Palmerton High School

Palmerton High School is a four-year public high school in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located at 3525 Fireline Rd, Palmerton, PA 18071, within Carbon County.

Its colors are blue and white and its mascot is the Blue Bomber.

Athletics

District XI: Palmerton High School competes in District XI tournaments, and is part of the Colonial League and PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association).

Colonial League: Palmerton joined the Colonial League in 1994.

Centennial League: From 1977 to Spring 1993, Palmerton was a member of the Centennial League which also included: Pocono Mountain, East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Pleasant Valley, Lehighton, Northern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh, Notre Dame (Green Pond), and Palmerton. After 16 years, the league became uncompetitive and dominated by the larger schools. This was due to the increasing large enrollments of the (AAAA) schools in the Poconos from Monroe County (P. Mountain, Pleasant Valley, Stroudsburg, and East Stroudsburg). In 1994 these schools along with Lehighton created a new league called the Mountain Valley Conference(MVC), where all these schools still belong. Although 2 schools(East Stroudsburg and Pocono Mountain) actually split into 4 different districts due to their exploding enrollments. Lehighton, only a AAA sized high school, opted for the MVC because it desired to maintain it's tradition as a "football school". Despite joining the MVC, Lehighton has remained a geographical rival to Palmerton. The schools still play each other in most sports.

Lehigh Valley League: Prior to 1977, Palmerton was a member of the Lehigh Valley League.

Famous Athletes

Nicole Levandusky: Member of the 2001 WNBA Champion Los Angeles Sparks, Nicole was picked 32nd in the 2nd Round of the 2001 WNBA draft from Xavier. She played 13 games and scored 20 points in her only WNBA season. At Xavier, she led the Lady Musketeer basketball team to the Elite 8 of the 2001 Women's NCAA Tournament before losing to eventual champion Purdue. In the Sweet 16, Levandusky scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed six rebounds in the Musketeers upset perennial national title contender Tennessee by an 80-65 score in the Mideast Region semifinal. Levandusky is currently fourth on Xavier’s all-time scoring list with 1,755 career points and holds Xavier's school records for career 3-pointers (287) and steals (364). Her accomplishments have earned her a spot in Xavier’s Athletic Hall of Fame, which she will be inducted in, along with teammate Taru Tuukkanen, on Dec. 6. At Palmerton she also set the record for most points in a quarter with 26. She was also chosen as the Colonial League's Most Valuable Player in Girls' Basketball her sophomore, junior and senior years. As a senior, she was named to the Sixth Team of the All-State Team and was named the Class 2A East Player of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Coaches Association. In 1997, Nicole Levandusky became the all-time leader in Palmerton basketball school history,scoring when she finished her fabulous career with 2,662 points. During her four-year career she set the all-time school record (in both boys and girls basketball) for most points in a game as well as the high school gymnasium's floor record for most points in a game when she scored 52 points against Northern Lehigh High School.

Bob Mlkvy: College basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania. He led the team in scoring in 1959-60 with 472 points (18.9/game)and in 1960-61 with 358 points (14.3/game).

William P. "Bill" Mlkvy: (born January 19, 1931 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his one year career with the Philadelphia Warriors (now the Golden State Warriors). Philadelphia selected Mlkvy with a territorial pick of the 1952 NBA Draft out of Temple University. A 6'4" (1.93 m) and 190 lbs (86 kg) forward, he was nicknamed "The Owl without a Vowel". Bill Mlkvy also holds the most consecutive points without a teammate scoring in a single game in NCAA history, he scored 54 in a row in a game against Wilkes on March 3, 1951.

Elmer William Valo: (March 5, 1921 - July 19, 1998) Major League baseball player who played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1956, 1961), Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers (1957-58), Cleveland Indians (1959), New York Yankees (1960), and Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1960-61). His last game was on October 1, 1961, with the Phillies

References

External links

• Palmerton High School Official Web Site.