PREPS

PREPS
Irish leadway at state
Fanfare:
Trivia question: What high school team has won state championships in six different sports?
Answer: Ursuline High School. Listed below are the categories:
Wrestling -- Rodney Tate, 119 pounds, 1987;
Baseball -- twice, 1988 and 2000;
Football -- 2000;
Boys golf -- twice, 1975 and 1976;
Boys golf individual -- twice, Julian Taylor, 1977 and 1978;
Girls golf -- won the mythical state championship in 1984 and 1985 in Cincinnati. Their record over these years was 55-1. No official state championship was declared until later;
Track -- Joe Housteau, shot put, 1961; Ernie DeChellis, 180-yard low hurdles, 1971; David Hodge, 120-yard high hurdles, 1973 and 1974; Tom Ragland, high jump, 1983; Tim Caffey, 400-meter dash, 1988;
Basketball -- boys, 1994;
And last, but not least, girls, 2004.
J. Robert Miller
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