# Wheelersburg High School

Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the Ohio River in Southern Ohio. Wheelersburg's mascot is the Pirates and their school colors are orange and black.
The district is bordered by the Bloom-Vernon Local School District and the Minford Local School District to the north along Ohio 140, the Green Local School District to the east along U.S. 52 and Ohio 522 (before entering Lawrence County), and the Portsmouth City School District to the west.
Students entered a new K-12 academic building during the 2008–2009 school year.

## Academics

Wheelersburg High School won the Ohio Academic Competition in 1985 and 1986. The school also won the 1984 National Academic Championship.
For the past five years, the Wheelersburg High School has received an "Excellent" rating on the State of Ohio's Local Report Card.

## Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well as several private and community schools. The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County (Saint Joseph Central High School and Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School).
Football Coach: Rob Woodward
Athletic Director: Jarod Shaw
See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the Southern Ohio Conference

### Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances

* Boys' Baseball
       OHSAA State Championships
                1996 (def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1),
                2012 (def. Lima Central Catholic 1-0)
                2013 (def. Bloom-Carroll 5-4)
In 2015, Wheelersburg Baseball became the first OHSAA team ever to win 6 straight regional championships from 2010 to 2015.
* Boys' Basketball
       OHSAA State Runner-up
                1984 - (d. Willard 70-64 & lost to Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary 75-71 to finish season at 23-5)
                1995 - (d. Columbus Bishop Hartley 76-60 & lost to Orrville 79-50 to finish season at 23-4)
       OHSAA Final Four Appearances
                1982 - Youngstown Rayen d. Wheelersburg 61-45)
                1989 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 71-67 (2OT))
                2006 - (Cleveland Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph d. Wheelersburg 71-62)
                2007 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 69-66
    Football
       OHSAA State Championship
                1989 (def. Warren John F. Kennedy 14-7)
                2017 (def. Pemberville Eastwood 21-14OT)
* Girls' Softball
       OHSAA State Runner-up
                2004 (d. Archbold 2-1 & lost to Woodsfield Monroe Central 1-0 to finish season at 25-6),
       OHSAA Division III State Champions
                2016 (d. Johnstown-Monroe, 1-0, within the state semifinals, and then d. South Range, 8-3, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 26-2.
                2022 (d. Cardington-Lincoln, 5-2, within the state semifinals, and then d. Tuslaw, 5-2, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 27-1.
                2023 (d. South Range, 6-1, within the state semifinals, and then d. Indian Lake, 6-1, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 32-0.
    Marching/Concert Band
    Notable Awards:
    2023 Received State Ranking 1 (Excellent) as Class A Ensemble

## Notable alumni

* Kylan Darnell, Class of 2022 - Miss Ohio Teen USA 2022 and internet personality
* George Washington Rightmire - President of Ohio State University (1925-1938)
* Seth Morrison, Class of 2006 - Lead Guitarist Skillet
* Josh Newman, Class of 2000 - Former MLB pitcher and current assistant baseball coach at Penn State Nittany Lions
* Redonda Miller, Class of 1984 - Current President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
* Matthew W. McFarland, Class of 1985 - United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and former Judge of the Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals.