Category: Sports

• 14 PMHS seniors honored on National Signing Day

  Family and friends gathered Wednesday in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 13 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports at 12 different colleges and universities next fall and one who will attend a military academy. The National Signing Day ceremony featured students who will participate in 10 different sports and honored one student,…

• Pink Out effort to fight cancer gets under way

  Are you ready to don your pink (or blue) to support the Penn Manor Pink Out? Pink and blue “Penn Manor Fighting for the Cure” T-shirts have begun arriving as student athletes, staff and community members begin raising funds for cancer care and research efforts. Fall sports teams are selling T-shirts to support the cause and…

• Three-time state champion bowlers honored at Capitol

  The Penn Manor boys’ bowling team was honored May 22 by members of the state Legislature for earning a third straight state bowling title this season. Team members visited the Senate chambers, where they were honored for winning the state championship in March by defeating Wilson, 2-1. It was the third state title in a…

• Penn Manor’s Nick Fafel, Alyssa Schriver earn Brackbill Awards

  For only the second time in 30 years, two student athletes from the same high school have earned the prestigious A. Landis Brackbill Scholar-Athlete Award, which this year goes to Nick Fafel and Alyssa Schriver of Penn Manor High School. The award is given annually to a male and female senior student-athlete who maintains a…

• Coaches Association names Soto Field Hockey Coach of the Year  

  Penn Manor coach Matt Soto has been named Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association. “We are extremely pleased to honor Coach Soto,” said Eric Hess, Executive Director of the Association. “Coach Soto has not only established Penn Manor as one of the top programs in Pennsylvania, but also as…

• Unified Track & Field team provides new opportunity

  Penn Manor hosted the first Unified Track & Field meet in Lancaster County Friday, kicking off a new program that enables students with intellectual disabilities to compete in organized sports. Hempfield, McCaskey and Warwick also have teams under the first-year effort, which is governed by the Special Olympics and endorsed by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.…

• 22 Penn Manor seniors commit to college athletics

  Family and friends gathered Thursday in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 22 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports at 19 different colleges and universities next year. The National Signing Day ceremony featured students who participate in 11 different sports. Four students plan to play field hockey or football, three will play soccer,…

• Emma DeBerdine, Matt Soto named Player, Coach of Year

  Add two more honors to Penn Manor’s outstanding 2017-2018 field hockey team — it boasts the national coach and player of the year! Max Field Hockey this week named Penn Manor junior Emma DeBerdine the National Player of the Year and the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Region Player of the Year. It also named Penn Manor coach…

• Field hockey team ends year ranked No. 1 in the nation

  First it was the league championship, then the district crown and the state title. Now Penn Manor’s field hockey team has been ranked National Champions, earning the top spot in the MaxFieldHockey.com final national rankings of the 2017 season! Penn Manor compiled a perfect 28-0 record, outscoring opponents by 148-5 and posting 23 shutouts. The…

• Penn Manor bowlers headed for national competition

  The state championship Penn Manor High School bowling team is now headed for national competition. The Comets team, which won its second straight state title this year, will be competing in the 2017 U.S. High School Bowling National Championship in Smyrna, Tennessee, June 24 and 25. Led by coach Chris Vital, the boys’ bowling team…