PIAA District 11
Legal status | Association |
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Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
Region served | Coal Region Lehigh Valley Pocono Mountains |
Membership | 53 schools |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Robert Hartman |
Affiliations | Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Schuylkill League, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, Colonial League |
Website | www |
Remarks | (570) 460-9075 |
District 11 (often referenced with the Roman Numerals District XI) of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is an interscholastic athletic association in eastern Pennsylvania.
District XI is one of the PIAA's 12 districts and comprises high schools mostly within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties.
The district is broadly considered one of the most competitive high school athletic divisions in the nation with many of its athletes going on to compete in the Olympics and professional sports, including the MLB, NBA, and NFL. District 11 owns many state records for various athletic championships and milestones.
Member schools are categorized by enrollment into classifications, differing in each of the various sports, including: A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, and AAAAAA.
Member schools[]
District 11 is made up of 53 public schools and private schools located in Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, and parts of Bucks and Pike counties.[1]
Listing of schools by league[]
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference[]
- Allentown Central Catholic
- Bethlehem Catholic
- Easton Area
- East Stroudsburg North
- East Stroudsburg South
- Emmaus
- Freedom (Bethlehem)
- Liberty (Bethlehem)
- Louis E. Dieruff (Allentown)
- Nazareth Area
- Northampton Area
- Parkland
- Pleasant Valley
- Pocono Mountain East
- Pocono Mountain West
- Stroudsburg
- Whitehall
- William Allen (Allentown)
Colonial League[]
- Bangor Area
- Catasauqua
- Moravian Academy
- Northern Lehigh
- Northwestern Lehigh
- Notre Dame of Green Pond
- Palisades
- Palmerton
- Pen Argyl Area
- Salisbury
- Saucon Valley
- Southern Lehigh
- Wilson Area
Schuylkill League[]
- Blue Mountain
- Jim Thorpe
- Lehighton
- Mahanoy Area
- Marian Catholic
- Minersville
- Nativity BVM
- North Schuylkill
- Panther Valley
- Pine Grove
- Pottsville
- Schuylkill Haven
- Shenandoah Valley
- Tamaqua
- Tri-Valley
- Weatherly
- Williams Valley
Atlantic Coast Christian Athletic Conference[]
No League[]
-Although it is named the Schuylkill League, teams from Carbon, Columbia, and Dauphin counties are included.
-Although parts of Hazleton School District are in Schuylkill and Carbon counties, they participate with Luzerne County in District 2.
Sports[]
District 11 hosts fourteen different sports over three athletic seasons: fall, winter, and spring.
Fall: Football, Soccer, Field hockey, Tennis (girls), Volleyball (girls), Golf, Cross Country
Winter: Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Basketball, Competitive Spirit
Spring: Tennis (boys), Softball, Baseball, Volleyball (boys), Track & Field, Lacrosse
- Note: While some sports are dominated by one sex, there is no rule that mandates sex segregation in PIAA sports, even if a school has teams for each sex.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "District XI". www.districtxi.com.
Coordinates: 40°58′44″N 75°31′12″W / 40.979°N 75.520°W
External links[]
- High school sports in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania high school sports conferences
- Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Pike County, Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania