On Friday February 11th between the JV and varsity home boys basketball games, the Paulding Athletic Boosters inducted three PHS alumni into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Max Eifrid (Class of 1989) (not pictured)
Max earned 3 varsity letters in Football and 2 varsity letters in Baseball. Max was a member of our most recent undefeated football team, the 10-0 1988 NWC Championship team in which he accounted for 1042 yards rushing, 17 touchdowns and 66 tackles on defense. Max earned many accolades throughout his football career including; 2nd Team All NWC Defense (sophomore and junior season), 1st Team All NWC Offense (junior and senior season), 1st Team All NWC Defense (senior season), NWC Offensive Player of the Year (senior season), Honorable Mention All State (Junior Season), 1st Team All State (senior season), State Lineman of the year as a linebacker (senior season), Honorable Mention All America (senior season) and was nominated for Ohio’s Mr. Football his senior year. In baseball, Max was a District 7 All Star as a sophomore and was honorable mention All NWC his junior season.
Rob Kesler (Class of 1989)
Rob earned 4 varsity letters in Track and 3 varsity letters in Football. Rob was a member of our most recent undefeated football team, the 10-0 1988 NWC Championship Team as well as a member of the 1989 NWC Championship Boys Track Team. Throughout his track career, Rob qualified for State Pole Vault twice, placing 4th in Class AA his senior season. He is currently tied for our school record in pole vault with a vault of 14’3”. As a member of the 1989 Conference Championship track team, Rob was a member of the champion 400 meter relay team, champion 1600 meter relay team and was meet champion in pole vault including setting the NWC meet record at the time – 14’3”. On the gridiron, Rob was 1st Team All NWC Wide Receiver as well as 1st Team All Ohio WR while totalling 931 yards receiving with a total of 17 touchdowns accounted for. Rob was second in the area in total points scored with a total 144 points accounted for (17 TD – 2 FG – 31 PAT).
Scott Strahley (Class of 1989)
Scott earned 4 varsity letters in Track, 3 varsity letters in Football, and 3 varsity letters in Basketball. Scott was a member of our most recent undefeated football team, the 10-0 1988 NWC Championship Team as well as a member of the 1989 NWC Championship Boys Track Team. Scott holds the school record for discus (174’8”) and was voted the 1989 Crescent News Track and Field Performer of the year. As a member of the 1989 Conference Championship track team, Scott was meet champion in the discus and placed second in the shot put. Scott was also the district champion in discus and competed in the “Midwest Meet of Champions” in which three throwers from Ohio compete with other states in the Midwest. Throughout his football career, Scott was voted a 2nd Team All NWC Linemen and was Honorable Mention All Ohio as a lineman. As an offensive linemen for an offense that rushed for over 2300 yards, and averaged 39 points per game, Scott accounted for 7 “Panther Blocks” and 12 “Key Blocks” and was voted the offensive lineman of the year for his team. Scott was a member of the 1989 basketball team who is still tied for highest season average in points scored per game (71.3) in Paulding history.
