PIAA District 11

PIAA District 11
Legal status Association
Purpose Athletic/Educational
Region served
Coal Region
Lehigh Valley
Pocono Mountains
Membership
53 schools
Official language
English
Chairman
 John P. Wabby
Affiliations Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Schuylkill League, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, Colonial League
Website district11.piaa.org
Remarks (570) 460-9075

District 11 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is an interscholastic athletic association in eastern Pennsylvania. District 11 is one of the PIAA's 12 districts and comprises high schools mostly within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties. Member schools are categorized by enrollment into classifications, differing in each of the various sports, such as: A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, AAAAAA. District 11 is commonly notated with the Roman Numerals "XI". District XI is known to be one of the more competitive of the twelve districts within the PIAA; it owns many state championship and state runner-up trophies.

Member schools

The league is made up of 53 public schools and private schools located in Lehigh, Carbon, Northampton, Schuylkill, Monroe, and parts of Pike and Bucks [1] counties.

Listing of Schools By League

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Colonial League

Schuylkill League

No League

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

  1. ↑ http://district11.piaa.org/

Coordinates: 40°58′44″N 75°31′12″W / 40.979°N 75.520°W / 40.979; -75.520

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