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Minford High School (MHS) is a rural, public, high school located in Minford, Ohio in Scioto County in Southern Ohio . It is the only high school in the Minford Local School District. The school mascot is the falcon and the school colors are scarlet and grey. BRIEF HISTORY The first high school was opened in 1923 , but in 1977 it was turned into the middle school when the new high school was built. In the early 1980's the high school, having been built on top of a swamp, began to sink and the walls began to crack. In 2001 a new high school was built. The old high school was demolished and rebuilt upon pillars as the new elementary/middle school. The 1923 school was demolished and the land is being used for the construction site of a Desco bank and a Wendy's . Minford High School is the home of the county's largest high school gymnasium. ACADEMICS Electives Art, Band, Chorus, Typing, Word Processing, Business Management, Career Tech, Speech, Writing Workshop, Spanish, Music Theory, Website Management, Video Production, Parenting, Clothing, Personal Development, Family Relations, Vocational Agriculture, Library Science, and Sign Language ATHLETICS There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools.5 The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has sixteen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County ( Oak Hill High School ), Lawrence County ( Symmes Valley High School ), Pike County ( Waverly High School , Eastern High School , and Western High School ), and Scioto County ( Clay High School , Green High School , Glenwood High School , Sciotoville Community School , Valley High School , Northwest High School , Minford High School , Portsmouth West High School , Notre Dame High School , South Webster High School , and Wheelersburg High School ).6 ''See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the Southern Ohio Conference '' Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances
::OHSAA Runner-up7 :::::1997 - (d. LaGrange Keystone 1-0 & lost to Tallmadge 7-0 to finish season at 27-4) ::OHSAA Final Four Appearances (Other than Second Place Finish)8 :::::1994 - (lost to LaGrange Keystone 2-0) :::::1996 - (lost to Alliance Marlington 4-0) REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS Minford Local School District |
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