Notre Dame High School (Portsmouth, Ohio) Explained

Notre Dame High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.

Academics & activities^[2]

• Mock Trial
• National Honor Society
• Ohio Model United Nations
• Pep Club
• Quiz Bowl
• Spanish Club
• Student Council
• Yearbook
• Key Club

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.^[3] The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment.^[4] Notre Dame is currently in SOC I.

Notre Dame participates in baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' golf, fast-pitch softball, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track & field, and girls' volleyball.

See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the Southern Ohio Conference.

Notable alumni, coaches, and faculty

• Chuck Ealey — football star
• Ed Miller — former football coach & member of Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame^{[5] [6]}
• John Ross — former football player. Graduated in 1971. Member of University of Toledo Football Hall of Fame (inducted Feb. 1, 2008). One of the first great wide receivers in University of Toledo football history.^[7]
• Mike Ross -- former football player. Graduated in 1973. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel and fighter pilot, who ejected from his burning aircraft and survived after his RF-4C was mistakenly shot down by a U.S. Navy F-14 warplane over the Mediterranean Sea in 1987.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: OHSAA Member School Info . 2007-05-10 . OHSAA . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195123/http://ohsaa.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1178 . 2007-09-27 . dead .
2. Web site: Dailey . Adam . Student Handbook . 2023-08-06 . The Notre Dame Schools . en-US.
3. Web site: Ohio County Profiles: Scioto County . 2007-05-11 . Ohio Department of Development . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070508184205/http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/files/S0/Scioto.pdf . 2007-05-08 .
4. News: Southern Ohio Conference . Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws. January 2007.
5. Web site: Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame . 2007-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115114642/http://www.ohsfca.org/hallof.htm . 2010-01-15 .
6. Web site: Ed Miller's Induction into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame (Class of 1996) . Wheelersburg High School . 2007-08-06 .
7. Web site: John Ross, Football(1971-1974). University of Toledo. en. 2017-08-21.
8. News: Navy aviator's career soars; pilot he downed suffers. The Washington Times. 2017-08-21. en-US.