Sports Highlights
Athletics Newsletter for November 11, 2009
Fall sports at Parkland School District have had another banner season. Golf and Cross Country wrapped up their fall campaigns with league and District XI championships (boys for cross country), with both teams advancing to the State tournaments. Girl’s Tennis won the LVIAC title and advanced to the District XI semi-finals. Girl’s Volleyball advanced to the semifinals in the District XI tournament. Football entered the District XI play-offs as the 3rd seed of eight and was slated to play Lake Wallenpaupack at the time this document was written. Field Hockey took rival Emmaus to overtime in the district XI final, coming away with a silver medal in both the league and District XI tournaments and continued play in the State Tournament. Boy’s soccer went through an undefeated season, winning the LVIAC championship and going through double overtime and penalty kicks before succumbing eventual District Champ - Stroudsburg. Soccer also won the annual Lehigh Valley Soccer Official’s Association Sportsmanship Award. Our cheerleaders supported all our teams throughout the fall season.
Individual athletic honors were garnered by Amanda Dougherty and Taylor Wejkszner-All League Volleyball; Mike Ottinger and Ryan Wetherhold- All League Soccer; Nick Tacca and Brian Zerfass- LVIAC Soccer Honorable Mention; Andre Williams- Joe Gerenscer Outstanding Player award in football. Many of the additional individual awards in each sport are yet to be presented and Parkland athlete future recipients will be recognized in upcoming Newsletters.
Winter sports physicals were completed on Saturday November 7th. Any student in grades 7-12 who is planning on participating in a winter sport must have either had the physical on 11/7 or procure one from their own physician. Physical forms are available in the PHS Athletic Office or on-line at www.parklandsd.org (Athletics link).
Go Trojans!
Athletics Newsletter for October 19, 2009
As of the writing of this newsletter document, the Parkland High School boy’s soccer team is undefeated, ranked # 1 in the state and #19 nationally. This is the first time any Parkland soccer program has had these types of honors. Girl’s volleyball just came off a huge win against defending PA State Champ, Allentown Central Catholic and is currently ranked # 4 in the state. The golf team finished out an undefeated season with LVIAC League and District XI Championships. Field hockey is working toward a league title with only one loss going into the final league game of the 2009 season. Girl’s tennis won the LVIAC Championship and is involved in the District XI playoffs. Football and cross country are currently in the midst of their seasons and looking to make an impact in the upcoming play-off picture.
Individual honors are limited at this time since the All-League, All-State and All-American selections have not yet been made. Our lone current honoree is Jordan Keller who won the District XI Individual Golf Championship at the Bethlehem Municipal golf Course in early October.
Winter sports begin Friday November 20th with first contests date set for December 11th. All prospective winter sports athletes must have a completed physical form turned-in to the Athletic Office prior to the November 20th start date. After, November 7th, the free physical date, all costs and scheduling of physicals is the responsibility of the individual student.
We are looking forward to an exciting winter season and a fall season that extends well into winter with numerous championship opportunities.
Athletics Newsletter for September 15, 2009
Fall athletics are in full swing at Parkland. In the first several weeks of the season the golf team won the Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Conference league tournament held at the Allentown Municipal Golf Course. Our football team won a tough opening night game against Philadelphia Public League champ, George Washington High School at their home field. Field Hockey got off to a great start knocking off perennial Reading area power, Wilson West Lawn High School. Boy’s soccer came out of the gates strong with a 5 and 0 start. Girl’s volleyball is fielding an extremely young squad and improving with each week of experience. The cross country team looks forward to another successful season relying on the largest number of runners to ever participate in the Parkland program. Girl’s tennis is having another great year starting off with 5 consecutive wins. Throughout all the athletic activities, our cheerleaders show their support and rally the fans around our teams.
Upcoming athletic events of interest include Football Youth night on September 18th, the Anthony Severo 5K Run on September 27th, and Football Shirt Off Their Back Night on October 3rd. Detailed information on all of these events will be posted on the daily school announcements and on the Parkland School District website at www.Parklandsd.org.
Several reminders are in order for the upcoming months. Please access http://www.highschoolsports.net/ for all the latest updates on sport schedules for Parkland and all local high school teams. Physicals for winter sports will be offered at no charge on Saturday November 7th from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at Parkland High School. Students not able to attend on that day may pick up physical forms in the Athletic Office and get a physical at their doctor or another high school site. All students wishing to participate must submit a completed physical form to the Athletic Office prior to the start of winter sports-on November 23rd.
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