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Start High School (Toledo, Ohio)

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Superintendent
  
Dr. Romules Durant

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 419-671-3000

Principal
  
Edward Perozek

Dean
  
Tyson Harder

Athletics conference
  
Toledo City League

District
  
Toledo Public Schools

Colors
  
White, Green

Type
  
Public, Coeducational high school

School district
  
Toledo City School District

Address
  
2010 Tremainsville Rd, Toledo, OH 43613, USA

Roy C. Start High School is a public high school in West Toledo, Ohio, United States. The school opened in 1962 and is part of the Toledo Public Schools. It was named after Roy C. Start, two-time mayor of Toledo and founder of the West Toledo YMCA. The school building was recently demolished and a new building is now in place. Students have been attending the new Start since the new semester in January 2008. The only part of the original Roy C. Start High School building in use is the auditorium (which is now in the West Toledo YMCA building) and is attached to the new building.

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Start Football

Start's football team, led by head coach Tyson Harder, appeared in the first OHSAA playoffs Division I in school history after finishing the regular season 9-1 during the 2015 season. This was also the first season for Start High School to win the city league title since 1968. In 2016, after finishing 5-5 (0-5 out of conference ) Start won back to back city championships, a first in school history. Shortly after, head coach Harder decided to step down from coaching, ending one of the greatest eras in school history. Although the athletic director at the school has made it difficult for student athletes, it did not stop Start High a Schools on field success.

Rivalries

From its opening until 1991, Start had a rivalry with the DeVilbiss Tigers, which were located in the same neighborhood and a very short distance south of Start. When DeVilbiss closed, much of its school district was absorbed by Start after a community effort urging TPS to merge Start into DeVilbiss had failed.

Start's main and long-standing rivals are the Whitmer Panthers, located less than two miles away on Tremainsville Road. The "Battle of Tremainsville" was a non-conference matchup from Start's inception in the early 1960s until Whitmer joined the City League in 2003. Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, it reverted to a non-league matchup when Whitmer joined the new Three Rivers Athletic Conference.

Clubs and organizations

Roy C. Start has a large number of clubs. Some of those clubs are:

  • Russian Club - many students have competed and received medals by competing in the National Russian Essay Competition and the Ohio Spoken Olympiada.
  • Red Cross Club
  • Youth 2 Youth
  • Z Club
  • German Club
  • SBG
  • DECA
  • Latin Club - functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).
  • Mu Alpha Theta
  • NHS
  • Newspaper
  • Art Club
  • GSA
  • Science Olympiad

    • Start Collegiate Athletes

  • Jahneil Douglas - The University of Toledo (Football, 2017-)
  • Joseph Smith - Tiffin University (Football, 2016-)
  • Michael Williams - Tiffin University (Football, 2016-)
  • Anis Galal - Capital University (Football, 2016-)
  • Brandon Winters - Trine University (Football, 2016-)
  • Devin Price - Ohio Northern University (Football, 2013-2016)
  • Devin Russell - The University of Toledo (Basketball 2009)
  • Yolanda Richardson - The University of Toledo (Basketball, 2009)
  • Paiton Twitty - The University of Akron (Volleyball, 2000)
  • Kent Smith - NFL (Oakland Raiders, 2006)
  • Marvin Ham - NFL (Carolina Panthers, 1995-1997)
  • Doug Whatmore - (Indiana University Baseball, 1987-1991)
  • Greg Finnegan - (Cornell University Football, 1988-1991)
  • Airron Richardson - (University of Michigan Wrestling, 1994-1998, two-time NCAA All-American, Olympic alternate)
  • Devin Vargas - (Boxing, 2004 Olympian)
  • James Gonzalez - (University of Michigan Wrestling, 2000-2002)
  • Stacey Nadolny - (Cornell University Track and Field, 2002-2005, four-time Ivy League discus champion)
  • Kim Jameson - (Bowling Green State University Track and Field, 1981-1984)
  • Theresa Mariea - (University of Toledo Track and Field, Cross Country, 1995-1999)
  • Greg Wimberly - (University of Dayton Football, 2003-2006)
  • Dustin Doty - (University of Cleveland Wrestling)
  • Chad Henderly - (University of Findlay Wrestling, two time NAIA All-American)
  • Richard Goss - (University of Findlay Wrestling)
  • Justin Kruczkowski - (University of Findlay Wrestling)

    • Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

  • Baseball - 1994 (Easton National Champions), 2000
  • Girls Track and Field – 1980

    • Toledo City League Titles

  • Bowling: 2012
  • Football: 1978, 2015, 2016
  • Volleyball: 1976, 1977, & 2015
  • Boys Cross Country: 2012
  • Girls Cross Country: 2011
  • Golf:
  • Boys Basketball: 1978-79, 1996–97, 2012-2013
  • Girls Basketball: 2010-11
  • Wrestling:
  • Baseball:
  • Boys Track and Field: 1991
  • Boys Track and Field: 2013, 2015-16
  • Girls Track and Field: 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Softball:
  • Girls Soccer:
  • Boys Soccer: 2016

    • (years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title)

    References

    Start High School (Toledo, Ohio) Wikipedia
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