Athletic News

We are starting to wind down with our fall sports. 

The Golf team had an impressive record of 14-2.  We had four players qualify for the District Tournament. Chris Panny, Trevor Grimm and John Angelella all tied for seventh.  Ava Sweeney finished ninth.  

Our Girls Tennis team finished with a record of 17-3.  The girls finished second in the District Team Tournament.  Joanna Wu finished third in Leagues in the #2 singles slot. 

The Girls Cross Country team finished the regular season with a 16-1 record. The Boys Cross Country team captured the EPC title with a perfect record of 17-0.  Our Boys team then took second place in Districts and will be going onto the State Meet on Saturday, November 3.  Madison Zaun took third place in Districts and will also be competing in the State Meet. 

Our Volleyball team finished with a 14-2 record and lost in the EPC finals.   

Football is currently 6-4 and will be playing in Districts. 

Girls Soccer won their 5^th consecutive League Championship.  Both Boys and Girls are currently in the Semi Final round of Districts.

Our Field Hockey team finished with a 10-6 record and qualified for the District Tournament.   

All-League performers so far are:

Volleyball: Grace Steurer 1^st team, Adriana Goetz-Morales and Brooke Kratzer were on the 2^nd team. 

Boys Soccer: Connor Burke and Justin Douglas earned 1^st team honors. 

Good Luck to all Remaining Teams in the Playoffs.

 

Winter Sports

Winter sports tryouts are right around the corner. All student athletes must have a current physical to try out. 

November 16 is the first official day of tryouts.

Boys Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball will practice at the High School right after school. 

Wrestling and Swimming will also practice at the High School right after school. 

Girls Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball will practice at 6 PM at the High School. 

This list is for the first day of tryouts only. Please check with your coaches for the remainder of the schedule.

 

Mark Your Calendar

Spring 2018-2019 sports physicals will be held Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Parkland High School.

Boys 8 AM – 9:30 AM, Girls 9:30 AM – 11 AM. They are free of charge.

No student can participate in a spring sport without a full PIAA physical.  Recertification forms may be used for a spring sport if the athlete had full physicals for a fall or winter sport in 2018.  The Parkland Athletic Department understands it may not be convenient to come to our scheduled free physical event.  However, those who miss must get a PIAA physical on their own prior to March 4, 2019. Paperwork can be found on the Parkland website at https://phs.parklandsd.org/deparments/athletics under Forms. 

All Parkland athletes must get an ImPACT test once during their four years at PHS and before participation. 

The first day of spring sports is Monday,  March 4. 

 

Athletic News

We are now well into our 2018 fall sports season.  By the time you read this, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference titles may have already been determined in some of our sports and District XI seedings are beginning to take shape.

Our varsity teams continue to be highly competitive in all the fall-season sports.

Our new gym floor is in and looks great.

Mark Your Calendar

Winter 2018-2019 sports physicals will take place Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Parkland High School.

NOTE the time change: Girls 8 AM - 9:30 AM., Boys 9:30 AM – 11AM. They are free of charge.

ImPACT testing will also be available that day from 8 AM – 11 AM.

No student can participate in basketball, swimming or wrestling without a full PIAA physical.  Recertification forms may be used for winter sports if athletes had full physicals for fall 2018. The Parkland Athletic Department understands it may not be convenient to come to our scheduled free physical event.  However, those who miss must get a PIAA physical on their own prior to November 16, 2018. Paperwork can be found on the Parkland website at https://www.parklandsd.org/departments/athletics under Forms. 

All Parkland athletes must get an ImPACT test once during their 4 years at PHS and before participation. 

The first day of winter sports is Friday, November 16. 

Alumni Recognition

 Photos in the trophy case – the Parkland Athletic Department recognizes current NCAA Division I and II Parkland alumni by placing their signed photographs in the school cafeteria lobby trophy case. These pictures stay there until graduation from the students’ respective colleges and are then permanently displayed on the walls of our ticket sales area at PHS. If you are a current college athlete or have a child who meets the criteria for recognition, please send us an 8” x 10” autographed, glossy action photo from their college media guide or action shot from a game.  The photo can be dropped off at PHS or mailed to:

Parkland High School Athletic Office
2700 North Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18104