Category: Sports

• PM’s Roth named District III Athletic Director of the Year

  Congratulations to Penn Manor’s Jeff Roth for being named Athletic Director of the Year for District III of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. District III includes schools in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. Earlier this fall, Roth had been named Lancaster-Lebanon League Athletic Director of the Year. Jeff’s peers in…

• Alecxih presents HS with Super Bowl football

  Penn Manor alumnus and pro football player Chas Alecxih returned to Penn Manor High School Wednesday to formally present a very special gift to his alma mater. Alecxih gave the high school a Wilson Golden Football as part of an NFL program that honors schools and communities that contributed to Super Bowl history. Penn Manor…

• State champion bowlers honored by school board

  Penn Manor school board Monday honored members of the high school bowling team for their championship season. The Comets compiled a record of 77-14 and were named Lancaster-Lebanon League Section I and L-L League champions and placed second in the PA Eastern Regionals. The Penn Manor boys’ team went on to win the state title, a…

• Penn Manor bowlers are state champs!

  The Penn Manor boys’ bowling team this weekend did something no other boys’ team in Lancaster County has ever done — won the state bowling championship! The boys defeated Conrad Weiser, two games to zero (210-165 and 167-125), to win the title Saturday after besting 10 other teams to reach the finals at North Versailles…

• Future of high school is topic of Oct. 22 meeting

  

  You are invited to participate in an important meeting on the future of Penn Manor High School. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the district will hold the first of several public presentations on renovating or replacing the school. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Built in the 1950s and partially renovated beginning in…

• Field hockey team gets championship rings

  

  Thanks to the generosity of Penn Manor families and area businesses, Comets field hockey players have a beautiful keepsake of their championship year. Every player and coach on Wednesday received a ring commemorating the 2014 season, which culminated with a state championship. Penn Manor was named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15 after playing to a 1-1 tie with Palmyra.…

• State Legislature honors field hockey team

  

  Penn Manor’s state championship field hockey team was recognized Tuesday by members of the Pennsylvania Legislature during formal ceremonies at the Capitol in Harrisburg. Members of the Senate and House presented citations to the team in honor of the 2014 state title. The Comets were named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15, after playing to a 1-1 tie…

• Former athletes, coaches named to Wall of Honor

  

  Four former Penn Manor athletes and coaches and one former team were inducted into the Penn Manor Athletic Wall of Honor during ceremonies Friday at the high school. The 2014 inductees are:    Ralph E. Byers (Class of 1962) – A three-sport (soccer, wrestling and baseball) athlete at Penn Manor, Byers was named to several all-star teams,…

• County commissioners honor field hockey team

  

  Penn Manor’s field hockey team was honored Wednesday by the Lancaster County Commissioners for “displaying the highest levels of skill, dedication and courage” in earning a state title. The three-member board of commissioners presented the players with a commendation praising the team as “a shining example of the great strength that is born when individuals choose…

• PMHS student earns top 10 BMX ranking

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School senior Healey Miller, who recently earned a No. 10 national ranking in BMX competition. Healey competed last month in the USA BMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa, OK, after riding in other BMX competitions throughout the United States and Canada. She finished the year with a National Age Group ranking…