Rossford High School

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Rossford High School | native_name = | latin_name = | image = File:Rossford High School Front Entrance, February 2021.jpg | image_size = | caption = School's main entrance | location = | address = 701 Superior Street | city = Rossford | state = Ohio | zipcode = 43460 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|41.6088889|-83.5586111|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-OH}} | district = Rossford Exempted Village School District | principal = Nick Neiderhouse<ref name=MTP>{{cite web|url=https://www.rossfordschools.org/MeetthePrincipals.aspx|title=Meet The Principals|publisher=Rossford Junior-Senior High School|accessdate=June 21, 2025}}</ref> | staff = | USNWR_ranking = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 26.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3904560&ID=390456002299|title=Rossford High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref> | enrollment = | MOE = | ceeb = | school_code = | local_authority = | ofsted = | test_average = | test_name = | national_ranking = | avg_class_size = | ratio = 15.85<ref name=NCES/> | type = | system = | fees = | tuition = | endowment = | grades = 9–12 | campus = | campus_size = | campus_type = | athletic_conference = Northern Buckeye Conference | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | motto = | motto_translation = | accreditation = | rival = | mascot = | mascot image = | sports = | patron = | team_name = Bulldogs | colors = Maroon and gray<br>{{color box|maroon}} {{color box|gray}} | yearbook = | publication = | newspaper = Maroon Messenger | opened = | established = | status = | closed = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | enrollment_as_of = | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | other_grade_label = | other = | communities = | feeder_schools = | footnotes = | picture = | website = https://www.rossfordschools.org/JuniorSeniorHigh.aspx }}

'''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== 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 were temporarily housed at Owens Community College while the high school and middle school complex was upgraded, which was completed in 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 included technological improvements, areas for grades 6–8 and 9–12, and new gymnasiums for both high school and middle school use. It also retains 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>

Rossford High School in Ohio built a 2,000-square-foot indoor golf practice area with a synthetic putting green for year-round training.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=SYNLawn Golf |date=2024-07-28 |title=Ohio High School's New Indoor Golf Green |url=https://www.synlawngolf.com/blog/ohio-high-school-improves-golf-training-for-students-with-indoor-practice-green/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=SYNLawn Golf |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Athletics== {| style="float: right;" border="1" |-align=center style="background: maroon; color: #D3D3D3" ! colspan=2 |State runners-up |- ! Sport ! Year(s) |-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 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.

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>

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>

==Notable alumni== * Jonathan Bennett, actor * 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> * 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> * Dennis Richmond, former news anchor at KTVU * Maurice A. Thompson, constitutional lawyer

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.rossfordschools.org/JuniorSeniorHigh.aspx}}

Category:1922 establishments in Ohio Category:Educational institutions established in 1922 Category:High schools in Wood County, Ohio Category:Public high schools in Ohio Category:Rossford, Ohio Category:School buildings completed in 1922