Smithville High School (Ohio)

Smithville High School is a public high school in Smithville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Green Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Smithies, which was a nickname given to the school's teams by an early sports editor of the Wooster Daily Record.[2] The colors of green and white came from the town's location within Green Township.[2] Long-time athletic director and coach Wilbur Berkey designed the horseshoe and anvil logo the school uses.[2]

Smithville High School
Address
200 Smithie Drive

Smithville
,
Wayne
,
Ohio
44677

United States
Coordinates40°52′07″N 81°51′28″W
Information
TypePublic, Co-Ed
School districtGreen Local School District
SuperintendentDean Frank
PrincipalAndy Bratcher
Grades9-12
Enrollment371 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)Green, white, & black
   
Fight songCollege Boy
Athletics conferenceWayne County Athletic League
MascotSmithie
NicknameSmithies
Websitehttp://www.green-local.k12.oh.us/hs

In 1955, Marshallville's district was merged with Smithville's. This was done in order to prevent the transporting of Marshallville students across Orrville's district into Dalton, where Marshallville had sent their students since their school's closure in 1938.[3] The merger enabled Smithville to start up a football program in the WCAL. The Marshallville Tigers had previously competed in the WCAL as well.

Due to the recent success of all three teams, Smithville's football team also has a strong rivalry with both the Dalton High School Bulldogs and the Waynedale High School Golden Bears. All three schools have combined to either share or outright win the WCAL football title 43 times from 1955-2015, and in that time frame there have only been 18 seasons where none of the three have contributed to a football championship.[4]

In between the 2013–14 and 2014-15 school years, Smithville High School, Greene Middle School, Smithville Elementary and Marshallville Elementary were all combined into one new K-12 building.

References
  1. "Smithville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH.
  3. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX. 1987.
  4. Wayne County Athletic League#League championships
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