Special Class of '74 News

Jul.28--2000- July 2000 Golf Outing. Pictures from the July 2000 Golf Outing event are shown in the "Picture Gallery" portion of the website.
 Oct.13 -2000-The West Baseball Team 1975 was honored at halftime of the October 13 West High football game. Coach Dave Koblentz was present along with members of the team. See picture of team members of Championship Team at West
Feb 8-2002- Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974 Wes Redd, has his West High basketball jersey number
retired from West High. First time in school history-- Click here for expanded story
Nov 7-2002-Dan Stewart-Class of 1974- wins election for Ohio House 25th District on November 5th against Dave Dobos, fellow West High alumnus. Click here for expanded story.
Jun.-21-2003- West High 2003 Golf Outing--See pictures in the picture gallery section of the site
Jul. 24- 2003-Mike Redd, son of Class of '74 Wes Redd--article in Columbus Dispatch on summer basketball clinic.
Feb.23-2004-Mike Redd- Sports Illustrated Story -Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974's Wes Redd, was featured in a Sports Illustrated story (February 23, 2004) after starring in the 2004 NBA All-Star game.
Jan. 31-2005-Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974 Wes Redd, was highlighted in two articles in the
Columbus Dispatch Sports Section. Click on the following links for: "In Demand" and "Homegrown.
Jun. 15-2005 Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974 Wes Redd, re-signs with the Milwaukee Bucks. See related article
Aug. 20-2005 Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974, Wes Redd hosted his own basketball camp, the "Michael Redd
Basketball Camp and an event at Ohio State University-"Jammin against the Darkness".
Nov. 2005- Shea Brintlinger, son of Class of 1974's Katie and Bill Brintlinger, plays major role for Bishop
Ready football team, as they go to State High School Football playoffs. (Columbus Dispatch article)
Feb. 17- 2006 Mike Redd, son of Class of 1974 Wes Redd, gives his father a church (Sports Illustrated story)
Sept. 2006- Mike Redd- son of Class of 1974's Wes Redd-- was recently inducted into the West High School Hall of Fame along with Rev. David Holdren, Paul and Sharon Pennell, and W. Raltston Westlake on September 15, 2006. (Article written by Linda Dillman-Westside Messenger)
Nov. 2006-Shea Brintlinger-son of Class of 1974's Katie and Bill Brintlinger- plays running back and safety for the Bishop Ready football team that recently concluded the 2006 season at 7-3, but just out of the running for the state playoffs. (Article written by Chris Miles-Westland News Sports Reporter)
Nov. 2006-Dan Stewart wins Ohio House District 25 Election-Dan Stewart was successful in retaining his Ohio District 25 seat against Republican Mike Wiles with 68 percent of vote. (Article written by Garth Bishop -Suburban News Publications)
April 2007-- Dave Koblentz is coaching baseball at Upper Arlington High School
May 2007- Phil Wallace retires as choir director at West High after 30 years of teaching.
Nov. 2007- Shea Brintlinger-son of Class of 1974's Bill and Katie Brintlinger-played a major role in Bishop Ready's 2007 football season--falling just one game short of reaching the state final game in Division V action. Bill was a coach on the team as well as Class of 1974's Tim Brink. Here is a summary of their season.
Sept. 2007- Mike Redd- son of Class of 1974's Wes Redd-- will represent the U.S. during summer 2008 in Beijing, China as a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.
See related article-