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Athletics Bellbrook High School is not known for having very good sports teams throughout the years; however one team has been doing very well for more than 20 years. The men’s soccer program at Bellbrook has won 21 straight South Western Buckeye League (SWBL) titles over the past 21 seasons. Also for the first time in school history an athlete has been given All American honors for soccer. Junior Eric Lynch was selected by a national committee and received All American honors for his role, on and off the field, as well as goal scoring prowess as a forward for the men’s soccer team this past season. Some notable alumni of the Bellbrook men’s soccer program have also been performing very well on the next stage in college. Matt Bly and Chris Lynch helped secure Walsh University’s first division title since 1994. Women’s basketball has also been doing very well of late winning 11 out of the past 12 South Western Buckeye League titles. This year the women’s basketball team also made it to the state semi-final game in Columbus, Ohio. In the state semi-final game they would lose to eventual state champion Hathaway Brown from Cleveland, Ohio. The women’s basketball team was the first team that had been to state for Bellbrook since 1976 when the men’s basketball team made a strong state run.

Band The Bellbrook band program has been very successful bringing home numerous Bands Of America (BOA) regional and national titles. They were national champions in class A 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and were class AA champions in 2004. Also in 2000 they were the only class A band to compete in the finals event. Every year the Bellbrook Marching Eagles make at least two trips to BOA regional’s throughout the United States and then they end the year with a big trip to Indianapolis, Indiana for BOA Grand Nationals. The Marching Eagles have about 115 kids in the marching program and march a wide variety of instruments, as well as having a front ensemble and color guard to help convey the music to the large audiences. The band usually finishes in the top 35 marching bands in the country and always has a very good impression about them when they are referred to in marching band circles throughout the country.

Community Service Bellbrook High School has a number of community service organizations such as National Honor Society (NHS), Partnership for Success (PFS), as well as numerous other small group projects done throughout the school year. The past few years the students have organized a “Battle of the Bands” and charged a small admission. All the proceeds of this event went to a school in Chile to help build part of their school as well as supply them with the books and proper school supplies they would need to succeed in their academics. In 2011 the school received a visit from 12 students, which went to the sponsored school in Chile, and they stayed with host families and participated in the first “Global Day” in Bellbrook High School. Here the visiting students from Chile performed a native dance and gave some speeches to help raise global awareness. One of the biggest student ran community service acts was done in 2009 by way of a “Beatles Benefit Concert” for Mr. Grushon, a teacher at the High School, that at the time had cancer. The group of seniors worked together for months practicing the Beatles music, the Beatles were Mr. Grushon’s favorite band, and performed it on April 10th, 2009 in front of a sold out auditorium at Bellbrook High School. This was the first time in school history that the auditorium had been sold out for a school related event and the fans loved every second of it. The show lasted about three hours in length and was able to raise $5,700 to help the teacher and his family pay for medical expenses. These students were not done however because they performed another show at an outdoor venue in Beavercreek, Ohio and were able to raise another $3,500 for the family.

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