Windham High School (Windham, Ohio)

Infobox School
name=Windham High School

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caption=Windham Junior and Senior High School from the corner of Bauer Avenue and Main Street
streetaddress=9530 Bauer Ave
city=Windham
state=Ohio
zipcode=44288
country=USA
coordinates=coord|41.232961|-81.04743|type:city_region:US|display=inline,title
district=Windham Exempted Village School DistrictRetrieved from the interactive [http://webapp2.ode.state.oh.us/oeds-r/query/default.asp Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS-R)] on June 1, 2008]
principal=Carol Kropinak
viceprincipal=Gregg Islercite news |last=Bly |first=Denise |url=http://www.weeklyvillager.com/archive_pdf/050208.pdf |title=Windham Board of Education hires local residents to fill open positions |publisher=Weekly Villager |location=Garrettsville, Ohio |format=PDF |date=2008-05-02 |accessdate=2008-06-09]
schooltype=Public
grades=9-12
faculty=19
enrollment=268
ceeb=365610 [College Board, [http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_code/servlet/searchCodeListServlet?codeSearchAction=CodeSearchHighschool&subSearch=USA High School SAT Code List Search] . Retrieved June 1, 2008.]
conference = Portage Trail Conference
County Division
rival=Garfield High School
team_name=Bombers
colors=Black and gold
color box|blackcolor box|#c5ab57
yearbook=Twin Pines
established=1883
bgcolor_section= #c5ab57
bgcolor_label= #c5ab57

Windham High School is a public high school in Windham, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Windham Exempted Village School District. Their nickname is the Bombers. Windham High School was founded in 1883.cite web |title= History of the Windham Schools |date= 1998 |url= http://windham.sparcc.org/about2.html |publisher= Windham Exempted Village School District |accessdate= 2008-05-22 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20040810042334/http://windham.sparcc.org/about2.html |archivedate= 2004-08-10]

Athletics

Windham High School offers several athletic teams, all of which are known as the Bombers. The school currently competes in the Portage Trail Conference County Division and began play in the PTC in 2005. Currently, Windham sponsors seven athletic teams: [cite web |url= http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1716|title= Windham| accessdate=2008-07-27 |work= OHSAA On-Line Member Directory|publisher= Ohio High School Athletic Association]

* Fall Sports ** Football ** Golf ** Girl's volleyball

* Winter Sports ** Boy's basketball ** Girl's basketball

* Spring Sports ** Baseball ** Softball

History

The Bombers have a long and decorated athletic history, particularly in football and boys basketball. During the late 1950's, the school played a leading role in establishing the short-lived Tomahawk Conference and was a longtime member of the former Portage County League.

In 1939, the school was ranked by American Boy Magazine as the 16th best in the nation for Six-man football. This selection was made by Stephen Epler, the creator of what was then a fairly-new sport. The Bombers defeated Stamford Collegiate Secondary School in Niagara Falls, Ontario for the first-ever international title on October 5 1940. [cite news |first=Colin |last=Harris |title=An all-world salute |url=http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/3564932 |work=Record-Courier |publisher=Dix Communications |location=Kent and Ravenna, Ohio |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2008-05-01] , and were ranked in the top 10 in the nation by American Boy Magazine. Three members of the team, Harold and Fred Stanley and Robert Turner, were chosen as All-American players, the only Windham players ever so honored.

Tomahawk Conference

According to the Ravenna-Kent "Record-Courier", Windham competed in the Portage County League until 1953, when the Windham school district became the Windham Exempted Village School District. In Ohio, Exempted Village School Districts are given similar authority to city school districts; i.e. to "determine for itself the number of members and the organization of the district board of education". [cite web |title=The Ohio Constitution |url=http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/constitution.cfm?Part=6&ExpandSections=Yes |publisher=127th Ohio General Assembly |accessdate=2008-06-01 |quote=Provision shall be made by law for the organization, administration and control of the public school system of the state supported by public funds: provided, that each school district embraced wholly or in part within any city shall have the power by referendum vote to determine for itself the number of members and the organization of the district board of education, and provision shall be made by law for the exercise of this power by such school districts.] At this time, Windham withdrew from the PCL and competed as an independent.

Prior to 1953, most schools in Portage County were given "A" classification in Ohio's system of measuring school size for athletics. Due to increasing enrollment from the construction of the Ravenna Arsenal a decade earlier, Windham was close to "AA" classification. In 1957, Windham had an exceptional year in football, posting an undefeated record of six wins and a tie. In order to maintain "A" classification, Windham cut freshmen from the team at the beginning of the season. However, in contests against Garrettsville and Ravenna Township, football coach Leo Kot played two freshmen to prevent running up the score. These contests led directly to Windham's classification as "AA" upon appeal from Mogadore High School, and the subsequent formation of the Tomahawk Conference.

The Bombers won the Tomahawk Conference championship for football all three years of the conference's existence, sharing the title with Southeast in 1959. Windham also won all three conference titles in baseball, and in 1961 the Bombers were state runners-up, losing the state baseball championship to Liberty Union High School.cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Baseball|accessdate=2008-06-01|author=Yappi] .

Portage County League

In 1961, the Bombers returned to the reconstituted Portage County League. Windham continued to enjoy success in football, as Windham High School spawned the coaching career of college and professional football coach Stan Parrish. [cite news |last=McKeever |first=Curt |title=Ball State assistant has seen highs and lows during long career |url=http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/09/22/huskerextra/football/doc46f47c689b7e4246803813.txt |date=2007-09-22 |accessdate=2008-06-10] Parrish coached the Bombers from 1972 until 1974. [ [http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=67658&SPID=7633&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=1148147&Q_SEASON=2008 Stan Parrish profile] at ballstatesports.com. Accessed June 10, 2008]

The PCL became the basis of the extant Portage Trail Conference, created through inter-county expansion in 2005.

External links

* [https://www.edline.net/pages/Windham_EVSD District Website]

Notes and references