Owensboro High School

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Owensboro High School
Owensboro Senior High School
Address
Map
1800 Frederica Street

Owensboro
,
Daviess
,
Kentucky
42301

United States
Coordinates37°45′28″N 87°06′45″W / 37.75765°N 87.11241°W / 37.75765; -87.11241
Information
MottoSursum ad Summum
Established1871
School districtOwensboro Independent
SuperintendentDr. Nick Brake
PrincipalJohn DeLacy
Grades9-12
Color(s)   Red and Black
SloganWe Are Owensboro
Fight songWashington and Lee Swing
MascotRed Devil
Team nameRed Devils
NewspaperThe Scoop
YearbookOwensboroan
Websiteowensboro.kyschools.us/Schools/OHS

Owensboro High School is a public high school located at 1800 Frederica Street in Owensboro, Kentucky. The school's newspaper is The Scoop and its yearbook is the Owensboroan. Owensboro High School is one of only 33 high schools in Kentucky to be listed among the "Best High Schools 2009 Search" published in U.S. News & World Report in December 2009. This was the second consecutive year that OHS has received this distinction.

Athletics

OHS owns 29 state titles in team sports including football, boys' basketball, baseball, girls' track, and cheerleading. Other sports include tennis, golf, cross-country, swimming, and, the newest, wrestling. The sports teams and other organizations are usually titled "Red Devils." The swim team is the "Devilfish" while the dance team is the "Devilettes." Ordell, a red blob-like devil with horns and a tail, is the school's anthropomorphic mascot. The primary school colors are red and black, and the secondary color is white. Many great athletes have come out of the school including Justin Miller, Mark and Kenny Higgs, Ken Willis, Vince Buck and many more college athletes.

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