Chaney High School

Chaney High School
Chaney High School
Address
	731 South Hazelwood Avenue; Youngstown, Ohio 44502; United States
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
School district	Youngstown City School District
Principal	Robert Kearns
Teaching staff	43.00 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	647 (2018–19)
Student to teacher ratio	15.05
Color(s)	Red and Gray
Athletics conference	Steel Valley Conference
Team name	Cowboys (boys); Cowgirls (girls)
Newspaper	The Westerner
Yearbook	Lariat
Website	chaney.ycsd.org

Chaney High School is a public high school in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It is one of four secondary schools in the Youngstown City School District. Athletic teams compete as the Chaney Cowboys and Cowgirls in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

In 2011, Chaney High School was closed into a vocal Performing Arts school as well as a STEM fields school as part of a restructure by the school district. However, in 2017, it was announced by Youngstown City School District CEO Krish Mohip that Chaney High School would return to a traditional structure as part of the entire district being reconfigured into neighborhood schooling.

Sports[edit]

History[edit]

In its first incarnation, Chaney offered baseball, basketball, bowling, football, and track for boys as well as basketball, bowling, cheerleading, softball, volleyball, and track were sponsored for girls.

Although the football team never won a state title (their best finish was a loss in the Division-III state championship game in 1997), Chaney produced several college standouts and NFL athletes, such as former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL MVP Frank Sinkwich,^[2] Jerry Olsavsky, Mike Zordich, Matt Cavanaugh, Anthony Floyd, Brad Smith and Keilen Dykes.

Chaney football also won more city titles than any other school prior to the 2006–07 school year when the Youngstown City Series dissolved.^[3] The Chaney football team was on hiatus from 2011 until 2018.

Notable alumni[edit]

Thomas Bopp, amateur astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp, Class of 1967
Mike Kabealo, NFL player
Frank Sinkwich, 1942 Heisman Trophy winner of the University of Georgia

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chaney High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
^ "Frank Sinkwich was worshipped by his fans". The Vindicator. October 23, 1990.
^ "League winners". The Vindicator. August 23, 2009.