May Highlights
Congratulations to our recent “Letter of Intent” honorees. On
Friday, May 8th ten of our student athletes made their college
intentions official. Thomas Cafagna, Dennis Klusaritz,
Jr, and Mark Winkelspecht will be playing lacrosse at Chesnut
Hill College. Allen P. Nist will continue playing lacrosse
at New York Institute of Technology. Jon Thielen will
be swimming for the University of Maryland, Sara Steinagel
Millersville University and Marielle O’Connor, Seton
Hall. Ian Heist has chosen the University of Pittsburgh
to continue his wrestling career. Sequeena Thomas is
returning to Texas to play basketball at Sam Houston State
University and Daniel Klem will play baseball for the Explorers
of LaSalle University.
Recently the LVIAC selected the spring scholar athletes. These
athletes are selected by their schools based on their academic
achievement 40%, their athletic achievement 40%, and their
involvement in extra-curricular and community activities 20%. Parkland’s
selections were: Baseball; Jonathan Gabriel, Lacrosse; Justin
Muser, Girl’s Soccer; Erica Murphy, Softball; Kyle deSandes-Moyer,
Tennis; Jordan Silberg, Boy’s Track and Field; Cameron
McConnell, Girl’s Track and Field; Elizabeth Skinker
and Boy’s Volleyball; Chris Busack. Erica Murphy,
Kyle deSandes-Moyer, Jordon Silberg, Cameron McConnell and
Chris Busack were selected as the LVIAC Scholar Athlete as
well. What an outstanding accomplishment for our spring
student athletes.
On Wednesday May 27th we added seven inductees to the Parkland
Hall of Fame. Deanna Stinner; 2008 All-State Volleyball
player, Breanna Mazalewski; 2007 & 2008 All-State Volleyball
player, Piotr Kuczaj; 2008 All-State Volleyball player; Jaime
Malandra; 7 time P.I.A.A. State Swimming Champion, Clint Miller;
2007 All-State Football player, Jaleel Clark; 2007 & 2008
All-State Football player, and 2006 P.I.A.A 4A State Champion
Girls basketball coach Patti Heffner. Congratulations
to this outstanding 2009 Hall of Fame inductees.
Mark your calendar: Thursday, July 16th Fall Athletic
Physicals will be given at Parkland High School free of charge. Boys
physical will be given from 8 AM – 10:30 AM and the girls
from 10:30 AM to 1 PM. All physicals must be turned in
to the athletic office by August 7th, 2009.
All of our spring sports are currently participating in league,
district or state competition. Updates and final records
will be included in next month’s newsletter.
Congratulations to Jeff Geisel for his recent appointment
as the next Parkland School District Director of Athletics.
For up to the minute game listings, changes, etc, go to HighSchoolSports.net
or Parkland’s website, www.parklandsd.org,
and click on the athletics calendar.
April Highlights
Winter Wrap
Congratulations to Sequeena Thomas and Jaleel
Clark for making Third Team All-State in Basketball.
Spring Sports
The Parkland Boy’s Baseball team has rebounded from
a 0-2 start to get to 5-2 on the season, including a 3-0 LVC
record. Girl’s Softball currently is undefeated
in league play and 8-1 overall. The team had a successful
4-1 record while on their trip to Disney World. Boy’s
and Girl’s Track remains undefeated at press time with
their highly anticipated meet against Liberty to come on April
30th.
Girl’s Soccer is off to a strong
7-3 start including a 5-2 league record. The Boy’s
Tennis team is off to an undefeated 10-0 match record. The
team finished second in the Phoenixville Invitational with
Andrew Schwepfinger taking home the individual championship. Boys
Volleyball is currently 8-0 in league play and ranked 3rd in
the latest Pennsylvania Volley Coaches Association rankings. The
team captured the Hempfield Black Knight Invitational title
and finished second in the Northeastern Bobcat Invitational
tournament. Boys Lacrosse is enjoying a competitive season
at 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the league.
The JV Powerlifting team recently won the Lehigh Valley Conference
meet held at Orefield Middle School. Congratulations
to junior forwards Emily Schneider and Tara Huber, who recently
moved into the top 10 in scoring all-time for PHS Girl’s
Soccer. Emily has tallied 27 goals and 19 assists
in her career for 73 points. Tara Huber has tallied 28
goals and 18 assists in her career for 74 points.
Upcoming Events
Friday May 8th will be our next college-signing event for
student-athletes. On Wednesday May 27th Parkland will
be hosting the annual Hall of Fame and Athletic Awards night. July
16th is the date for the school hosted athletic physicals. Physicals
are scheduled from 8:00-1:00pm. You can print out physical
forms in advance on the Parkland Athletics web page.
Fall sport sign-up meetings to be conducted in the month of
May include:
5/4 Boys Soccer – Room C200 7:15pm
5/12 B/G Cross Country – Café 3pm
5/18 Girls Volleyball – Café 3pm
5/21 B/G Golf – Room E102 3pm
5/26 Field Hockey – Room C200 7pm
5/29 Football – Café 3pm.
For up to the minute game listings, changes, etc, go to HighSchoolSports.net
or Parkland’s website, www.parklandsd.org,
and click on the athletics calendar.
March Highlights
Winter Sports Wrap
The Boy’s Basketball season came to an end at Villanova
with a loss to York in the state quarterfinals. The Trojans
capped a 26-4 season highlighted by their two state tournament
wins and District XI championship. The Girl’s Basketball
team battled through adversity during the year but still managed
a winning record at 14-10. The team’s season ended
in the District XI playoffs.
Boy’s and Girl’s Swimming and Diving completed
their season with the state championships at Bucknell University. The
Lady Trojan won the District XI championship and finished fifth
overall in the state. Jaime Malandra won gold in the
200 freestyle and silver in the 500 freestyle. Caitlin
Zajko placed sixth in the 200 individual medley and fifth in
the 100 backstroke. Freshman Erica Reifinger was fifth
in the 500 freestyle. The 400 freestyle relay team
took eighth place. Erika Bilenki placed fifth in the
diving competition. The Parkland Boy’s finished
runner-up in the District and wound up 17th of 55 teams in
the state tournament. Congratulations to Demitri Karedis’ sixth
place finish in the 100 freestyle.
The wrestling team completed a successful season by sending
four wrestlers to Hershey for the individual state tournament. Mike
Fake (103), Mike Ottinger (140), Ian Heist (145), and Wade
Rivera (152) all qualified for the state tournament. Sophomore
Mike Fake placed eighth at 103 pounds.
The LVIAC recently announced their Scholar-Athletes for the
Winter season of the 2008-2009 school year. The criteria
to select athletes was 40% academic, 40% athletic, and 20%
extra-curricular and community involvement. Parkland
is proud to announce the following athletes received nominations
in their respective sport, Jon Ward (Boy’s Basketball),
Sequeena Thomas (Girl’s Basketball), Sarah Holko (Cheerleading),
and Joshua Heft (Wrestling). Boy’s Swimmer Nicholas
Gisolfi and Girl’s Swimmer Jaime Malandra won the LVIAC
Scholar Athlete Award in their sport.
Spring Sports
We now look ahead to the Spring sports season that is underway. Spring
sports have had a turnout of over 860 athletes try out for
different sports. Try-outs are now completed and the
teams are beginning to scrimmage and look forward to the regular
season. We look forward to another successful Spring
season of athletics from our teams this year.
For up to the minute game listings, changes, etc, go to HighSchoolSports.net
or Parkland’s website www.parklandsd.org and
click on the athletics calendar.
February 2009
Peter Bross – Lafayette College (football)
Jaleel Clark –
University of Missouri (football)
Kyle DeSandes-Moyer –
University of Pennsylvania (field hockey)
Matthew Gillette –
Shippensburg University (cross country/track)
Darryl Herod –
Indiana University of Pennsylvania(football)
Arialle Hess –
Temple University (field hockey)
Breanna Mazalewski –
La Salle University (volleyball)
Clint Miller –
University of Maine (football)
Morgan Taylor –
Shippensburg University (basketball)
Spring Sports:
Spring sports including Track & Field,
Softball, Baseball, Boys and Girls
Lacrosse, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, and Boys Volleyball begin
March 2nd.
All prospective spring sport athletes must
have a physical prior to try-outs to participate.
The Girl’s Soccer team continues helping the community
as they prepare for another successful season. The team
recently collected a half-ton of food and
clothing for the local food bank and Salvation Army. The
team annually runs in a 5k breast cancer event and coaches
youth soccer players on Saturday’s in the fall.
Winter Sports:
At the time of press, the Boys
Basketball team is entering the LVIAC playoffs as the number
one seed after wrapping up a 20-2 regular season. The
Lady Trojans basketball team wrapped up a 13-9 regular season
and awaits the start of the District playoffs. Congratulations
to Jaleel Clark,
Matthew Muhr, and Sequeena Thomas for making LVIAC All-Star
rosters.
The Parkland girls defeated Emmaus in their
highly anticipated swimming meet on January 27th capping off
a perfect season that gave the Lady
Trojans the LVIAC title. The boys fell to Emmaus but
had a strong regular
season finishing runner-up in the conference.
The wrestling
squad once again made the District XI team tournament. The
squad finished the season strong and defeated Liberty in round
one before falling to eventual champion Northampton (ranked
#5 nationally) 40-25 in the semi-finals. Next up for
the wrestling team is individual districts February 20th at
Liberty High School.
Congratulations go out to Rico Goldstone, grade 11, who qualified
for the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association
Indoor State Track Meet in the 60 meter dash and the 200
meter dash.
Congratulations to the Parkland Varsity Cheerleading squad
for finishing 2nd at the District XI Cheerleading competition. The
stunt team consisting of seniors Kayla
Persichetti, Lauren Sniscak, Casey Fennell, Ashley Glick, and
Paige McFarland also took 2nd place.
For up to the minute game listings, changes, etc, go to HighSchoolSports.net
or Parkland’s website, www.parklandsd.org,
and click on the athletics calendar.
January 2009
Athletes Sign Letters of Intent
Congratulations to the first group of student athletes who
signed their “Letter of Intent” to continue their
athletic career at the collegiate level:
Erika Bilenki, Diving, - University of Delaware.
Jaime Malandra, Swimming—University of Notre Dame.
Jamie Motsko, Softball—Millersville University.
Elliott Shephard, Lacrosse—Dominican College.
Deanna Stinner, Softball—St. Joseph’s University.
Caitie Zajko, Swimming—Duquesne University.
The next “Letter of Intent” signing ceremony will
be Wednesday, February 4th at 3:30 pm in the high school auditorium.
Big 33 Honors
Jaleel Clark, one of the athletes to sign at the February 4th
ceremony, was recently selected to participate in the Big
33 Football All-Star game pitting the best of Pennsylvania
against the best of Ohio.
Winter Sports
Winter sports are in full swing with all of our teams; boys
and girls basketball, wrestling, and swimming, positioning
themselves for league and district competitions. The
boy’s basketball team won the talent laden Wildwood
Classic bracket that included Camden Catholic, Communication
Tech, and Philadelphia Catholic League representative Archbishop
Ryan. Wade Rivera, Mike Ottinger, Ian Heist, and Mike
Fake placed in the King of the Mountain and/or the Escape
the Rock tournament.
Both the boys and girls swim team are currently undefeated
with the highly anticipated meet with Emmaus taking place on
the 27th of January. In Girls Basketball, Sequeena
Thomas has been a positive addition helping the girls to achieve
a 4-3 league and 6-5 record overall.
Spring Sport Physicals
It is hard to believe but Spring Sports: Track & Field,
Softball, Boys and Girls Lacrosse,
Baseball, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis and Boys Volleyball, begin
March 2nd. The Parkland School District will be offering
free physicals
Saturday February 7th from 8am to noon at the High School Athletic
wing. All spring sport
candidates must have a physical prior to try-outs to participate.
District XI Tournaments
Parkland will host the District XI Coaches
Association Junior High Wrestling tournament on Saturday February
14th and Monday February 16th. In addition District
XI Swimming meets will be held at Parkland on the 27th and
28th of
February.
For up to
the minute game listings, changes, etc, go to HighSchoolSports.net
or Parkland High Schools website, www.parklandsd.org ,
athletics calendar.
December 2008
The 2008 Parkland fall sports season was filled
with victories and team championships. The fall varsity teams won 100
contests with only 20 defeats and two ties, an impressive 82%
winning percentage. They won 4 LVIAC Championships, 2
LVIAC Tournament Championships, 3 District XI team championships
and had 1 District XI 3A Cross-country Champion in Matt Gillette. Our
golf, tennis and soccer teams also advanced into PIAA state
competitions before their outstanding seasons came to an end. Congratulations
to the players and coaches for their outstanding efforts this
fall season.
Golf:
- 2 LVIAC All-stars: Brandon Davis and Jordan Keller
- LVIAC Tournament and League Champions, District XI Team Champion,
PIAA Eastern Champions and 4th place finish in the state
finals.
Cross-country:
- Matt Gillette – District XI Champion and 19th place
PIAA state medalist.
Field Hockey:
- LVIAC Honorable Mention: Emily Schneider and Arialle
Hess.
- Coach Donna Hibshman will be coaching one of
the Pennsylvania teams participating in the PA/NJ Angel 34
Classic.
Boys Soccer:
- The boys’ soccer team rebounded from a 5-4-1 start to
go unbeaten in the next 11 games of the season culminating
with a 1-0 overtime win against Freedom to capture the team’s
second consecutive District XI AAA Championship!
- Bryan
Knouse and Ryan Wetherhold were selected to the LVIAC All
Star team and goalkeeper Garrett Bleiler was named honorable
mention.
- The team finished 15-5-2 after falling to
Lower Merion (ranked #8 nationally) in the PIAA playoffs.
Girls Volleyball:
- District XI Silver Medalist, LVIAC Champions, Ranked 3rd
in the Pennsylvania Coaches poll, undefeated at home are
indicators of the outstanding season experienced by our girls
volleyball team.
- District XI First team: Deanna Stinner and Breanna
Mazalewski
Second
team: Amanda Dougherty
- LVIAC First team: Deanna Stinner and Breanna Mazalewski
Second team: Amanda
Dougherty
- Honorable Mention: Jesse Krasley and Taylor Wejkszner
November 2008
Another
Outstanding Fall for Parkland Athletic Teams
Parkland Girls Tennis:
- LVIAC Team League (11-0) (13-0 Overall) and Tournament
Champions
- Martha Wood came in third for District Singles Championships.
- Liana Mandel and Megan Wylie won the gold in District XI
doubles competition held at West End Racquet Club.
- Parkland girls are seeded number one in District XI Team
tennis.
Parkland Boys Soccer:
The boys soccer team ended the regular season with an 8 game
unbeaten streak and missed the LVIAC playoffs by just one point
despite a 5-4-1 start. The team ended 9-3 in league play
and is currently 12-4-2 overall. The team is preparing
for the District XI tournament. Bryan Knouse was the
league’s leading scorer and joined Ryan Wetherhold as
First Team LVIAC All Stars.
Parkland Golf:
Coach Jeff Bartman led his team to the local golf scene hat
trick by winning the LVIAC League and Tournament Championship,
as well as the team District XI gold.
Boys/Girls Cross Country:
The boys cross country team ended the regular season as the
LVIAC Dual Meet Champions with an undefeated 12-0 record. The
girls finished fourth in the league meet with a 9-3 record. Helen
Stanley, Matt Gillette, Alex Macri and Tyler Ranft were named
to the LVIAC Cross Country All-Stars.
Field Hockey:
On Sunday, September 19th, approximately 32 players and coaches
and 16 parents and family members participated in the Angle
34 5K Walk. The Angel 34 Foundation was developed by
Nicole Sheriff, a field hockey player from Northampton High
School who was diagnosed with cancer. During Nicole’s
battle she faced many treatments that took its toll on her
body. She found that when she had an ICEE, she was
able to take her medications with fewer complications. She
made it her mission to place ICEE machines in chemotherapy
clinics across the United States.
The Parkland Field Hockey walking team raised over $1000 for
the Angel 34 Foundation. Additionally players made “Cheer
cards” for children in the area who are currently receiving
treatment for cancer.
On Sunday, November 16th, two seniors, Chelsey Talheim and
Karie Vassallo will represent Parkland Field Hockey in the
Angel 34 Classic. The games will involve players from
District XI who will join forces and play teams from New Jersey. The
games will be played at Emmaus High School.
Girls Volleyball:
The girls will be competing in the LVIAC Championships the
last week of October. The girls won the East/West Challenge
at State College and finished 5th in the Garden State Challenge
losing in the playoffs to #21 nationally ranked Mercy Academy. This
team qualified for districts earlier than any other team in
program history and was undefeated at home for the season in
Lehigh valley Conference play.
Football:
With three games to go the football team is in position to
qualify for District XI play. Ending their regular
season with Dieruff, Emmaus and Whitehall, the Trojans are
building momentum entering the tough District XI 4A Championships.
Important Events/Dates to remember:
Winter sports begin try-outs Monday November 17th. All
physicals must be returned to the High School Athletic Office
by Thursday, November 13th to be eligible for participation.
Sunday November 23rd the Parkland Swimming and Diving Booster
Club will be hosting a Meet the Coaches Night at the High School
in Room D133 at 7:00 PM.
Remember: Up to the minute Parkland sports schedules
can be found on highschoolsports.net
October
Highlights
Fall sports are in full swing. As of Sept. 15th our teams
have the following records:
Cross Country; Varsity- 3-0,
Middle School- 1-0
Field Hockey; Varsity- 5-1, JV-5-0,
Orefield MS- 0-1, Springhouse MS- 1-2-2
Football; Varsity-
1-2, JV- 0-2 , Junior High- 1-1 , Middle School-
0-2
Co-ed Golf- 10-1
Soccer; Varsity- 5-2
, JV- 5-0-1
Tennis; Varsity- 6-0
Volleyball; Varsity-3-0 , JV-
2-0 , Orefield MS- 2-1,
Springhouse MS- 4-1
Welcome boys lacrosse to the list of Parkland’s PIAA sponsored
sports. Congratulations to Geoff Chenworth; head coach,
Jeff Seitzinger; assistant coach and Ray Kendrick, jv coach for
their selection as the 2008-2009 coaching staff. Coach
Chenworth met with potential candidates to review goals, expectations
and off season opportunities on September 9th at the high school. In
addition the newly formed Boys Lacrosse Booster club met to discuss
their plans for the upcoming season. The booster club will
be sponsoring the “First Annual John Steinmann Memorial
Golf Tournament” Sunday October, 12th at Willow Brook Golf
Course. For information contact Jodi Scanlon @ 610 657-5214
or Charlie Incalcatera @ 484 515-4119.
A few dates to mark in your calendar:
Homecoming Football Game: Friday, October 17th vs. Dieruff
7:00 PM
Winter Athletic Physicals: Saturday, October 25th @ PHS
Café from 8 – 11 AM.
Winter sports begin: Monday, November 17th.
Reminder: To get the most up to date high school schedules,
locations, directions and times for Parkland as well as other
LVIAC teams use highschoolsports.net
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