About WCS

Wabash City Schools began serving the students of Wabash County with the creation of a new high school in 1869.  The first 2 graduates from Wabash High School were in 1871.  Since the late 1890s, Wabash High School’s colors have been orange and black.  However, Wabash has gone through a few mascots during its illustrious history.  Since the original high school was located down on Hill Street, the original student athletics were called the Hill Climbers.  During the successful athletic runs in the late Twenties, many Wabash athletes were called Thomcats in homage to the future Olympic coach Billy Thom.  But in 1936, the son of then superintendent O.J. Neighbours, Jimmy Neighbours, won a mascot naming contest.  Young Jimmy came up with the Apaches after his childhood hero Geronimo and the Wabash High School mascot has been the Apache ever since.