Westerville North - Athletics!
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The Warriors take the field before downing South 12-3 in 1978. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Check out North's sweet white helmets from 1978! That year saw North top South 12-3 to even the all-time series 2-2. [Click picture for a larger version.]
1983 WNHS football team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The Warriors get set to take the field in 1999. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Annnnnd here come the Warriors (in 1999)! [Click picture for a larger version.[
The 2007 WNHS-New Albany football game at Crew Stadium. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The 2013 WNHS team enters the field before beating visiting Franklin Heights 48-21 to snap a 45-game losing streak. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS football game from 2013. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS football game from 2015. [Click picture for a larger version.]
1984 WNHS girls soccer team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Is this the 1979 Lady Warrior Tennis Team... or the next batch of unlucky camp counselors in "Friday the 13th"?! Coached by J. Wolfe, the Warriors went 7-7 on the season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Students practice lacrosse in 1978 where the softball field sits today. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS lacrosse game from 2014. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Coached by Ron Lehman, the 1981-1982 WNHS Varsity Volleyball team always looked "classy" (despite a 9-13 record). [Click picture for a larger version.]
(Circa 1985) Junior Jeff Kondas prepares to squeeze a runner in during an OCC game. The 1985 WNHS baseball team, coached by Mr. Bob Haegele, won 15 games in a row on their way to a 20-3 season that also saw them capture the league title. Additionally, they became the first team in North's history to obtain a #1 ranking in the State Coaches' Poll. [Click picture for a larger version.]
(Circa 1984) "Grandpa" Joe Bernowski, the namesake for the WNHS Baseball Field, is seen here with AD Jack Moore. During the football season, "Grandpa" cut the grass, removed the pebbles, and worked with the water lines. In the winter, he patrolled the locker rooms for the basketball teams. However, baseball and softball seasons were his specialty. He often devoted six hours a day to working the fields, not only at North, but also at Westerville South, St. Paul, Walnut Springs, Robert Frost, and Otterbein. He started working the fields in 1976 when he retired. The Westerville Community lost its long-time groundskeeper in 1989 when Grandpa passed away at age 72. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS softball game from 1979. [Click picture for a larger version.]
(Circa 1979) A Pep Assembly for Spring Sports is conducted in the Main Gym... while Assistant Principal Mr. Jim McCann shushes noises students. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS basketball game from 1980. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Tom Crumrine puts up a beastly shot during the 1984-1985 basketball season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
A North basketball player makes a cut to the basket against Gahanna in 1975. [Click picture for a larger version.]
In a single photo, the 1976-1977 Warrior basketball team (coached by former history teacher Mr. Les Randolph) captures everything that was great about the 1970s. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The North basketball team, shown here in the Main Gym during a game in 1978. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Sophomore Shan Trusley (now an English teacher and Varsity Basketball Head Coach) guards his Mt. Vernon opponent in a game from 1986. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Junior T.D. Denney (now a history teacher at North) is seen here directing the defense during the 1989-1990 basketball season. Denney was awarded the Mr. "D" Award for being the best defensive player on the squad. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Coach Dave Hoover shouts out a play as the bench cheers during overtime of North's 50-48 victory over Cincinnati Withrow in the 1994 Division I State Final at St. John Arena. Dr. Hartnell, then a sophomore, was in the stands rooting the Warriors on to victory!!! [Click picture for a larger version.]
Considered by many as the greatest basketball player to ever grace the halls of Westerville North (Dr. Hartnell 100% agrees), Shaun Stonerook is seen here grabbing a rebound during the memorable State Championship run in 1994. Stonerook played for both the Buckeyes of Ohio State and the Bobcats of Ohio before suiting up professionally from 2004-2012 in Italy. He truly encompasses what it means to be a Westerville North Warrior. [Click picture for a larger version.]
20-year reunion of 1994 Basketball State Championship. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Warcat Hockey game from 2012. [Click picture for a larger version.]
2012 Warcat hockey team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
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The 1979 WNHS Marching Band. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The WNHS Marching Band from 1992. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The Warrior Marching Band takes the field at Crew Stadium for the WNHS-New Albany football game in 2007. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Sporting some pretty "fly" sweaters, the 1978 Cheerleaders spring into action. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS basketball cheerleaders from the 1979-1980 season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS basketball cheerleaders from the 1980-1981 season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS basketball cheerleaders from the 1992-1993 season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS basketball cheerleaders from the 1983-1984 season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS football cheerleaders get ready for NBC 4's "Football Friday Night" in 2013. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS football cheerleaders get set to go live in the studio of "Football Friday Night" in 2013. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS football cheerleaders from the 1984 season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS swim meet from 1977. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The 1976-1977 Warrior Wrestlers, coached by Mr. Al Ward. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Driving hard for the pin, Jon Post begins to flip his opponent from Upper Arlington in 1977. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Craig Scott and Jerry Osborne show how to do a "cradle" in this picture from the 1978-1979 wrestling season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Members of the 1985-1986 JV wrestling team flex for the camera... including Freshman David Grant (North's iconic wrestling coach), pictured in the center. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The 1990 Girls Soccer State Championship Game saw North's faculty turn out en masse to cheer the Lady Warriors on to a thrilling 1-0 overtime victory against Centerville to claim the State Title. [Click picture for a larger version.]
North faculty members Mr. Scott Gray, Mrs. Marty Croy, Ms. Cheryl Ellzey, and Mrs. Diann Bowman fill up on doughnuts and coffee before the 1990 Girls Soccer State Championship Game. [Click picture for a larger version.]
North players Laura Thomas and Kara Waltz celebrate the 1990 Girls State Soccer State Championship. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The 1990 Lady Warriors posted a 21-1-2 record en route to capturing the Soccer State Championship with a 1-0 overtime victory against Centerville. Coached by Mr. Tim Lawrence, North outscored its opponents 117-25 on the season. [Click picture for a larger version.]
WNHS track meet from 1977. [Click picture for a larger version.]
1980 WNHS boys soccer team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
2011 WNHS boys soccer team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
The 1983 WNHS golf team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
Kent Ford and Jacob Dumford race for the finish line in 2012. [Click picture for a larger version.]
This Lady Warrior poses before a track meet at WNHS in 1978. [Click picture for a larger version.]
(Circa 2014) Vanessa Herndon and the North girls track and field teams compete in the Mason Invitational. [Click picture for a larger version.]
(Circa 2015) Senior twins Heather (left) and Haley Sandvik were an unstoppable force for the North girls track and field team. [Click picture for a larger version.]
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The year 1992 marked the 100th year of high school football in Westerville... technically. In 1892, a group of Westerville high school students decided to take up this relatively "new" game called "the foot of the ball". Their opponent for their first game... Otterbein College. Lacking proper equipment, the Westerville high school team borrowed uniforms from Otterbein before playing the Cardinals to a 0-0 tie. In the team photo above, the Westerville students are shown wearing Otterbein uniforms, although student W. M. Gantz can be seen covering the "O" on his jersey. (Their coach is the dude rocking the turtleneck... and mustache.) The following year saw the Superintendent of Westerville Schools, Professor Ed Ressler, break his leg in a game he participated in so Westerville would have enough players to field a team that day. This resulted in the suspension of football in Westerville until 1901. Football returned that year and saw Westerville lose 35-0 to their arch-rival Worthington who was, ironically, coached by W. M. Gantz. Westerville beat Worthington the following season 32-0, which wound up being the last season of football in Westerville... again. Broken bones and skulls resulted in the ladies of the Westerville Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) appealing to the Westerville School Board to abolish the "brutal" sport. They were successful, and football was officially removed from the list of high school sports from 1903-1921. (Of course, the WCTU was also successful in launching Prohibition with the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919.) In 1921, however, football returned to Westerville and has been played continuously since. The school posted a 1-1-4 in its first season back, including a peculiar loss to Methodist Sunday School. Still, things turned around by 1923, and an undefeated Westerville squad won the Central Buckeye League Championship. In 1924, the first female cheerleaders were "elected" by the student body, and in 1925, a 26-member marching band was organized. Westerville played its first night game in 1931, losing 86-0 at Columbus Central High School. Players complained that they were "confused by the bright lights and use of a white ball". Despite this setback, the sport was here to stay. [Click picture for a larger version.]
