The late Chuck Ridenour enshrined into Hall of Fame

DAYTON – Honors came this past weekend for the late Chuck Ridenour of the Shelby Daily Globe, who was posthumously included in the 2024 Hall of Fame induction class of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.

Ridenour was a more than 40-year veteran of the Shelby Daily Globe and was loved by the Shelby community for his tireless dedication to local sports coverage, from T-ball and YMCA sports to Shelby High School competing for state championships. He devoted his life to promoting kids and telling their stories through sports.

The Hall of Fame election honor was announced Feb. 28. On Sunday at the state high school basketball tournament in Dayton, members of Ridenour’s

family were recognized on the basketball court at the University of Dayton Arena where the Shelby Whippets competed.

Family included his wife Pam and their children Charlie Ridenour, and Brooke Alt. They accepted Chuck Ridenour’s Hall of Fame plaque during a ceremony.

Ridenour passed away on Dec. 23, 2022, after a battle with various health issues. He was 61.

Ridenour was a newspaper delivery boy for the Daily Globe when he was growing up. He then worked in the composing room during the summers for five years before becoming sports editor at the newspaper in April of 1981.

He was honored with the OHSAA Media Service Award in 2020 and the Charles C.W. Williams Sixth Man Award by the Shelby basketball team 2017.

The 2024 induction class into the OPSWA Hall of Fame also included Rick Cassano from Southwest Ohio Sports Daily.

Submitted photo The Ohio Preps Sportswriter Association inducted the late Chuck Ridenour into the OPSWA Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon in the University of Dayton Arena. From left, Jake Furr, Charlie Ridenour, Pam Ridenour, Brooke Alt, and Tim Stried (right, OHSAA director of media)

Chuck Ridenourwas a more than 40-year veteran of the Shelby Daily Globe.