playoff victory
| publisher = [[Toledo Blade]] | date = November 12, 2015|url=http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/576344| accessdate = December 7, 2015}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.rossfordschools.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/Rossford%20High%20School}}
* [http://www.rossford.k12.oh.us/ District Website]


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{{Northern Lakes League (OHSAA)}}

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Rossford High School
School's main entrance
Address
Map
701 Superior Street

Rossford
,
Ohio
43460

United States
Coordinates41°36′32″N 83°33′31″W / 41.6088889°N 83.5586111°W / 41.6088889; -83.5586111
Information
School districtRossford Exempted Village School District
PrincipalTony Brashear
Teaching staff26.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment412 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.85[1]
Color(s)Maroon and gray
   
Athletics conferenceNorthern Buckeye Conference
Team nameBulldogs
NewspaperMaroon Messenger
Websiterossfordschools.org

Rossford High School is a public high school in Rossford, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Rossford Exempted Village School District. The district mainly serves the city of Rossford and also includes parts of the city of Northwood, Perrysburg Township, and Lake Township within Wood County.

History

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The current high school was built in 1922 with its first class graduating in 1924.[2] The George G. Wolfe Field House opened in 1950 to be used for indoor athletic events.[3] In 1957 and 1958 respectively, Rossford absorbed the students that attended the Glenwood Elementary and Lime City Elementary school districts as a means of eliminating such jurisdictions across Ohio.[4] The final addition to the high school was built in 1981.[5]

Starting with the 2018–19 school year, Rossford students will temporarily be housed at Owens Community College while the high school and middle school complex is upgraded, which is expected to be finished by early 2020.[6][7] The refurbished building will include technological improvements, areas for grades 6–8 and 9–12, and new gymnasiums for both high school and middle school use. It will also retain the original structure from 1922.[8]

Athletics

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State runners-up
Sport Year(s)
Boys basketball 1966, 1970

Rossford sports teams are known as the Bulldogs with school colors of maroon and gray. Rossford was one of the founding members of the Northern Lakes League in 1956, but joined the Northern Buckeye Conference in 2011.

At the high school campus, basketball, volleyball, football, and the occasional soccer game are played. Baseball, softball, track & field, and soccer are played at the Rossford Elementary complex, almost 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the main campus.

Rossford's greatest athletic run to date came during the 1960s and 1970s when the Bulldogs secured numerous NLL titles in football, boys basketball, and baseball.[9] Three trips were made to the final four for basketball, which included runner-up finishes in 1966 and 1970 and a semi-final appearance in 1975. Two trips were also made to the Final Four in Baseball in 1957 and 1965 bowing out in the semi-finals 1-0 to Doylestown and 11-2 to Shaker Heights respectively.[10]

The Rossford football team has made nine appearances in the state playoffs, earning their first win with a come-from-behind victory in the first round of the 2015 Division V playoffs over Norwayne High School.[11]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rossford High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. ^ "Rossford Public Library Digital Collection". Ohio Memory Project. Ohio History Connection. 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  3. ^ WTOL Staff (February 23, 2018). "Rossford High says fond farewell to school's field house at final b-ball game". WTOL.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. ^ Braatz, George (August 11, 1967). "Wood County Watching School Districts Vanish". Toledo Blade. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Rossford School District Facilities Committee Meeting" (PDF). Rossford Exempted Village School District. October 19, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Brown, Kristian (February 21, 2017). "Rossford H.S students to move to Owens Community College". 13 abc WTVG. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Message from Superintendent Creps: Update on District's Facilities". Rossford Exempted Village Schools. 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Skebba, Jay (April 25, 2016). "Rossford puts together building plans". Toledo Blade. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "RHS gym banners". Rossford High School. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ "All-Time State Tournament Participation".
  11. ^ Stumpf, Todd (November 6, 2015). "Rossford rally ends Bobcats' season". The Northern Wayne Post. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  12. ^ NNDB. "Madalyn Murray O'Hair bio". Retrieved 2006-02-22.
  13. ^ "Jim Penix finally at home at BG State University". Circleville Herald. February 26, 1970. p. 15. Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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