Windham High School (Ohio)
| Windham High School | |
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Windham Junior and Senior High School from the corner of Bauer Avenue and Main Street
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9530 Bauer Ave Windham, Ohio 44288 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°13′59″N 81°02′51″W / 41.232961°N 81.04743°WCoordinates: 41°13′59″N 81°02′51″W / 41.232961°N 81.04743°W |
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| School type | Public |
| Established | 1883 |
| School district | Windham Exempted Village School District |
| CEEB code | 365610 |
| Principal | Laura Amero |
| Faculty | 19 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 268 |
| Color(s) | Black and Vegas Gold |
| Athletics conference | Northeastern Athletic Conference - Stripes Division |
| Team name | Bombers |
| Rivals |
Garfield G-Men Mathews Mustangs |
| Yearbook | Twin Pines |
| Website | www |
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.
Windham High School offers several athletic teams, all of which are known as the Bombers. The school currently competes in the Northeastern Athletic Conference Stars Division and began play in the NAC in 2013. Currently, Windham sponsors seven athletic teams:
Fall sports
Winter sports
Spring Sports
Former sports
The Bombers have at least one league championship in every sport in which they participate. During the late 1950s, the school played a leading role in establishing the short-lived Tomahawk Conference and was a longtime member of the former Portage County League and Portage Trail Conference.
In 1939, the school was ranked by The 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, and were ranked in the top 10 in the nation by The 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.
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". 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.
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