Athletics
Bishop Watterson has a history of strong athletic teams, with numerous state championship titles. More importantly, BWHS has been recognized by the Ohio High School Athletic Association 14 times with the Harold Meyer Sportsmanship Award. For a list of sports offered with links to team information, click here.
We ask all fans to cheer for your team enthusiastically and in a positive manner. We teach the Gospel values at Bishop Watterson and so good sportsmanship is expected of players, coaches and fans. We hope you, too, believe that good sportsmanship is a value worth protecting and teaching. Best of luck to all our teams!
GO EAGLES!
State Champions
Baseball
1988, 1991, 1997
Basketball, Boys
2013
Field Hockey
1995, 2005, 2009, 2020, 2021
Football
1966, 1972, 2002, 2010
Golf
1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2004
1972, 1973, 1974 Ralph Guarasci
Gymnastics
1988 Chris Howard
Lacrosse, Girls
2023
Swimming
1996 Cathy Sursi, 100 breaststroke
2000 Kelli Stein, 100 breaststroke
2008, 2009, 2010: Grace Finnegan, 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
2010 Camey Rabold, 200 freestyle
2009: Grace Finnegan, Camey Rabold, Michelle Rielly, Samantha Schuttinger, 200 free relay
2018: Thomas Clark, David Coss, Perry Finnegan, Michael Vondram, 200 free relay (1:25.66)
Tennis
1983, 1984 Scott Dockter and John Pucin, boys doubles
1987, 1988 Denise Mezera and Sheryl Myers, girls doubles
1990, 1991 Denny English and Jason Homorody, boys doubles
1991 boys team
2008 Chris Diaz and Phil Diaz, boys doubles
2010, 2011 Chris Diaz, boys singles
Track and Field
2012 Joe Mankovecky, high jump
2014 Boys Relay 4×100 (Brad Kanney, Cody Calhoun, Ryan Urquhart, Dominic Lombardi)
2021 Girls 4×200 (Cailin O’Reilly, Grace Jenkins, Sydney Workman, Anna Kessler)
2021 Girls 4×400 (Grace Jenkins, Jordan Morales, Cailin O’Reilly, Erin Connors)
Wrestling
1967 Mike Hilliard, 175
1976, 1977 Phil Anglim, 138
1979 Pat Henderson, 126
1983 Joe Ghezzi, 132
2022 Mitchell Younger, 144
2023 Mitchell Younger, 144
2023 Joe Curry, 120
2024, Michael Boyle, 165
State Runners-Up
Basketball, Boys
2014
Basketball, Girls
1976, 1987
Cross Country
1985
Field Hockey
1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2022
Football
1999, 2001, 2023
Golf, boys
1984
Gymnastics
1985, 1987
Soccer, Boys
2014
Swimming/Diving
2009, 2010
Track
2014: Dominic Lombardi, 110 hurdles
2014: Dominic Lombardi, 300 hurdles
Volleyball Boys
2002, 2019
Volleyball Girls
1985
Wrestling
1972, 1979
2024, James Lindsay, 138