East Liverpool High School
| East Liverpool High School | |
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| Address | |
| 100 Maine Boulevard East Liverpool, Ohio, (Columbiana County), 43920  United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°37′39″N 80°34′5″W / 40.6275°N 80.56806°WCoordinates: 40°37′39″N 80°34′5″W / 40.6275°N 80.56806°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Opened | 1968 |
| School district | East Liverpool City School District |
| Superintendent | James Herring |
| Principal | Grades 9-12 Jack Cunningham Grades 7-8 Randy Taylor |
| Asst. Principal | Jay Kiger |
| Teaching staff | 75 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White [1] |
| Athletics | Ticket Manager, Greg Adkins |
| Athletics conference | Ohio Valley Athletic Conference[1] |
| Mascot | Potter Pete |
| Team name | Potters[1] |
| Yearbook | Keramos |
| Athletic Director | Robert Shansky[1] |
| Website | http://www.elcsd.k12.oh.us |
East Liverpool High School is a public high school in East Liverpool, Ohio. It is the only high school in the East Liverpool City School District. It was just renovated. Their sports teams are called the Potters, and are members of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, or OVAC. They are also members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, middle school grades 7 and 8 were moved into the building and the school is now officially known as East Liverpool Junior/Senior High School. However, many still generally refer to it by its original name.
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[edit] The school
East Liverpool High School is located on a hill off of the city's Maine Boulevard via the school's driveway, dubbed "Potter Pride Drive."
ELHS consists of three buildings. The main building houses most of the classes, the office, and cafeteria. At the other end of the parking lot is the vocational building, where some of the career tech classes are located. Adjacent to the main building and also across from the vocational building is the Potter Fieldhouse. Here, the school's gymnasium, auditorium, and band room are located, as well as few classrooms.
Additionally, there is an elementary school located on the hill on Potter Pride Drive, North Elementary. North houses grades K through 4 and is one of only two current elementary schools in the district. The North Elementary building was the first school in the district to be recently renovated, and is located just down from the Fieldhouse.
Down Potter Pride Drive from the ELHS buildings and North Elementary is the Frank J. Mangano Memorial Olympic Track. The track is the only sports facility other than the Fieldhouse located on the hill, as the district's football field, Patterson Field, is located next to the city's middle school.
[edit] Original ELHS Location
East Liverpool High School hasn't always been located on the hill off of Maine Boulevard. It used to be located in downtown East Liverpool, as compared to its current location in a neighborhood of the city.
Originally, the school was located on East 4th Street. This building included a clock tower. Unfortunately, after moving, the school and tower were torn down. A new clock tower and a small adjoining building have since been built on this site. The building houses the East Liverpool High School Alumni Association. A second structure was located just yards away from this building on the corner of East 4th Street and Broadway. There was also a separate building adjacent to the latter building that housed a gymnasium, called the Memorial Auditorium.
The high school remained in these buildings until 1968, when the Maine Boulevard structure was completed. After moving, the East 4th Street building and tower were razed. A new clock tower and a small adjoining building have since been built on this site. The building houses the East Liverpool High School Alumni Association. In 1968, the East 4th/Broadway building was sold to Kent State University for $1 and since then has been home to Kent State University at East Liverpool, one of the university's regional campuses.[2] The Memorial Auditorium is now a YMCA, but the building is owned by KSU.
[edit] ELHS Athletics
The following is an alphabetical list of sports offered by the high school.
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Cross country running
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
[edit] ELHS Athletics History
- East Liverpool Boys Basketball- Made the 1999-2000 OHSAA Division 1 final four, led by Dan Swoger, Justin Krefier, Forest Kirby and Robert Jackson. Each of the four went on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball.
- East Liverpool Bowling- Becky Brewer was the first bowler to advance to OHSAA districts. While at districts she bowled the 5th highest score in the history of OHSAA State tournament bowling with a 266.
[edit] Athletic Facilities
- Potter Fieldhouse- located near the high school on Potter Pride Drive. Houses gymnasium, where basketball and volleyball games and wrestling matches take place.
- Frank J. Mangano Memorial Olympic Track- located down the hill from ELHS and the Fieldhouse. Track meets, freshman football games, soccer games take place here, and some band practices.
- ELHS Baseball Field- located near ELHS as well.
- Patterson Field- located next to East Liverpool Middle School, where varsity and junior varsity football games take place.
- Gila Nicely Field- located at the former site of East Elementary in East End. This is the home field for the softball team until they move to Thompson Park.
- Walnut Lanes- located in downtown East Liverpool, across from the Red Cross building. This is the current home lanes for the East Liverpool Bowling Team.
- Calcutta YMCA- one of East Liverpool's two area YMCAs, the pool is used for Potter swim meets.
- Turkana Golf Course- also located in Calcutta, this serves as the home course for the golf team.
The only Potter sport that has no home event throughout its season is the cross country team. Even though they have no home course, they still practice in the city (specifically, in East Liverpool's Thompson Park).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bernie Allen - former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
- John Caparulo - comedian
- Lou Holtz - college football analyst for ESPN and former head football coach in the NCAA and NFL
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c d OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=500. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "About Columbiana County". eliv.kent.edu. 2011. http://www.eliv.kent.edu/about/index.cfm. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
