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Clear Fork High School 
Location 987 State Route 97 E Information Type Public Established 1961 Enrollment 628[1] Color(s) Kelly green, Black, & White Athletics conference Ohio Cardinal Conference Nickname Home of the Fighting Colts! Information (419) 886-2601 Website www.clearfork.k12.oh.us
Clear Fork High School is located near Bellville, Ohio, USA. The school serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Clear Fork Valley Local School District. Clear Fork is a member of the OCC, or Ohio Cardinal Conference.Contents
Academics
In 2005, Clear Fork High School was reviewed against the Ohio Department of Education's new standards (involving the OGT or Ohio Graduation Test) and found to be highly ranked in all areas examined with higher than a 80% in all of them.
Athletics
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association- Boys Basketball – 2002 [2][3]
- Boys Baseball – 2010 [2]
Boys sports
Girls sports
- Softball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Cheerleading
- Volleyball
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Swimming
- Soccer
Clear Fork Valley Hall of Fame[4]
The inaugural class included:
- Ron Thorne- a football, basketball and track standout who graduated from Butler in 1962. He was a four-year state track participant and All-Ohioan in basketball.
- Randy Thomas- a 1972 Clear Fork alumnus who was a baseball standout drafted by the Baltimore Orioles.
- The 1957 Bellville football team- went 9-0. Three players on Coach Hank Schroth's squad were first-team All-Ohio, two were honorable mention selections and six players received All-MAC accolades
- Russell "Buzz" Wareham- a 1958 Butler graduate who lettered in football, basketball and track. He went to Bowling Green on a football scholarship.
- Bill Schaefer- a 1958 Bellville alumnus who was a first-team All-Ohioan in football and also lettered in basketball and track.
- Bob Hoyt- nicknamed "Colt 44" as the school's first outstanding big man, he lettered in basketball and track and graduated as Clear Fork's career scoring and rebounding record holder. He also owned the school's discus mark.
- Dale Fry- a linebacker and fullback who spearheaded the smash-mouth 1964 team.
- Bill Frazier- who coached the Bellville football team in 1962 and became Clear Fork's first coach in 1963. He put together a 44-3-3 record before leaving after the 1966 season for a job at Malabar.
- Treisa Nedrow- who was a high school softball champion and helped to rank Clear Fork High School high in state softball rankings. She was inducted in the Hall of Fame for these achievements. She teaches in the district now.
Notes and references
- ^ Great Schools.com. "High School Profile". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/oh/4136. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ a b OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D3". http://www.yappi.com/boysbasketball/D3.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Mansfield News Journal. "Clear Fork Valley Hall of Fame". http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/SPORTS/712120338. Retrieved 2007-12-12.[dead link]
External links
Ohio Cardinal Conference Ashland (Arrows) • Clear Fork (Colts) • Lexington (Minutemen)
Madison Comprehensive (Rams) • Mansfield (Tygers) • Orrville (Red Riders) • West Holmes (Knights) • Wooster (Generals)Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1962
- High schools in Richland County, Ohio
- Northwest Ohio school stubs
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