The Warrior Way

• Our softball team is state bound once again as they made history on Friday in becoming the first D1 central district school to ever win four straight Regional Softball Championships!

• They will now try to bring home our school’s first ever OHSAA Division I team state championship: https://officials.myohsaa.org/Admin/Bracket/PublicBracket?TournamentId=360

Softball’s state semifinal game will be Friday at 5:30pm vs. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne High School. The team will be departing for Akron Thursday evening, and we invite the community to come out to send them off! The team will be joined by our state qualifying boys track members for a quick parade through Pataskala on Thursday, the parade will depart the WMHS parking lot at 6:00 pm. Community members are invited to line the streets at 6 pm Thursday in uptown Pataskala near the railroad tracks and along Route 16 near the Dairy Hut, as well as near Coughlin and Kroger. They will return to WMHS after the parade around approximately 6:30 pm before the softball team loads their bus for Akron, and all are invited back to the HS as well to see them off.

There will be a chaperoned student support bus leaving WMHS at 2:30 pm Friday afternoon for the softball semifinal game. Seats are limited and will be first come and first served. In order to reserve a seat, students must first purchase a game ticket and enter their ticket number using the button below. Please note that we can only open the student support bus to students who were in grades 9 - 11 in 2023-2024.

• The 4 x 200m Relay team broke the school record at regionals to qualify for the State Meet.
• John Apel also qualified and will compete as an individual in the 400m Dash.
• All State Races will be at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

We invite the community to come out to send them off with the softball team on Thursday evening! The parade will go through town on Thursday, which will depart the WMHS parking lot at 6:00 pm for a quick parade through Pataskala. Community members are invited to line the streets at 6 pm Thursday in uptown Pataskala near the railroad tracks and along Route 16 near the Dairy Hut, as well as near Coughlin and Kroger.

(4x200m Relay Team Pictured Below Left to Right: Joe McIntosh, John Apel, Ray Hardiman, Adam Brazier)

For those unable to attend, the OHSAA does broadcast state tournament events through the NFHS Network (paid subscription) and also a free radio broadcast (ohsaa.org/news/radio).

Ziggy’s in Pataskala will stream the Softball games.

Our Warrior Rugby Club team will also be competing Saturday in the championship of their division of the Ruby Ohio playoffs for the 4th consecutive year. There will be a send-off for them on Saturday as they head to their game. Buses will leave the Warrior rugby field at 12:30 pm. Come fill the high school parking lot and line Warrior Way as they head to I-70. Arrive by 11:45 am for the send off and by 12:30 pm to decorate cars. Game starts at 2:30 pm @ Fortress Obetz. Ticket link is available on the Rugby Ohio page.