Greater Johnstown High School is a public

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in the

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, located in between the neighborhoods of Moxham, 8th Ward, and Hornerstown in

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, Johnstown is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropol ...

. It is the only high school operated by the

Greater Johnstown School District The Greater Johnstown School District is a public school district in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves: the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown, parts of Geistown, Pennsylvania, Geistown Borough and the townships of Lower ...

. In the 2019–2020 school year, enrollment was reported as 1,100 pupils in 8th through 12th grades.

Extracurriculars

Greater Johnstown School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.

Competitive musical groups

Greater Johnstown High School's competitive groups compete on the NJA/TOB Circuit. The Marching Band and Indoor Percussion ensembles are directed by Eric Pfeil and Jon Donath, and the Indoor/Outdoor Color Guard is directed by Jackie Willnecker. *Marching Band: Group 2 Open Class *Indoor Percussion: Scholastic Novice A Percussion *Essay Performance Company: Scholastic A Guard

Athletics

Johnstown participates in high school athletics as a member of the Laurel Highlands Athletics Conference (LHAC). The school is located in

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(PIAA) District 6.

Boys' athletics

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- Class AAAA *

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- Class AAAAA *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

- Class AAAA *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- Class AAA *

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- Class AAA *

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- Class AAA Johnstown appeared in the 2005 PIAA Class AAA Boys' Basketball state title game before falling to Steelton-Highspire High School. the Team also won the class AAA district 6 title in Football and Boys' Basketball in 2009.

Girls' athletics

- Class AAAA *

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- Class AAAAAA *

- Class AAA *

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- Class AAAA *

- Class AAA *

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- Class AAA

Notable alumni and faculty

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comics co-creator *

Carlton Haselrig Carlton Lee Haselrig (January 22, 1966 – July 22, 2020) was an American heavyweight wrestler and NFL player. Haselrig wrestled for University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the only person to win six NCAA titles in wrestling, three times ...

, former

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Pro-Bowler *

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actor *

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, dancer and actor, choreographer for the Johnstown High School musicals. *

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all-time receptions leader *

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, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back * Gerald Zahorchak, former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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* {{authority control 1895 establishments in Pennsylvania High schools in Central Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1895 Public high schools in Pennsylvania Schools in Cambria County, Pennsylvania