Whitehall High School is a public high school, based in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Whitehall-Coplay School District. As of the 2006-2007 academic school year, 1,393 students attend the school.
Whitehall High School is located at 3800 Mechanicsville Road. The school's mascot is the Zephyr, a train that used to travel through Whitehall Township, and school colors are maroon and vegas gold.
Whitehall's primary athletic rivals are Parkland High School, located in South Whitehall Township, Emmaus High School, located in Emmaus, and Northampton Area High School, located in Northampton.
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Academics
In 2007, Whitehall High School earned second place in the Scholastic Scrimmage final.
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Arts
One Freddy Award was won by Whitehall High School in 2016 for the production of Guys and Dolls: Outstanding Stage Crew. This would be the third consecutive year that Whitehall has won this award. Although only one award was won out of 13 total nominations (the school's record for most nominations in a single year), the cast of this year's show was able to perform onstage for their nomination of Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, the last year being 2011.
In 2015, Whitehall High School won two awards for their production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Outstanding Use of Scenery and Outstanding Stage Crew, both of which are the second consecutive year that Whitehall has won these awards.
In 2014, Whitehall High School won three Freddy Awards for its production of South Pacific, including Outstanding Use of Scenery, Outstanding Stage Crew, and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.
In 2011, Whitehall High School won one Freddy Award for Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical for the production of Li'l Abner. This marked the first time that any school has won this award twice.
Whitehall High School won five Freddy Awards in 2007, including Best Overall Production, Best Actor, Best Solo Vocal Performance, Best Costume Design, and Best Small Ensemble Performance for the production of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
In 2006, Whitehall High School won three Freddy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Featured Dancer, and Best Costume Design for the production of Barnum.
Athletics
Whitehall High School is one of 18 high schools that comprise the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, generally considered one of the highest quality athletic conferences in Pennsylvania. Prior to 2014 the 12 Lehigh Valley schools in this conference were in the Lehigh Valley Conference. Whitehall is in District XI of the PIAA.
Whitehall alumni in the NFL
Whitehall High School has given birth to two notable NFL players: Dan Koppen, a former starting offensive center for the New England Patriots, and Matt Millen, a former defensive linebacker with three Super Bowl-winning teams. Millen is generally considered one of the most elite linebackers to ever play the game, though his career as President and General Manager of the Detroit Lions has been a subject of criticism.
Between Koppen and Millen, Whitehall alumni have won six Super Bowls, with Koppen winning two with the Patriots and Millen winning two with the Oakland Raiders, one with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the Washington Redskins. Both players' Whitehall jerseys (Koppen's #77 and Millen's #83) have been permanently retired in honor of their football accomplishments.
State and national championships
Whitehall has distinguished itself nationally and in the state of Pennsylvania with the following state and national championships:
- Boys Basketball: 1982 (Pennsylvania state champions).
- Cheerleading: 2001 (National champions).
- Wrestling: 2001 and 2002 (Christian Franco, Pennsylvania state champion at 140 lb. weight class, 2002).
- Indoor Percussion: 2003 Concert Percussion Champions; 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 World Class Champions.
- Marching Zephyr Band: 2006 State and All-State Champions, 2007 State Champions, 2017 Calvacade of Bands Open Class Champions
Conference championships
Whitehall has won many conference championships, including the following sports and years (Eastern Pennsylvania Conference since 2014, Lehigh Valley Conference 2002-2014, Mountain Valley Conference 1997-2002, East Penn Conference 1976-1997, Lehigh Valley League prior to 1976):
- Baseball: 1966, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 2004, 2005 and 2008.
- Boys Basketball: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2005.
- Cheerleading: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 2001.
- Football: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981 (tri-champions with Dieruff High School and Emmaus High School), 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2005.
- Girls Basketball: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 2000.
- Girls Softball: 1979, 1988 and 1989.
- Boys Volleyball: 2010.
- Girls Soccer: 2011.
Whitehall holds the record for the most Lehigh Valley Conference championships in boys basketball.
Notable alumni
- Saquon Barkley, running back for the Penn State Nittany Lions
- Brian Knobs (Brian Yandrisovitz), former professional wrestler
- Dan Koppen, professional football player, Denver Broncos, 2-time Super Bowl champion
- Peter Lisicky, former basketball player, Penn State Nittany Lions
- Matt Millen, professional football player, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins, former President and General Manager of Detroit Lions and current broadcaster, ESPN, NFL Network and Big Ten Network
- Jerry Sags (Jerome Saganowich), former professional wrestler
- Curt Simmons, professional baseball player, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals, 3-time All-Star, 1964 World Series champion
References
External links
- Whitehall High School Official Home Page.
- Whitehall High School Official Athletics Home Page.
- Whitehall High School athletics schedule and scores.
- Whitehall High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site.
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