Sports
In 2005, 2006, and 2007 Sports Illustrated distinguished North Penn as having the best athletic program in Pennsylvania, noting that the school has "won 45 state championships over the last 10 years" and "is a power in football and is also dominant in boys' swimming." The school is also prominent in boys' and girls' water polo, and boys' winter track, spring track, cross country, and more recently baseball.
The men's water polo team won state titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007, while being ranked second on the east coast in 2007.
The football team's latest state title was in 2003, but they have six District 1 titles and appeared in the 2011 state championship game losing to Central Dauphin 14-7.
Also, the cross country teams latest state title was in 2008, winning the state championship for the second year in a row. In 2009, runner Brad Miles took the individual state title, making it 3 consecutive years that the team has won some kind of state title.
Continuing with the school's sports dominance, the Men's Baseball team won the PIAA Class AAAA State Championship in 2009, the first baseball state championship in North Penn's History.
Former North Penn football coach Mike Pettine is now on the coaching staff of the New York Jets as defensive coordinator. Alumnus Mark Will-Weber is a successful distance runner and writer. After coaching prominent Division III teams at Moravian College, and authoring The Quotable Runner, he now teaches writing at Moravian.
North Penn's most successful sport might very well be their track and field program. A powerhouse in AAA track, North Penn won 113 straight dual meets from 1995-2010.
The 2011 season was a very sucsessful one for the North Penn Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams. The Boys Cross Country Team won first in the state, while a member of the Girls Cross Country Team finished in first place as well.
North Penn's men's swimming and diving team held the longest dual meet winning streak in any sport across the nation in history. The streak ended at the hands of the Emmaus Green Hornets in 2005 with 251 straight dual meet victories.
North Penn offers a variety of sports that students can participate in, including but not limited to: football, basketball, soccer, swimming, water polo, softball, baseball, golf, tennis, wrestling, indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, lacrosse, volleyball, field hockey, dance, cheer leading, bowling, ice hockey, rugby, and ultimate frisbee.
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