Mansfield Senior High School is a public high school located in Mansfield, Ohio. it is the only high school in the Mansfield City School District. Athletic teams are known as the Tygers and they compete as a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the Ohio Cardinal Conference.
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History
Opened in 1927, Mansfield Senior High School serves students grades 9-12. The original school building was formerly located at 145 West Park Boulevard in Mansfield.
Malabar High School merged with Mansfield Senior High School following the 1988-89 school year, with the school adopting their school colors of orange and brown, compared to Mansfield's former colors, which was red and white.
In 2004, Mansfield constructed a new high school at their current North Linden Road location.
Athletics
Mansfield's nickname the "Tygers" originates from a 1940s football game vs rival Massillon. The legend claims the loser of the game must change their name, Mansfield lost therefore changing the spelling in their nickname "Tigers" from an "I" to a "y."
State Championships
Boys baseball – 1954
Boys track and field – 1945, 1978
Notable alumni
Anthony Hanshaw - former professional boxer
Lee Adams — Tony Award-winning lyricist and member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Sherrod Brown — former U.S. Senator from Ohio
Hugh Douglas — former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) and football analyst for the ESPN television network
Willmer Fowler — former American football halfback for the Buffalo Bills
Keon Johnson — professional basketball player
John Robinson — former chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Harold Edwin Umbarger — former bacteriologist, biochemist, and member of the National Academy of Sciences