Chippewa High School

School in Doylestown, Ohio, United States

Athletics conferenceWayne County Athletic League (WCAL)Team nameChippsRivalRittman High School IndiansWebsitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20080821103219/http://www.chippewa.k12.oh.us/index.aspx chippewa.k12.oh.us

Chippewa High School is a public high school in Doylestown, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Chippewa Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Chipps.

History

The school was known as Doylestown High School after the Doylestown and Chippewa Township districts merged in 1917, until 1971 when the new high school was built.^[2] The name change reflected the trend that most of the district's residents lived within Chippewa Township and not within Doylestown's limits. This is also when they shortened their nickname to the "Chipps", as they felt it was redundant to call themselves the "Chippewa Chippewas".^[2] Despite this, many locals still refer to the school as "Doylestown High." ^{[citation needed]}

Chippewa's football rivalry with the Rittman High School Indians is the longest-running uninterrupted rivalry in Wayne County, having met every year since 1923.^[2] The two rival high schools compete for the "Big Chief Trophy.".^[3] Their football rivalry with Dalton High School Bulldogs is the second-longest in the county and has been played every year since 1925 with the exception of three years in the 1940s when Dalton didn't field a team.^[2]

Chippewa is one of eight schools that participate in the Wayne County Athletic League.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Girls Track and Field – 1975 ^[4]

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Runner-up

Girls Basketball - 1994, 2023 ^[4]
Girls Soccer – 2005, 2015 ^[4]

Notable alumni

Denny Galehouse (MLB Pitcher)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH.
^ "Rittman gambles, steals win from Chippewa". Wooster Daily Record. September 22, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.