Martins Ferry High School

Public high school in Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States

Athletics conferenceBuckeye 8 Athletic League
Ohio Valley Athletic Conference^[3]Team namePurple Riders^[3]RivalBellaire High School and Saint Clairsville High SchoolYearbookThe FerrianWebsitehs.mfcsd.k12.oh.us

Martins Ferry High School is a public high school in Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Martins Ferry City School District. Athletic teams compete as the Martins Ferry Purple Riders in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Buckeye 8 Athletic League as well as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

The Martins Ferry City School District has median household income of $23,960, thus making the school eligible for a Title I program, including access to state and federal assistance to help low-income and at risk students. The head school administrator, Joe Mamone, oversees the school's staff, including thirty full-time "equivalent" teachers serving the student body with an average class size of 17.8. The majority of students enrolled are White, making up about eighty-three percent of all students.

Athletics

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Boys Baseball – 1930 ^[4]
Boys Basketball – 1941 ^[5]

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Boys Football - 1941 ^[7]

Buckeye 8 Championships

Girls Track - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Notable alumni

Jim Brown - former Ohio State Buckeyes golf coach, longest-tenured coach in university history (1972-2009)
Lou Groza - former Cleveland Browns kicker and offensive tackle, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Alex Groza - former basketball player who was banned from NBA for life in 1951 for point shaving
James A. Wright - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Martins Ferry High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ U.S. News & World Report. "Martins Ferry High School". Retrieved 2017-07-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball AAA". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ OHSAA. "OHSAA pre-playoff champions" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-15.

External links

District Website

Buckeye 8 Athletic League

North Division

Beaver Local Beavers
East Liverpool Potters
Edison Wildcats
Harrison Central Huskies
Indian Creek Redskins

South Division

Bellaire Big Reds
Cambridge Bobcats
Martins Ferry Purple Riders
St. Clairsville Red Devils
Union Local Jets

v t e Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
Class A	Beallsville Blue Devils Cameron Dragons Conotton Valley Rockets Hundred Hornets Paden City Wildcats St. John Fighting Irish Steubenville Catholic Crusaders Trinity Christian Warriors Valley Lumberjacks Weirton Madonna Blue Dons
Class AA	Bridgeport Bulldogs Caldwell Redskins Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees Frontier Cougars River Pilots Shadyside Tigers Shenandoah Zeps Southern Local Indians Toronto Red Knights Wellsville Tigers Wheeling Central Maroon Knights
Class AAA	Barnesville Shamrocks Bellaire Big Reds Buckeye Local Panthers Buckeye Trail Warriors Fort Frye Cadets Linsly Cadets Magnolia Blue Eagles Martins Ferry Purple Riders Monroe Central Seminoles
Class AAAA	Beaver Local Beavers Cambridge Bobcats East Liverpool Potters Edison Wildcats Harrison Central Huskies Indian Creek Redskins Oak Glen Golden Bears St. Clairsville Red Devils Union Local Jets Weir Red Riders
Class AAAAA	Brooke Bruins Dover Crimson Tornadoes John Marshall Monarchs Morgantown Mohigans New Philadelphia Quakers Parkersburg South Patriots Steubenville Big Red University Hawks Warren Warriors Wheeling Park Patriots