Memorial High School (St. Marys, Ohio)
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Memorial High School is a public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in St. Marys, Ohio
St. Marys, Ohio
St. Marys is a city in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,342 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. It is the only high school in the St. Marys City School District. Memorial High School was designated "Excellent" (the highest designation given) by the Ohio Department of Education in the most recent (2007/08) ODE report card. The nickname of their athletic teams is the Roughriders. They are a member of the Western Buckeye League
Western Buckeye League
Centered in Lima, Ohio, the Western Buckeye League is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio and includes schools in Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam, and Van Wert counties. The league's school district boundaries also include portions of Logan, Shelby, Williams, and...

. Although the official name of the high school is Memorial, local media generally refers to the school's athletic teams as the St. Marys Roughriders.

On November 7, 2007 St. Marys City School voters passed a bond issue for construction of a new high school. The new building will be a 6th grade through 12th grade complex, and is slated to be completed in time for the 2010-11 school year.

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  • Boys Football

  • Boys Cross Country

  • Girls Cross Country

  • Boys Soccer

  • Girls Soccer

  • Girls Tennis

  • Girls Volleyball



  • Boys Basketball

  • Girls Basketball

  • Boys Bowling

  • Girls Bowling

  • Boys Swimming

  • Girls Swimming

  • Boys Wrestling




    • Boys Baseball

    • Girls Softball

    • Boys Tennis

    • Boys Track and Field

    • Girls Track and Field



    Ohio High School Athletic Association Team State Championships

    • Boys Football
      American football
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       – 1990, 1992, 1993
    • Girls Bowling
      Bowling
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       - 2011

    OHSAA Team State Final Four

    • Boys Football - 1977, 1978
    • Girls Soccer - 2009
    • Girls Softball - 1981
    • Boys Basketball
      Basketball
      Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

       - 1993
    • Girls Volleyball
      Volleyball
      Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

       - 1998

    Notable Alumni and Faculty

    • Galen Cisco
      Galen Cisco
      Galen Bernard Cisco is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 6' 0", 200 lb., Cisco batted and threw right-handed...

       (Class of 1954) - Former Major League Baseball
      Major League Baseball
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       pitcher (New York Mets
      New York Mets
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      , Boston Red Sox
      Boston Red Sox
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      , Kansas City Royals
      Kansas City Royals
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      ) and coach. Pitching coach for World Series
      World Series
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       Champion Toronto Blue Jays
      Toronto Blue Jays
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       in 1992-93. Galen Cisco was also co-captain and fullback for Ohio State's 1957 national collegiate football champs
      1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
      The 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was led by captains Galen Cisco and Leo Brown. They were the third national title team in Ohio State football history. They were coached by Hall of Fame coach Woody Hayes...

      .
    • Floyd A. Keith (Class of 1965) - Executive Director, Black Coaches & Administrators from 2001 until present. Coached collegiate football for 30 years. Coach Keith was an assistant football coach at Miami University (1970-1973), University of Colorado (1974-1978), University of Arizona (1983) and Indiana University (1984-1992). He was the head football coach at Howard University (1979-1982) and University of Rhode Island (1993-1999).
    • Eugene “Skip” Baughman (Head Football Coach, 1958–1993) - Skip compiled a 271-95-7 record during his 36 year tenure at St. Marys. Combined with 13 wins while head coach at Hardin Northern
      Hardin Northern High School (Dola, Ohio)
      Hardin Northern High School is a public high school in Dola, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Hardin Northern Local School district. It serves the villages of Dunkirk and Dola. Their mascot is the Polar Bears. They are a member of the Blanchard Valley Conference...

      , Coach Baughman has 284 career wins, which is the 10th highest total in Ohio High School football history. Inducted into Ohio High School Football Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in 1993. The football stadium is named "Skip Baughman Field" after their long-time coach.

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