PIAA District 10
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District 10 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. is one of the governing bodies of high school and junior high school sports for the state of Pennsylvania, United States....

 is an interscholastic athletic
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

 association in Northwest Pennsylvania. District 10 is one of the PIAA's 12 athletic conferences and comprises mostly high schools in Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

 and a few surrounding counties to the south and east. Member schools are classified by enrollment into four categories based on the number of students: A, AA, AAA, AAAA. District 10 is commonly referred to as "D-10" and is sometimes notated with the Roman Numeral "X".

Member schools

The league is made up of 52 public schools and private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

s located in Crawford
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 88,765.Crawford County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named for Colonel William Crawford...

, Erie
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 280,566. Its county seat is the City of Erie.- Geography :...

, Mercer
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 116,638. Its county seat is Mercer; Sharon is its largest city....

, Venango
Venango County, Pennsylvania
Venango County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,984. Its county seat is Franklin.-History:Venango County was created on March 12, 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming Counties...

 and Warren
Warren County, Pennsylvania
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 41,815. It was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango County until Warren was formally organized in 1819. Its county...

 counties.

Exceptions include:
  • Slippery Rock who is a member of Butler County but participates in District 10.
  • Wilmington Area in Lawrence and Mercer Counties, also a District 10 member.
  • Dubois who is the only AAAA football school in District 9 and competes in District 10's Region 5
  • Bradford is a class AAA football school who belongs to District 9 but competes in District 10's Region 6


Alphabetical List of D-10 Member Schools with addresses and contact information:

http://piaadist.startlogic.com/page9.html

Sports

District 10 hosts thirteen sports over three athletic seasons: fall, winter and spring. Several D-10 teams also compete in bowling, hockey, lacrosse and water polo, but are in leagues that are not a part of the PIAA.

Fall: Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, Soccer, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 (girls), Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 (girls)

Winter: Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 & Diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

, Wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...

, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...



Spring: Tennis (boys), Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, Volleyball (boys), Track & Field
Note: While some sports are dominated by one sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...

, there is no rule that mandates sex segregation
Sex segregation
Sex segregation is the separation of people according to their sex.The term gender apartheid also has been applied to segregation of people by gender, implying that it is sexual discrimination...

 in PIAA sports, even if a school has teams for each sex.

Current champions

The following is a list of champions by sport and classification for the 2011-2012 academic school year. Each winner advanced to the PIAA State Championships. For the 2010-11 academic year, several classifications had only one school for a sport and were awarded automatic qualification into the PIAA Championships. They include: AAAA football (Strong Vincent), AAAA baseball (McDowell) and AAA volleyball (McDowell). McDowell football competes in District 7 at the AAAA classification.

Notes:
Football
Class A - Sharpsville
Class AA - Hickory
Class AAA - Grove City
Class AAAA -


Boys Soccer
Class A -
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Girls Soccer
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Girls Volleyball
Class A -
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Girls Tennis- Team
Class AA - Mercyhurst Prep
Class AAA - McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Girls Tennis- Singles
Class AA - Maggie McLaughlin, Mercyhurst Prep
Class AAA - Adrianna Jeffress, McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Girls Tennis- Doubles
Class AA - Katie Elia/Brittany McBride, Mercyhurst Prep
Class AAA - Larissa Chen/Maggie Erven, McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Boys Team Golf
All Classes - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Boys Individual Golf
All Classes - Cameron Zbrzeznj, Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Girls Team Golf
All Classes - Mercyhurst Prep


Girls Individual Golf
All Classes - Megan Moylan, North East


Girls Team Cross Country
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Boys Team Cross Country
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Girls Individual Cross Country
Class AA -
Class AAA -


Boys Individual Cross Country
Class AA - Nate Tallada, Saegertown
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
Saegertown is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census. It was established in 1824.-Geography:Saegertown is located at ....

Class AAA - Jacob Kildoo, Grove City
Grove City, Pennsylvania
Grove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, approximately north of Pittsburgh. It is the home of Grove City College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college; General Electric; Instron; USIS; George G. Howe Co.; and a number of small businesses. It is also the home to...



Boys Swimming
Class AA - Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

Class AAA - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Girls Swimming
Class AA - Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

Class AAA - Mercyhurst Prep


Wrestling
Class AA - Reynolds
Class AAA - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Boys Basketball
Class A - Rocky Grove
Class AA - Sharpsville
Sharpsville
Sharpsville is the name of several places in the United States of America:*Sharpsville, Indiana*Sharpsville, Pennsylvania-See also:* Sharpeville, Gauteng, a township in South Africa, site of** Sharpeville massacre...

Class AAA - Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Edinboro is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. As home to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, it is a small college town, as well as a "resort community"...

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Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Girls Basketball
Class A - Kennedy Catholic
Class AA - Villa Maria
Villa Maria Academy (Erie, Pennsylvania)
Villa Maria Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie.-History:...

Class AAA - Mercyhurst Prep
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Boys Tennis- Team
Class AA - Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

Class AAA - Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Boys Tennis- Singles
Class AA - R.J. Petrella, Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

Class AAA - Landon Williams, McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Boys Tennis- Doubles
Class AA - Thomas Shuttleworth/Jonathan Knoll, Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

Class AAA - John Walbridge/Chad Walbridge, Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...



Boys Track & Field
Class AA - Hickory
Class AAA - McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Girls Track & Field
Class AA - Hickory
Class AAA - Grove City
Grove City, Pennsylvania
Grove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, approximately north of Pittsburgh. It is the home of Grove City College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college; General Electric; Instron; USIS; George G. Howe Co.; and a number of small businesses. It is also the home to...



Boys Volleyball
Class AA - Saegertown
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
Saegertown is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census. It was established in 1824.-Geography:Saegertown is located at ....



Girls Softball
Class A - Conneaut Valley
Conneaut School District
The Conneaut School District is located in northwest Pennsylvania's Crawford County and geographically encompasses approximately the western third of the county. The school district is approximately 8 miles west of Meadville, 40 miles south of Erie and 91 miles north of Pittsburgh...

Class AA - Wilmington
Wilmington Area School District
Wilmington Area School District is a public school district located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the boroughs of New Wilmington and Volant plus Pulaski, Wilmington Township, Washington Township, and Plain Grove Townships in Lawrence County....

Class AAA - Warren
Warren Area High School
Located in Warren, Pennsylvania, Warren Area High School was built in the 1960s. The school has 956 students. It is one of four high schools operated by Warren County School District. The WAHS mascot is a dragon. There is also Warren County Career Center located on the WAHS campus...

Class AAAA - McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...



Boys Baseball
Class A - Mercyhurst Prep
Class AA - Saegertown
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
Saegertown is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census. It was established in 1824.-Geography:Saegertown is located at ....

Class AAA - Grove City
Class AAAA- McDowell
McDowell High School
McDowell High School is a public high school located in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Erie. It is the only high school in the Millcreek Township School District. The current principal is Timothy Rankin. The school's mascot is the Trojan...


Athletes of 2000s

On January 8, 2009, the Erie Times News conducted online fan voting to determine the District 10 Athletes/Team of the Decade. Ed Hinkel (football, Cathedral Prep), Lauren Zarger (cross country/track and field, Harborcreek) and the 2000 Cathedral Prep football team were the winners.

Football (1985-Present)

2011
Class AAA - Grove City 33, Cathedral Prep 0
Class AA - Hickory 35, General McLane 13
Class A - Sharpsville 21, West Middlesex 13


2010
Class AAA - Cathedral Prep 28, Grove City 16
Class AA - Sharon 14, Hickory 6
Class A - Farrell 39, Mercyhurst Prep 0


2009
Class AAA - Cathedral Prep 47, Grove City 21
Class AA - Wilmington 19, Sharon 0
Class A - Farrell 34, Sharpsville 7


2008
Class AAA - Strong Vincent 28, Cathedral Prep 0
Class AA - Wilmington 21, Slippery Rock 14 OT
Class A - Farrell 28, Linesville 7


2007
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 15, McDowell 13
Class AAA - Strong Vincent 41, General McLane 6
Class AA - Wilmington 18, Harborcreek 6
Class A - Mercyhurst Prep 21, Mercer 19


2006
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 35, McDowell 14
Class AAA - General McLane 19, Strong Vincent 7 ~
Class AA - Wilmington 23, Fairview 6
Class A - West Middlesex 35, Sharpsville 13 ^


2005
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 20, McDowell 19
Class AAA - General McLane 23, Strong Vincent 20
Class AA - Reynolds 21, Wilmington 0
Class A - Kennedy Catholic 34, Sharpsville 12


2004
Class AAAA - McDowell 32, Cathedral Prep 13
Class AAA - Strong Vincent 28, General McLane 7
Class AA - Grove City 33, Harborcreek 7 ^
Class A - Sharpsville 21, Linesville 14


2003
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 33, McDowell 14
Class AAA - Strong Vincent 36, Franklin 15
Class AA - Slippery Rock 34, Girard 13
Class A - West Middlesex 7, Cochranton 6 2OT


2002
Class AAAA - McDowell 14, Cathedral Prep 13
Class AAA - General McLane 42, Warren 6
Class AA - Slippery Rock 17, Sharon 7
Class A - West Middlesex 21, Eisenhower 17


2001
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 33, McDowell 21
Class AAA - Wilmington 28, Greenville 7
Class AA - Sharon 33, North East 0
Class A - Sharpsville 39, Iroquois 6


2000
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 62, McDowell 21 ~
Class AAA - Wilmington 16, Greenville 7
Class AA - Sharon 35, Girard 0
Class A - Sharpsville 14, Kennedy Christian 7


1999
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 54, McDowell 14 ^
Class AAA - Greenville 42, General McLane 6
Class AA - Sharon 13, Wilmington 6
Class A - Sharpsville 61, Linesville 12


1998
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 34, Meadville 0
Class AAA - Oil City 25, General McLane 18
Class AA - Sharon 35, Wilmington 7
Class A - Kennedy Christian 6, Sharpsville 3


1997
Class AAAA - McDowell 21, Erie Central 7
Class AAA - Greenville 35, Grove City 6
Class AA - Wilmington 42, Sharon
Class A - Sharpsville 14, Cambridge Springs 7 ~


1996
Class AAAA - McDowell 24, Erie Central 0
Class AAA - Greenville 24, Corry 0
Class AA - Wilmington 19, Northwestern 7
Class A - Cambridge Springs 13, Sharpsville 10 OT


1995
Class AAAA - McDowell 14, Cathedral Prep 0
Class AAA - Sharon 20, Greenville 6 ^
Class AA - Wilmington 21, Grove City 19
Class A - Iroquois 31, Eisenhower 15


1994
Class AAAA - Erie Central 28, Cathedral Prep 15
Class AAA - Sharon 36, Strong Vincent 12 ^
Class AA - Wilmington 27, Mercer 0
Class A - Kennedy Christian 16, Eisenhower 15


1993
Class AAAA - Erie Central 21, Cathedral Prep 15
Class AAA - Greenville 9, Sharon 7
Class AA - Northwestern 7, Mercer 6
Class A - Eisenhower 15, Maplewood 0


1992
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 14, McDowell 13
Class AAA - Sharon 22, Corry 0
Class AA - Fairview 13, Northwestern 6
Class A - Eisenhower 15, Iroquois 14


1991
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 13, Meadville 0 ^
Class AAA - Strong Vincent 14, Sharon 10 ~
Class AA - Hickory 21, Greenville 20
Class A - Iroquois 36, Eisenhower 12


1990
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 21, Meadville 7
Class AAA - Sharon 28, Strong Vincent
Class AA - Fort LeBoeuf 20, Fairview 13
Class A - Iroquois 13, Eisenhower 10 2OT


1989
Class AAAA - Cathedral Prep 21, Franklin 6
Class AAA - Reynolds 26, Titusville 12
Class AA - Hickory 34, Fairview 10 ~
Class A - Kennedy Christian 27, Linesville 22


1988
Division I - Cathedral Prep 12, Sharon 10
Division II - Hickory 32, Reynolds 20
Division III - Cambridge Springs 16, Saegertown 3 ^


1987
Division I - Cathedral Prep 18, Sharon 0
Division II - Reynolds 33, Grove City 7
Division III - Conneaut Valley 28, Kennedy Christian 7


1986
Division I - Cathedral Prep 9, Meadville 0
Division II - Reynolds 41, Lakeview 6
Division III - Sharpsville 7, Cambridge Springs 6


1985
Division I - Sharon 53, Greenville 7
Division II - Northwestern 40, Reynolds 7
Division III - Farrell 50, Kennedy Christian 8


~PIAA State Champions
^PIAA Runner-Up
D-10 Titles School Last
17 Cathedral Prep 2010
10 Sharon 2010
10 Wilmington 2009
7 Sharpsville 2011
6 McDowell 2004
5 Strong Vincent 2008
4 Farrell 2010
4 Kennedy Catholic 2005
4 Reynolds 2005
4 Greenville 1999
3 General McLane 2006
3 Iroquois 1995
3 West Middlesex 2006
2 Cambridge Springs 1996
2 Central 1994
2 Eisenhower 1993
2 Northwestern 1993
2 Slippery Rock 2003
2 Grove City 2011
2 Hickory 2011
1 Conneaut Valley 1987
1 Fairview 1992
1 Fort LeBoeuf 1990
1 Mercyhurst Prep 2007
1 Oil City 1999
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