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Wayne High School is a secondary public school with an enrollment of more than 2,300 located in Huber Heights, Ohio

Huber Heights, Ohio

Huber Heights is a city in Montgomery, Miami, and Greene Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Huber Heights's motto is "America's largest community of brick homes." The city is named for Charles Huber, the developer who constructed a number of the houses that would later comprise the city. Suburban...

, north of Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

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In 2007 Dr. Reva Cosby became head principal, replacing John Allen.

Facilities

The school is a campus-style arrangement of seven separate single-story buildings. The oldest building is Filbrun Hall and the newest is Alumni Hall.

Filbrun Hall
Gymnasium and Auditorium
Storck Hall
Hawke Hall
Douglass Hall
Shank Hall
Alumni Hall

The school system is in the process of building all New Schools (5 - Elem, 1 - Jr. High, 1 - High) thanks to the passage of a school levy in November 2008 and the Ohio School Facilities Commission http://www.osfc.state.oh.us/ The Project is scheduled to be complete by the Fall of 2012. http://www.itsourturnnow.org/

New School Buildings Website

Athletics

Wayne High School hosts many athletic teams including men's baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country running, men's football, golf, indoor track and field, women's fast-pitch softball, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and men's wrestling. The girl's team just made history by creating their first girls golf team in thirty years.

Now in its 50th year, Wayne's varsity football team has won several conference championships and has played in the statewide playoffs at least 10 times. In 1999 and 2010, the team made it to the Division I state championship game, losing both times.

Wayne's principal rival is Centerville High School

Centerville High School (Centerville, Ohio)

Centerville High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9–12 located in Centerville, Ohio, situated ten miles south of Dayton...

. In 1981, Wayne's defeat of Centerville's varsity

Varsity team

In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...

football team ended Centerville's six-year 53-game winning streak. "Fifty-three was all they'd see!" and "Fifty-four, there'd be no more!" were popular phrases chanted at Centerville games.

The Wayne men's track team won the Division I boys state team title in 1995 and 2000.

Wayne is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference. It was previously a member of the Western Ohio League.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Boys track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

– 1995, 2000

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