St. Clairsville High School

St. Clairsville High School is located in St. Clairsville, Ohio, USA. It currently houses grades 9-12 with an enrollment between 600-700 students. It is the secondary school, in the St. Clairsville-Richland City School District. The school mascot is the Red Devil.

Faculty and Curriculum

Principal - Jim Rocchi

Vice-Principal - Jay Michael

Guidance Counselor - Vicky Gabis (11 & 12) and Gary Watt (9 & 10)

Athletic Director - Kelly Rine

Resource Officer - Patrolman Jeff Gazdik

Art Department

Art I, II, III, & IV

Graphic Design and Photography

Business Education Department

Accounting I

Business Law

Introduction to Business

English Department

English 9 & advanced English 9

English 10 & Advanced English 10

American Literature (English 11) & Advanced American Literature

College Prep English 12 & English 12 AP

College Study Skills

Reading

Broadcast Journalism I & II

St. Clairsville High School, sharing responsibilities with the Belmont-Harrison Career Center, houses the Ohio Valley's only student operated newscast, run under the name [http://www.wstctv.com WSTC] . It is typically aired with a new episode weekly, during the school year, on Comcast Cable's channel 10. The program is instructed by Karin Janiszewski.

Technology Education

Wood Lab I, II, III & IV

Home Maintenance

Mechanical Drawing I/CAD & II/CAD

Architectural Drawing I & II

Interactive Multimedia I, II, & Block

Desktop Publishing and Digital Photography

Foreign Language

French I, II, III, & IV

Spanish I, II, III, & IV

Chinese V, VI, VII, VIII

Pig Latin (very advanced) V

Mathematics

Integrated Math I & II

Technical Mathematics

Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, & Algebra II

Geometry

Probability and Statistics

Trigonometry and Topics

Calculus, Calculus AP (AB), & Calculus AP (BC)

Graphic Calculator Methods

Instrumental / Vocal Departments

Girls' Ensemble

Concert Choir

Chamber Choir

Concert Band

Marching Band

Jazz Band

Pep Band

St.C Singers- A group of students who travel around the tri-state area, singing and dancing.Director- Senior Berk

Physical Education

Physical Education I & II

Health

Lifetime Fitness

Sex Education Applications

cience Department

Freshman Science & Advanced Freshman Science

General Sophomore Biology & Advanced Sophomore Biology

Biology II

Anatomy

Chemistry I & II

Elements of Science

Physics & Physics AP

Computer Application I & II

ocial Studies

Advanced World History

American History & Advanced American History

American Government & American Government AP / Comparative Politics

Freshman Social Studies

Economics

Psychology

Sociology

Current Events

ports Programs

St. Clairsville High School has been a member of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference (OVAC) [ [http://ovac.org/ Ohio Valley Athletic Conference ] ] since 1947. It currently has some type of sports program for grades 7-12. Also, St. Clairsville is a current member of the Buckeye 8.

George Strager

Red Devil football coach George Strager [ [http://www.ovac.org/hof/displaybio.asp?ID=27 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference - Hall Of Fame Biography ] ] won the OVAC Coach-Of-The-Year title twice, in '79 and again in '87. No St. Clairsville coach has won the award since. Strager is also a member of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame (Inducted 1998). [ [http://www.ohsfca.org/hallof.htm Hall Of Fame ] ]

Baseball - OVAC Champions in 1975,1977, 1990-1992, 1994-1996

Boys' Basketball

The 2006-2007 Boys' Basketball team finished 2nd in OVAC,Buckeye 8 and finished as the District 12 Runner-Up.

Girls' Basketball - OVAC Champions in 1978, 2000, 2003, 2005,2007; Buckeye 8 Champions 2007

Cheerleading - OVAC Champions in 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008

Boys' Cross Country - OVAC Champions in 2000, 2002-2003, and 2006-2007

Alex Thornburg (Fr.) advanced to the State Meet on November 04, 2006 where he finished 78th (17:25). Thornburg also advanced to the State Meet in 2007 and finished 62.

Girls' Cross Country - OVAC Runner-Up in 2006. OVAC Champion in 2007.

Alanna Seamon (Sr.) and Kate Hodgson (Fr.) advanced to the State Meet on November 04, 2006. Seamon (20:20) went on to finish 64th and Hodgson (21:07) finished 94th.

Hodgson advanced to the State Meet again in 2007 and finished 69.

Football - ANDY THORNBURG waterboy OVAC Champions in 1947, 1977, 1988-1990

The 2006 Red Devil Football advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1989 following a 7-3 season and lost in the first round to Bellaire (49-21).

The 2007 team capped an undefeated season (10-0) with a second consecutive playoff appearance. As the number 1 seeds, the Devils beat Ironton Rock Hill in the first round, 49-13.

Golf - OVAC Champions in 1947-1951, 1970, 1975-1976, 1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1997

The Red Devil Golf Program as of 2005 had 9 more titles than its closest competition (20 to 11). It also shared the title for longest consecutive championships at 5.

[http://www.stcsoccer.com Boys' Soccer] - OVAC Champions in 2003

Girls' Soccer - OVAC Champions in 1999 and 2001

Softball - OVAC Champions in 1992 and 1995

Swimming - we Swim to Win

Boys' Tennis - OVAC Runner-Up's in 2006, 2006 Brooke Invitational Champions, Will Lake and Ryan Regel OVAC Doubles Champions, Finished seasonal play with a 14-0 record.

Girls' Tennis

Boys' Track - OVAC Champions in 1952-1957, 1966-1967, 1994

Girls' Track - Ohio Class AA State Champions in 1980,OVAC Champions in 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1990

Volleyball - OVAC Champions in 1995, 2003-2006

The 2006 Volleyball Team was ranked as high as number 9 in the state, and was runner-up in the district tournament.

Wrestling - 2006 Alumni Zac Schuller is currently competing for the University of Missouri's top ranked wrestling team. The Red Devils are coached by former Ohio State wrestler Jay Michael

Queen of Queens - Annually, the winner of St. Clairsville's Queen of Queens competition goes on to compete at the OVAC Competition, with the winner being crowned during halftime of the All-Star Game. St. Clairsville has 4 Queen of Queens champions. Champions include Susan Kennedy (1987), Somer Graham (1995), Catherine Botos (1998), and Sarah Maurizi (2004).

Ohio High School Athletic Association Team State Championships

* Girls Track and Field – 1981 [http://www.ohsaa.org]

Alumni

Scott Barnhouse (Played for the Seattle Mariners minor league affiliates)

Gene Cattane (Played for the Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliates)

Dick Chorovich (Played for the Baltimore Colts)

Jim Kerr (Played for the Washington Redskins)

Jim Bradshaw (1958) (Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers)

Chester Lagod (Played for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants)

Joe Pabian (Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers)

Dan Morgan (Played for the Denver Broncos)

Bob Lyons (Played for the Cleveland Browns)

Ferris Scott (Played in the Canadian Football League)

Joe Slavik (Played for the Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates)

Tim Spencer [ [http://www.ovac.org/hof/displaybio.asp?ID=16 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference - Hall Of Fame Biography ] ] (Played for the San Diego Chargers and current running backs coach for the Chicago Bears)

Shawn Vincent (Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers)

Arthur G. James (Founded the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio in 1990)

Cadet Ernest Munn [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-22-frozen-man_x.htm?csp=34 USATODAY.com - Who was the frozen airman? ] ] (Disappeared along with the rest of his flight crew over the Sierra Nevada Mountains)

Mike Gasaway (Director, Jimmy Neutron)

Extracurricular Programs

National Honor Society

Student Council

JETS

Close Up

HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation)

Student Action Committee

St. Clairsville Singers

Chamber Choir

Crazies

Marching Band

Academic Quiz Team

Rotary Interact

Snow Club

Student Trainers

Book Club

Senior Sisters

Footnotes

External links

*http://www.stcs.k12.oh.us/StCHome.htm