Watkins Memorial High School

Public, coeducational school in Etna, Ohio, United States

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Watkins Memorial High School is a public high school located in Etna Township, southeast of Pataskala, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Southwest Licking Local School District, which was formed in 1950 by the merger of the Etna Township, Kirkersville, and Pataskala one room K-12 buildings. Athletic teams are known as the Warriors and school colors are black and gold.

The school was named in memory of Dr. Watkins who served the community for years. The school's biggest sports rival is Lickings Heights High School. The yearly football game between the Watkins Warriors and the Licking Heights Hornets is referred to as "The Battle for Broad Street". Broad street, or State Route 16, runs through Pataskala and whichever team wins this game has a small dead-end road next to the Town Hall named in their honor, either Warrior Way or Hornet Way, for the year until the next Watkins/Heights game. Watkins Middle School is located next to the high school.

The students that attend Watkins Memorial High School live in the city of Pataskala, and the following three townships: Kirkersville Township, Etna Township, and Harrison Township, all of which are in the second largest county in Ohio's 12th Congressional District, Licking County.

State championships

Boys Soccer – 2004 ^[2]
Baseball, (Etna High School Eagles consolidated with Pataskala and Kirkersville to form Watkins Memorial)-1936
Boys rugby 2021, 2022 & 2024
Victoria Harvey, 2023 Division I Pole Vault State Champion
Andrew Jordan, 2015 Division I Men's Cross Country Champion
Aaron Martin, 2003 Division II Wrestling State Champion, 135 weight class
Rob Johnson, 1982 Class AAA Wrestling State Champion, 126 weight class

References

^ ^a ^b ^c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-04-02.
^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

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5. https://ohiowrestling.net/history/ohio_high_school_state_wrestling_champions_by_school_year_weight-class.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)OHSAA State wrestling champions