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. 

Parkland's 2018 fall athletic season concluded last week.  3 Trojan squads claimed team championships.

• The Boys' Cross Country Team won the both the East Penn Conference Seasonal and Conference Meet Championships.  At the District XI Championship, they placed 2nd and qualified for the PIAA State Meet.  At the PIAA AAA Cross Country Championships in Hershey, the Trojans placed 14th.
• The Girls' Soccer Team won the East Penn Skyline Division Championship, East Penn Conference Championship, and the District XI AAAA Championship.  In the PIAA AAAA Tournament, the girls were eliminated in the quarterfinal round.
• In Girls' Volleyball, Parkland captured the District XI Championship and advanced to the PIAA AAAA  semi-final match before being eliminated.

 

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