Traveling Through Time With the Shelby County Historical Society

Sports

Women's sports, such as girl's basketball, has always struggled for recognition, especially prior to WWII.  Other sports have experienced ebbs and flows in popularity -- from baseball in the 1950s to the soccer games of the 1990s.  You may be surprised to learn that the people of Shelby County, Ohio, who were on the 'cutting edge' of a sport's establishment or achieved great success in their own right.  Return to Archives Home Page

  • BASKETBALL
  • 1904 Sidney High School Girls Basketball Team
  • BASEBALL
  • The Day the Sidney Reds Took on the Cincinnati Reds     NEW!!!!!
  • BICYCLING
  • Birdie Breaks His Bike - 1881
  • BOXING
  • Luther McCarty; Sidney Native Named World Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1913
  • FOOTBALL
  • GOLF
  • Bernie Kerns:  Student Golfer Never Lost a Regular Season Match
  • HORSE RACING