Ottawa Hills High School (Ohio)

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Ottawa Hills High School is a public high school in the village of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, United States, just west of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Ottawa Hills Local Schools district. The school's mascot is the "Green Bears." Go Bears. Beat TC.

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[edit] Students

Ottawa Hills High School has about 300 students (grades 7-12). It shares a building with the junior high school (grades 7-8). Go Bears

[edit] Academic awards

Ottawa Hills has been given a rating of "Excellent" by the Ohio Department of Education.[citation needed]

Ottawa Hills is the only Northwest Ohio school to ever win three blue ribbon awards in a row.[citation needed]

In 2008 Ottawa Hills once again received the honor of being the top school in the State of Ohio.[citation needed]

[edit] Sports

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

In addition to these championships, the school's football team was awarded the 1956 Class B state championship by a media vote. The OHSAA did not sanction football state playoffs until 1972. Notably, from 1971 into 1974 the football team won 23 games in a row, and had un-defeated seasons in 1945, 1956, 1972, 1973, and 1975. Athletes from Ottawa Hills have also won individual OHSAA state championships in both track & field, tennis, and in golf.[citation needed]

Go Bears

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Norman A. Niedermeier (1957 to 1997) - Biology teacher and head football coach (record: 210-169-4, 8 league championships, 3 un-defeated seasons)
  • Tom Scholz (1965) - lead guitarist for the rock band Boston
  • Jamie O'Hara (1968) - Grammy award-winning songwriter, singer

[edit] Rivals

Toledo Christian. Beat TC. Go Bears. Danbury.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31. 
  2. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12. 

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