Athletic News

 

Swimming Awards

Congratulations to the following swimmers on their selection to the EPC all-star team:

Girls

Diving - Lexi Lehman, Alexa Brinker and Katharine Gottwald  

200 meter Freestyle - Kayla Johnson

200 meter Individual Medley - Ally Lin 

100 meter Freestyle - Kayla Johnson

500 meter Freestyle - Ally Lin

200 meter Freestyle Relay Team: Kayla Johnson, Lauren Ceh, Laurel Krause and Ally Lin

400 meter Freestyle Relay Team: Kayla Johnson, Kira Colarusso, Laurel Krause and Ally Lin

Boys

Diving - Logan Choma and Ethan Radio  

200 meter Freestyle - Gavin Webb

200 meter Individual Medley - James Zhang

500 meter Freestyle - Gavin Webb

100 meter Breaststroke - Shawn Kushner 

 

Winter Sports

Wrestling ended up with a 10-6 record. 

Girls' Swimming was 10-2 and Boys' Swimming was 10-1-1. The Swim Teams competed in the State Meet at Bucknell University.  Ally Lin placed 4^th in the 500 Freestyle and 10^th in the 200 IM. Gavin Webb came from 27^th to finish 14^th in the 500 Freestyle. Lexi Lehman was 5th and Alexa Brinker was 7^th in Diving. Logan Choma finished 7^th in Diving.

Girls' Basketball finished with a record of 15-12 and qualified for the State Championship where they lost to Abington High School. 

Boys' Basketball finished with a record of 16-11. The boys played in their 8^th District title game in eleven years and then lost in the first round of the State Tournament to Chester High School. 

The winter season is complete, and now onto spring sports. 

 

Cross-Country News

The Parkland athletic community would like to thank Coach Loretta Dodson for her time and commitment to the cross-country team over the years. Coach Dodson retired in March after 17 years as the head coach and another 5 years as an assistant. During her time as our head coach, our teams won 16 League Championships, 16 League Meet Championships and 11 District Championships. Her overall record was 418-32 for a 93% winning percentage. Thank You Coach Dodson! 

 

Mark Your Sports Calendar!

Fall 2019-2020 sports physicals will be held Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Parkland High School. 

Girls 8 AM – 10 AM, Boys 10 AM – 12 noon. They are free. 

No student can participate in a fall sport without a full PIAA physical that they received after June 1, 2019. The Parkland Athletic Department understands that 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 August 12, 2019. Paperwork can be found on the https://www.parklandsd.org/ website under Departments - Athletics - Forms.  All Parkland athletes must get an ImPACT test once during their 4 years at PHS and before participation. 

The first day of fall sports is Monday, August 12. 

 

Athletic News

 

Awards

Congratulations to the following athletes on their selection to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference All-League teams:

Girls’ Basketball: Claire Courter - 2^nd Team, Kassidy Stout - 3^rd Team

Wrestling: Bryan Diaz - 3^rd Team

Our Scholar Athletes for the winter sports are as follows:

Girls’ Basketball: Claire Courter

Boys’ Basketball: Adam Klinger

Cheerleading: Kyleigh Haas

Girls’ Swimming: Alison Lin

Boys’ Swimming: Michael Salvino

Wrestling: Cory Border

 

Winter Sports

Winter sports are winding down with Districts and States. The records as of now are as follows:

Boys’ Basketball: 15-9

Girls’ Basketball: 15-10

Wrestling: 10-5

Girls’ Swimming: 10-2

Boys’ Swimming: 10-1-1

 

Wrestling

The following wrestlers earned a 5^th place finish in Districts and will be competing in the Northeast Regional wrestling tournament this weekend: Cory Border at 285 and Kale Cummings at 145. 

Swimming

Swimming just completed the District XI Diving Championships with the following divers placing in the meet:

Girls: 1^st place - Lexi Lehman, 2^nd place - Alexa Brinker, 3^rd place - Katharine Gottwald

Boys: 2nd place - Logan Choma, 3rd place - Ethan Radio, 4th place - Kole Cannon

Basketball

Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball both advanced to the semifinals of the District tournament.  They also qualified for the State tournament that begins March 8. Congratulations to all teams and good luck the rest of the season.

 

Mark Your Sports Calendar

Fall 2019-2020 sports physicals will be held Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Parkland High School. 

Girls 8 AM – 10 AM, Boys 10 AM – 12 noon. They are free. 

No student can participate in a fall sport without a full PIAA physical that they received after June 1, 2019. The Parkland Athletic Department understands that 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 August 12, 2019. Paperwork can be found on the https://www.parklandsd.org/ website under Departments - Athletics - Forms.  All Parkland athletes must get an ImPACT test once during their 4 years at PHS and before participation. 

The first day of fall sports is Monday, August 12. 

 

Athletic News

 

Congratulations to Jennifer Clifton (Volleyball) and John Angelella (Golf) on being named Coordinated Health Athletes of the Week.  Congratulations John Angelella on also being named the Golf Scholar Athlete of the East Penn Conference. 

Winter Sports

Winter sports are coming to the end of the regular season.  The records are as follows:

Boys Basketball 12-6, Girls Basketball 11-6, Wrestling 10-5, Girls Swimming 8-1 and Boys Swimming 8-0-1.  

Wrestling will be competing in the District Duals on January 31.  Swimming has their annual big end-of-year meet against Emmaus High School here at PHS on February 14.  Girls and Boys Basketball will end their regular season on February 6 against Nazareth.  Good luck to all the teams in the upcoming playoffs.

 

MARK YOUR SPORTS CALENDAR

Cheerleading tryouts for next school year’s squads will be held the end of May.  Students will need a PIAA physical or PIAA recertification form to tryout. Any 6^th grade student interested in trying out must have a PIAA physical done for try outs.

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

Boys: 8 AM - 9:30 AM and Girls: 9:30 AM - 11 AM (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 a full physical for a fall or winter sport in 2018.  The Parkland Athletic Department understands that 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 for the PIAA physical can be found online at https://www.parklandsd.org/departments/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. 

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Athletic News

Congratulations to the Girls Volleyball and Girls Soccer team on being named The Morning Call All-Area Team of the Year.  Individuals winning all-area selections include: 

Field Hockey - Aubrey Semler and Olivia Vaccari (Honorable Mention) 

Cross Country -  Madison Zaun and Nicholas Bower (First Team), Riley Williamson (Second Team), Matthew Santacoloma (Honorable Mention)

Football - Adam Piston (First Team), Connor Bernecker (Second Team), Michael Bennett (Honorable Mention)  

Boys Soccer - Justin Douglas and Connor Burke (First Team)

Girls Volleyball - Grace Steurer and Adriana Goetz Morales (First Team), Brooke Kratzer (Second Team)

Girls Soccer - Ava Schaller and Giavanna Litz (First Team), Madison Warminsky (Second Team), Ava Hanna, Louise Gottwald, Jocelyn Fowler and Zoe Shutter (Honorable Mention) 

 

Winter Sports

Winter sports are up and running.  Boys Basketball is 6-3, Girls Basketball 6-2, Wrestling 2-1, Girls Swimming 3-0 and Boys Swimming 2-0-1. All teams are back in action starting January 3.  Best of luck to all of our teams for 2019.

 

MARK YOUR SPORTS CALENDAR!

Cheerleading tryouts for next school year’s squads will be held the end of May.  Students will need a PIAA physical or PIAA recertification form to tryout. Any 6^th grade student interested in trying out must have a PIAA physical done for try outs.

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

Boys: 8 AM - 9:30 AM and Girls: 9:30 AM - 11 AM (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 a full physical for a fall or winter sport in 2018.  The Parkland Athletic Department understands that 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 for the PIAA physical can be found online at https://www.parklandsd.org/departments/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. 

 

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

 

 

Athletic News

 

We just finished with our fall sports. 

Our Girls Soccer team won their 5^th consecutive EPC Title. They then went on to win the District XI Championship.  The girls won the first round of the State Playoffs and lost a heartbreaker in the second round to Pennridge High School on penalty kicks.  Girls Volleyball won their 5^th consecutive District XI Title, defeating Emmaus High School in three sets.  The girls then went on to win two matches in the State Playoffs before bowing to Bishop Shanahan High School in the State Semifinals.  The Football team made it to the District Semifinals before succumbing to eventual champion Freedom High School.   

 

All-League performers:

Volleyball - Grace Steurer 1^st team, Briana Goetz-Morales and Brooke Kratzer, 2^nd team. 

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

Field Hockey - Aubrey Semler was 1^st team. 

 

EPC All-Stars:

Madison Zaun, Nicholas Bower, Nate Reimer, Matthew Santacoloma, Ethan Warren and Riley Williamson  

EPC South Football All-Stars: 

Michael Bennett, Adam Piston and Devin Bartholomew were all 1^st Team on Offense, and on Defense were Adam Piston and Conner Bernecker.

 

Winter Sports

The first winter sports games/meets will be December 7 in Girls and Boys Basketball, Wrestling, Girls and Boys Swimming and Winter Track.  Good luck to all of our athletes.

 

MARK YOUR SPORTS CALENDAR!

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

Boys: 8 AM - 9:30 AM and Girls: 9:30 AM - 11 AM (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 a full physical for a fall or winter sport in 2018.  The Parkland Athletic Department understands that 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 for the PIAA physical can be found online at https://www.parklandsd.org/departments/athletics under Forms.  All Parkland athletes must get an ImPACT test once during their four years at PHS and before participation. 

Remember, the first day of spring sports is Monday, March 4.