This year the men’s alumni soccer game is scheduled for Sat. August 7, 2010. The teams will be picked between 5:15- 5:30 pm. (odd years VS even years). The game will start at 6:00pm. at Comet field. Players planning to attend please (RSVP) by contacting Richard Frantz at 717-872-4591 (frantz.sr@verizon.net) or Jim Frantz at 717-413-7691 (goldilocks22@msn.com). Comments, concerns, and questions are welcome. Bring two shirts (blue and white). Post game festivities to be announced on game day.
2008 Alumni Soccer Team
At this year’s alumni banquet a special group of alums received a resounding tribute. All Penn Manor cheerleaders from the past were honored. Forty cheerleaders representing each decade from the 1930′s to the 2000′s were on hand for the tribute. Current high school cheerleaders demonstrated current cheerleading techniques and then posed with CometMan and (from left) Dot Roland Bender (’39), Kitty Charles Glass (’48), Harry Lines (’36) and Mary (Becky) Afflebach Barley (’36). Over 180 people attended this fun evening!
Friday, October 9 was the 2009 Homecoming Football Game. The final score was Penn Manor 41 – McCaskey 12. Many people visited the Alumni Tent and entered the trivia contest. Sixteen Homecoming queens from the past were on hand to celebrate Penn Manor’s homecoming.
At Penn Manor’s 94th annual alumni banquet, three distinguished alumni were inducted into the Wall of Honor. From left, Dr. Gary Miller ’75 is an entomologist who is the leading authority on aphids and scale insects; Linda Buch ’68 (her mother is pictured and accepted the award) is a personal trainer and a writes a syndicated column on fitness; Dr. Dan Morrison ’54 is a retired professor of chemistry from the University of New Hampshire and led the development and worldwide commercialization of many of the chiral hydrogenation catalysts he invented.
On January 21, 2009, dozens of alumni who participated in Penn Manor’s wrestling program over the past 50 years gathered and caught up with one another at a social before a dual meet pitting Penn Manor against rival Hempfield. The wrestlers were joined by many of the coaches from the past also.
A highlight of the evening was the introduction of the alumni wrestlers before the evening’s match began. This honored group of alumni included Penn Manor’s State Champ, Jere Herr, from the Class of 1963.
Both head coaches for the evening’s match were Penn Manor alumni wrestlers. Jude Bervinchack, Class of 1976, coaches the Hempfield team, while Steve Hess, Class of 1990, is Penn Manor’s head coach.
The “old timers” inductees to the Penn Manor Athletic Wall of Honor were honored at a reception held at Penn Manor High School on October 19. Pictured Seated (L to R): Dick Erisman, Bob Herr, Herb Otthofer, Bob Lehr, Loanne Reese accepting for Nelson Wallick Standing (L to R):Linda Shuggarts accepting for Ivan Stehman, Tom Miller accepting for Charles Miller, Harry Frey, Gerry Dunkle, Morris Rylee, Clair Jenkins, Dave Neff, Mimi Dearhoff accepting for Art Herr. Read their bios here: Bios
