Category: Sports

• Sportsmanship Award presented to eight athletic teams

  

  Eight Penn Manor athletic teams were presented with the Lancaster-Lebanon League Richard Balderston Sportsmanship Award for the 2024-2025 school year. The award was presented to eight teams: girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ volleyball, boys’ lacrosse, boys’ soccer, boys’ tennis, softball, and track and field. The Lancaster-Lebanon League Richard Balderston Sportsmanship Award was created in the…

• Twenty seniors commit to continue athletic pursuits in college

  

  Penn Manor hosted a Commitment Day ceremony April 22 to honor 20 high school seniors who are planning to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The students gathered in Ranck Auditorium at Penn Manor High School to sign college commitment letters and talk about their collegiate plans. The group has an average GPA of 3.64…

• Three athletes, one coach and bowling team headed for Wall of Honor Jan. 10

  

  Penn Manor will induct three outstanding former student athletes, one coach and an athletic team into its Athletic Wall of Honor during a dinner and ceremony on January 10. This year’s inductees will include these individuals and teams: Jennifer Bradley (Class of 2009) was named All American, All League, and All State in field hockey…

• Fall athletic teams celebrated at Kickoff Classic

  

  Penn Manor kicked off its 2024 fall athletics season August 20 during the 2024 Kickoff Classic on an unusually cool night at Comet Field. The event included food trucks, performances by the Penn Manor cheer squad and introductions to the fall sports teams – cross country, field hockey, football, golf, boys’ and girls’ soccer, girls’…

• Girls’ volleyball team earns 7th straight national academic honor

  

  For the seventh year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ varsity volleyball team has earned a Team Academic Award from the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association. The Comets also were named for the sixth time to the AVCA’s Team Academic Award Honor Roll for earning a cumulative grade-point average in the top…

• 17 Penn Manor student athletes participate in National Signing Day

  

  Penn Manor hosted a National Signing Day ceremony April 25 to honor 17 high school seniors who plan to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The group has an average GPA of 3.48 and includes 11 multi-sport athletes and students who are involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities in addition to sports, including Aevidum,…

• Motivational speaker Brittany Wagner visits Penn Manor

  

  Penn Manor welcomed a nationally recognized motivational speaker to the high school on February 14 to encourage student athletes to take ownership of their lives and not let circumstances define them. Brittany Wagner, an academic counselor best known for her role in the Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U,” spoke to students at an assembly…

• Hundreds turn out to show Penn Manor pride at Kickoff Classic at Comet Field

  

  Hundreds of Penn Manor fans turned out August 24 to cheer on members of the Comets fall sports teams, marching unit and cheer squads during the 2022 Kickoff Classic at Comet Field. This year’s event marked the debut of Penn Manor’s new athletic director, Pat Tocci, and superintendent, Dr. Phil Gale. The Penn Manor Marching…

• Girls’ volleyball team earns Coaches Association Academic Award for sixth year in a row

  

  For the sixth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ varsity volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The Comets also, for the fifth time, were named to the Team Academic Award Honor Roll for earning a cumulative grade-point average in the top 20 percent of…

• Pat Tocci named new Penn Manor Athletic Director

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has appointed Pat Tocci as the school district’s new athletic director, effective June 20. Tocci, currently senior director and chief revenue officer at the National Wrestling Coaches Association, will replace Steve Kramer, who was Penn Manor AD from July 2019 until April 2022. “I am very thankful to…