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Findlay High School
Findlay High School is a public high school in Findlay, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Findlay City School District, and the second largest high school in northwest Ohio. Their nickname is the Trojans. They are members of the Northern Lakes League. They have a respected performing arts program. Demographics Student groups *Findlay First Edition Show Choir, show choir (also known as FFE or 'First Edition'). *Voices In Perfection, the freshman show choir, also known as VIP. Every year VIP has competed at the Heritage fest, they have received a Gold rating. *Blue & Gold, the student newspaper. In the 2013-2014 school year, the paper received the National Student Press Association's Pacemaker award in the "Newspapers 8 pages or fewer" category. *Pantasia, the steel drum band. They have been on many cruises to perform. *Latin Club, functions as a local chapter of both the Junior Classical League state chapters#Ohio JCL, Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Findlay, Ohio
Findlay ( ) is a city in Hancock County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The second-largest city in Northwest Ohio, Findlay lies about 40 miles (64 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Its population was 40,313 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Findlay micropolitan area, it is home to the University of Findlay and the headquarters of Fortune 100, ''Fortune'' 100 company Marathon Petroleum. History In the War of 1812, Colonel James Findlay (Cincinnati mayor), James Findlay of Cincinnati built a road and a stockade to transport and shelter troops in the Great Black Swamp region. This stockade was named Fort Findlay in his honor. At the conclusion of the war, the community of Findlay was born. The first town lots were laid out in 1821 by future Ohio Governor Joseph Vance (Ohio politician), Joseph Vance and Elnathan Corry. Before the American Civil War, Civil War, Findlay was a stop for Slavery in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Creel
Gavin James Creel (April 18, 1976 – September 30, 2024) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter best known for his work in musical theater. Over his career he received a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the leading role of Jimmy in '' Thoroughly Modern Millie'' before starring as Claude in the 2009 Broadway revival of ''Hair'', both Tony Award–nominated performances. From 2012 to 2015, he starred as Elder Price in '' The Book of Mormon''; he received a Laurence Olivier Award for originating the role in the West End version of the musical and played the role in the U.S. National Tour and on Broadway. He received a Tony Award in 2017 for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in '' Hello, Dolly!'' on Broadway. Creel's other stage credits include '' La Cage aux Folles'' (2004), '' She Loves Me'' (2016), '' Waitress'' (2019), and ''Into the Woods'' (2022) on Broadway; ''Mary Poppins'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Purdy
James Otis Purdy (July 17, 1914 March 13, 2009) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and in 2013 his short stories were collected in ''The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy''. He has been praised by writers as diverse as Edward Albee, James M. Cain, Lillian Hellman, Francis King, Marianne Moore, Dorothy Parker, Dame Edith Sitwell, Terry Southern, Gore Vidal (who described Purdy as "an authentic American genius"), Jonathan Franzen (who called him, in '' Farther Away'', "one of the most undervalued and underread writers in America"), A.N. Wilson, and both Jane Bowles and Paul Bowles. Purdy was the recipient of the Morton Dauwen Zabel Fiction Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1993) and was nominated for the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tot Pressnell
Forest Charles Pressnell (August 8, 1906 – January 6, 2001) was an American professional baseball player in the Major Leagues from 1938 to 1942. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. Pressnell had to wait until the age of 31 to make his Major League debut, but it was an impressive one. In the third game of the 1938 season for Brooklyn, he pitched a complete-game shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies, scattering nine hits. The Dodgers won 9–0 in a snappy 1 hour, 53 minutes. On June 15 of that year, Pressnell participated in a history-making game. He pitched in relief on that date for Brooklyn in the first night game of Ebbets Field's history, while Johnny Vander Meer of the visiting Cincinnati Reds that night pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, a feat that has not been duplicated in Major League Baseball. Pressnell went on to a record of 11–14, the most victories he would have in a single season. In his nine previous minor-league seasons, Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day traditionally held during the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round Major League Baseball postseason, postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Poff
John William Poff (born October 23, 1952) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB), for the Philadelphia Phillies and for the Milwaukee Brewers of the Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, Poff attended Findlay High School, and went on to play college baseball at Duke University, graduating in 1974. In 1972 and 1973, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent on July 2, 1974 as an amateur free agent. On September 1, 1980, he was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Philadelphia Phillies. On April 1, 1981, he was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Gamecocks Men's Basketball
The South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks won Southern Conference titles in 1927, 1933, 1934, and 1945, and then they gained national attention under hall of fame coach Frank McGuire, posting a 205–65 record from 1967 to 1976, which included the 1970 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, the 1971 ACC Tournament title, and four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1971 to 1974. The program also won the 1997 Southeastern Conference, SEC championship, National Invitation Tournament (NIT) titles in 2005 and 2006, and co-champions of the 2009 SEC East division title. Most recently, the Gamecocks won the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2017 NCAA East Regional Championship, reaching the NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school, Final Four for the first time in school history. Lamont Paris is the current head coach, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in NCAA Division I men's competition. On March 30, 2022, Dan Earl was hired as the new head coach. The Mocs have appeared in 12 NCAA tournaments, most recently in 2022. History The Mocs won the 1977 NCAA Men's Division II basketball tournament, while completing their transition from Division II to Division I. During the 1997 tournament they progressed to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating both Georgia and Illinois. They eventually lost to Providence. Conference Affiliations *1914–1932: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association *1931–1942: Dixie Conference *1946–1977: D-II Independent *1978–present: Southern Conference Notable NBA/ABA Players *Gerald Wilkins - 13 Seasons, 2x All-SoCon * Russ Schoene - 5 Seasons * Johnny Taylor - 3 Seasons, SoCon Player of the Year, 2x First Team All-SoCon * Willie White - 2 Seasons, SoCon Player of the Year * Matt Ryan - 4 Seasons, Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamont Paris
Lamont Paris (born November 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at South Carolina. Playing career Paris played high school basketball at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio. He then played college basketball at the College of Wooster, Ohio, where he was captain for his junior and senior seasons while also being a two-time All- North Coast Athletic Conference selection. Coaching career After beginning his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater during the 1997-98 season, Paris moved on to assistant coaching stints at DePauw and IUP before landing on Keith Dambrot's staff at Akron where he stayed for five seasons. Paris then joined Bo Ryan's staff at Wisconsin in 2010, and was a part of two Sweet 16 squads and the Badgers' Final Four and national championship game appearances during the 2013–14 and 2014-15 seasons. When Ryan stepped down, Paris was elevated to associate head coach under Greg Gard whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kidd (American Football)
Max John Kidd (born August 22, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played 15 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and New York Jets. Kidd played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats before Buffalo selected him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL draft, the highest-selected punter in Bills history. He was the starting quarterback and punter at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1980. Kidd was a first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All American in college and won the Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ... Medal of Honor. He continues to hold the career punting average record for his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins annually with a NFL preseason, three-week preseason in August, followed by the NFL regular season, 18-week regular season, which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one Bye (sports), bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference, including the four division winners and three Wild card (sports), wild card teams, advance to the NFL playoffs, playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which culminates in the Super Bowl, played in early February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Huston
Josh Huston (born February 28, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was signed by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Huston was also a member of the Las Vegas Gladiators, New York Giants and Cincinnati Bengals. Early years Huston played high school football at Findlay High School where he earned first-team All-Ohio honors as a junior. His holder at Findlay was Ben Roethlisberger, who would go on to play quarterback in the National Football League. His high school career ended when the Findlay Trojans lost in the Division I regional semifinals to Grove City, 59–41.OHSAA 1999 Tournament Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
