Fairview High School (Sherwood, Ohio)
Encyclopedia
Fairview High School is a public high school
near Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio
. It is the only high school in the Central Local Schools district. Central Local is a consolidation of the towns of Sherwood (Delaware Township), Ney (Washington Township), Farmer (Farmer Township), Mark Center (Mark Township), and Williams Center (Center/Pulaski Townships) and part of Milford Township. Their nickname is the Apaches. They are a member of the Green Meadows Conference.
, Ney
as well as Farmer
attended, administrators decided that the school needed a new name. It was then determined that there should be a competition to figure out the new name of the school. The three finalists were the names Fairview, Green Meadows, and William Manahan. Obviously, Fairview won. Then another contest was held for the nickname. After several rounds of voting, the students decided on three more finalists: Apaches, Spartans, and Titans
. The winning entry (Apaches) was submitted by Ward Fritz, Social Studies
teacher and Boys Basketball head coach.
As a result of the new name, the newspaper was called the “War Whoop” and the yearbook, the “Warrior”.
Back in 1958, the school offered very different academic courses than it does today. For example, Latin
was taught. Varying business classes were taught, such as Shorthand
.
The athletics were also far different at the inception of the school than they are now. Originally, Fairview’s only sports were baseball
, which was played in the spring as well as the fall, and basketball
. Girls’
sports did not exist. The first athletic event ever held at Fairview (which was then at Farmer) was a baseball game against Stryker, a game which Fairview won. The winning pitcher was Lamar Peters. The first basketball game was against Hilltop
. Fairview won that game as well. In the spring of 1961, track became a sport at Fairview. That fall, it added Cross Country
as well. For the first four years of Fairview, it was an independent school, unaffiliated with any conference. However, in the fall of 1962, Fairview joined the Green Meadows Conference along with Hicksville
, Ayersville, Jewell
, and Paulding
. In the winter of 1965-66, wrestling began its rich tradition. The school added football
in 1967 and it became a varsity sport in 1969. Finally, in the spring of 1975, track
was recognized as a girls sport. The following school year, cross country, volleyball, basketball, and softball were added as well.
Varsity and Junior Varsity Softball
'Academics'
Currently, Central Local Schools is the only Defiance County, Ohio, school to be honored with the coveted "Excellent with Distinction" award given by the Ohio Department of Education.
(Future Famers of America)
FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
FLS (Foreign Language Society)
SAE (Students in Action for Education)
NHS (National Honor Society
)
FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes
)
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Student Council
Class Officers
Varsity Club
Newspaper
Yearbook
Math Club
Choir
Science Olympiad
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
near Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio
Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio
Sherwood is a village in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 801 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sherwood is located at ....
. It is the only high school in the Central Local Schools district. Central Local is a consolidation of the towns of Sherwood (Delaware Township), Ney (Washington Township), Farmer (Farmer Township), Mark Center (Mark Township), and Williams Center (Center/Pulaski Townships) and part of Milford Township. Their nickname is the Apaches. They are a member of the Green Meadows Conference.
History
In 1958, all high school students in the area that would come to be known as the Central Local School District came to Farmer High School. Since the title of “Farmer” was inaccurate, considering that students from Mark Center, SherwoodSherwood, Ohio
Sherwood is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio*Sherwood, Hamilton County, Ohio...
, Ney
Ney, Ohio
Ney is a village in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ney is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
as well as Farmer
Farmer, Ohio
Farmer is an unincorporated community in central Farmer Township, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43520. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 2 and 249.-References:...
attended, administrators decided that the school needed a new name. It was then determined that there should be a competition to figure out the new name of the school. The three finalists were the names Fairview, Green Meadows, and William Manahan. Obviously, Fairview won. Then another contest was held for the nickname. After several rounds of voting, the students decided on three more finalists: Apaches, Spartans, and Titans
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
. The winning entry (Apaches) was submitted by Ward Fritz, Social Studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
teacher and Boys Basketball head coach.
As a result of the new name, the newspaper was called the “War Whoop” and the yearbook, the “Warrior”.
Back in 1958, the school offered very different academic courses than it does today. For example, Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
was taught. Varying business classes were taught, such as Shorthand
Shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed or brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos and graphē or graphie...
.
The athletics were also far different at the inception of the school than they are now. Originally, Fairview’s only sports were baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, which was played in the spring as well as the fall, and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. Girls’
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sports did not exist. The first athletic event ever held at Fairview (which was then at Farmer) was a baseball game against Stryker, a game which Fairview won. The winning pitcher was Lamar Peters. The first basketball game was against Hilltop
Hilltop High School (West Unity, Ohio)
Hilltop High School is a public high school in West Unity, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Millcreek-West Unity Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Cadets. They are members of the Buckeye Border Conference and, for football only, the Toledo Area Athletic Conference.-External...
. Fairview won that game as well. In the spring of 1961, track became a sport at Fairview. That fall, it added Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
as well. For the first four years of Fairview, it was an independent school, unaffiliated with any conference. However, in the fall of 1962, Fairview joined the Green Meadows Conference along with Hicksville
Hicksville High School (Ohio)
Hicksville High School is a public high school in Hicksville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Hicksville Schools district. Their nickname is the Aces...
, Ayersville, Jewell
Jewell, Ohio
Jewell is an unincorporated community in northern Richland Township, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43530. It is located at the intersection of County Roads 55 and 185 a short distance southeast of U.S. Route...
, and Paulding
Paulding High School
Paulding High School is a public high school in Paulding, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Paulding Exempted Village Schools district....
. In the winter of 1965-66, wrestling began its rich tradition. The school added football
Terrelle Pryor
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in 1967 and it became a varsity sport in 1969. Finally, in the spring of 1975, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
was recognized as a girls sport. The following school year, cross country, volleyball, basketball, and softball were added as well.
Fall
- Varsity and Junior Varsity FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Varsity and Junior Varsity VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(Girls) - Varsity and Junior Varsity Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(Boys and Girls) - Varsity and Junior Varsity GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
(Boys and Girls) - Marching BandMarching bandMarching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
- Athletic Training
- Football CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
Winter
- Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(Boys and Girls) - Varsity and Junior Varsity WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- Quiz Bowl
- ArcheryArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
- Pep BandPep bandA pep band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining and "pepping" up a crowd. Often members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble such as a marching band or a concert band. Pep bands are generally associated with...
- Stage Band
- Concert BandConcert bandA concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
- Basketball Cheerleading
Spring
- Varsity and Junior Varsity BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- Va
Varsity and Junior Varsity Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Varsity and Junior Varsity Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
(Boys and Girls)
'Academics'
Currently, Central Local Schools is the only Defiance County, Ohio, school to be honored with the coveted "Excellent with Distinction" award given by the Ohio Department of Education.
Clubs
FFANational FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
(Future Famers of America)
FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
FLS (Foreign Language Society)
SAE (Students in Action for Education)
NHS (National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
)
FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
)
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
Student Council
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
Class Officers
Varsity Club
Newspaper
Yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
Math Club
Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
– 1989 - Boys BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- 1946*
- * Title won by Farmer High School prior to consolidation into Fairview.
Individual State Champions
- Darcy Thomlinson 880 Yard Dash - 1975, 1977, 1978 Mile Run - 1977, 1978
- Lynn Bauer 3200 Meter Run - 1989
- Cale Sito 400 Meter Dash - 2003
- Matt Tobin 400 Meter Dash - 2011
- Girls' 4 x 100m Relay 4 x 100 Meter Relay - 1993 (Jole Barrera, Sara Huss, Katie Sprow, Lea Barrera)