Buckeye Trail High School is a public
high school
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in
Lore City, Ohio
Lore City is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The population was 282 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office has been in operation at Lore City since 1876. Lore City was not platted until 1903. The village was incorporated i ...
, United States. It is the only high school in the East Guernsey Local School District. Their mascot is a Warrior, and the school colors are blue and white. They are members of the
Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is a high school sports league in parts of southeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. The OVAC is the largest conference of its kind in the United States. Schools in the upper Ohio Valley supply over 18,000 ...
. They used to be members of the Pioneer Valley Conference, but in a controversial move that sparked community outrage, became members of the Inter Valley Conference (IVC) in 2016.
OHSAA State Championships
* Girls
Basketball
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- 1979
* Girls
Volleyball
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- 1989, 1994.
Notable Student Achievements
The 2013-2014 senior Physics class conducted a research and community outreach project for Samsung's "Solve For Tomorrow" contest.
The class of sixteen worked with their teacher and other area educators to investigate the impact of recent drastic increases in
hydraulic fracturing
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on local water quality, and presented their findings at a community forum held at the high school; experts on various aspects of the industry also presented to the community members in attendance.
Samsung awarded the school a $20,000 technology grant for that year's best project in the state of Ohio.
References
External links
District Website
High schools in Guernsey County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
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