The Pennsylvania Department of Health and PIAA would like to congratulate the following schools for their accomplishments at the 2008-2009 PIAA Winter Championship events:

School Administrators...click on the program advertisements above to access program pages for use in your regular season publications.

2009 PIAA Basketball Championships
(week of March 22, 2009)

Bishop Guilfoyle High School A Girls Champion	Girard College High School A Boys' Champion
Villa Maria Academy High School AA Girls' Champion	Imhotep Charter High School AA Boys' Champion
Archbishop Carroll High School AAA Girls' Champion	Archbishop Carroll High School AAA Boys' Champion
Mt. Lebanon High School AAAA Girls' Champion	Penn Wood High School AAAA Boys' Champion

Notes:

See MaxPreps recaps of the 2009 PIAA Basketball Championships:

• Girls' Write-up
• Boys' Write-up

2009 PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships
(week of March 15, 2009)

Oakland Catholic High School AA Girls' Champion	Emmaus High School AAA Girls' Champion
Hershey High School AA Boys' Champion	North Allegheny High School AAA Boys' Champion

Notes: The 2009 PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships saw record crowds converge on Bucknell University for the four day event. The crowds were treated to the fastest meet in history, seeing 22 of the 44 records fall in the swim events.

Oakland Catholic - The District 7 power did not capture gold in a single event at the Championships this year, but their depth garnered the overall championship by compiling 181 points to outdistance District 7 neighbor Shady Side Academy by 30 points. Oakland Catholic medaled in 7 events while placing 6 times in the consolations. All four entries in the 500 free generated points for the Eagles.

Hershey - The Trojans from District 3 were dominant in the chase of AA Boys' Gold. Hershey won the 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay and the 400 Free Relay in route to their 269 point total. That point total easily outdistanced runner-up Bloomsburg (D. 4) with 160.5 points. In addition to the relays, Hershey's David Nolan topped the medal stand on two occasions by winning the 200IM and 100 yard backstroke.

Emmaus - The Hornets maintained their prominence in the pool racking up 237 points over the two-day AAA event. It was not an easy victory, with District 1 Souderton close on the heels at 212.5 points. Pacing Emmaus were the Champion 200 Medley Relay and Mike Masciantonio, champion in the 200 Yard IM.

North Allegheny - The Tigers (District 7) racked up 243 points on their way to a Championship. The contingent from Emmaus (District 11) on the boys' side finished in second with 208 team points. Connor Kuremsky dove to gold for the Tigers racking up 541.5 points while Tigers swimmers advanced to the podium on 12 occasions.

2009 PIAA Team Wrestling Championships
(week of February 8, 2009)

Reynolds High School AA Champion	Central Dauphin High School AAA Champion

Notes: The 2009 PIAA Team Wrestling Championships were again contested on the mats of the GIANT Center, Hershey, PA. After two days of competition, Reynolds HS (D. 10) and Central Dauphin HS (D. 3) emerged as champions from the 24 team event.

Reynolds - The District 10 Champion entered the weekend with am impressive 19-0 dual meet record. That undefeated record remained intact as Reynolds rolled to impressive 43-9, 45-9, and 42-18 victories in route to the championship. Those victories were over Bermudian Springs (D. 3), Westmont hilltop (D. 6) and Shady Side Academy (D. 7), respectively. This is the third Dual Meet Championship for Reynolds (2006 & 2007) in the 11 year history of the event.

Central Dauphin - The Rams maintained their place at the top of the AAA classification by defending their Team Title of 2008. This marks the fourth consecutive team title for Central Dauphin if the individual championship team point standings are included in the run. The Rams won the 2007 Individual Overall Team Championship, the 2008 Dual Meet and Individual Championships, and now the 2009 Dual Meet Championship. CD defeated Connellsville (D. 7) 53-13, Northampton (D. 11) 31-28, and fellow District 3 team Cumberland Valley 34-30 to claim the title.