[2] Long-time athletic director and coach Wilbur Berkey designed the horseshoe and anvil logo the school uses.

[3] The merger enabled Smithville to start up a football program in the Wayne County Athletic League.

Due to the historical success of all three teams in the WCAL, Smithville's football team has a strong rivalry with both the Dalton High School Bulldogs and the Waynedale High School Golden Bears.

The three schools combined either had a share in or won outright the WCAL football title 42 times in the 51 seasons from 1959 to 2009.

[4] In 2014, Smithville High School, Greene Middle School, Smithville Elementary and Marshallville Elementary were all combined into one new K-12 building, and the old buildings demolished.