Plymouth Whitemarsh High School is a

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Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania Plymouth Meeting is a census-designated place (CDP) that straddles Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Plymouth and Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, Whitemarsh Townships in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Penns ...

, US. It is part of the Colonial School District. Plymouth Whitemarsh is a public high school in the

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region, and is accredited by the

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. The curriculum is aligned with state and national standards and offers more than 200 courses, including 24

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(AP) courses audited by the

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and more than 30 honors level courses. A technical education program is available through the Central Montco Technical High School.

Sports and traditions

*Boys'

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

: Six District 1 championships and three state titles (1963, 1997 and 2010). PIAA AAAA players of the year: C.J. Aiken (2010) and Jaylen Bond (2011). *Girls'

: 2017 Suburban One American champion (22-0 regular season, 14-0 conference), 2018 SOL American champion. 1985 PIAA AAAA state runner-up. 1983 District 1 AAA champions. 2022 Undefeated PIAA AAAAAA State Champions (perfect 34-0 season) *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

: PW won Suburban One American titles in 2007, 2008, and 2009. *Boys'

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

: League championships in 2008 and 2009. *Girls'

: Christina Keiser District 1 AAA champion in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and PIAA AAA state champion in 2012. *

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 ...

: Suburban One American champions in 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016. In the 1990s Plymouth Whitemarsh Football placed 8th in winning percentage in the state of Pennsylvania out of 563 High Schools with a record of 94-20-2, including seven league championships. In the early 1970s, the Colonials had a 33-game unbeaten streak. *

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

: 2006 Suburban One individual champion Chris Lawler. 2007 Suburban One individual champion Kevin Rexroth. 2010 Suburban One Continental/American boys co-champions with Norristown. Chris Hammes in 2008 and Julius Selfinger in 2012 bowled perfect games. PW's bowling program began in 2004. *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

: 1994 State Champions, ranked 6th best high school baseball team in the country in USA Today. SOL American champions in 2019. *Boys'

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

: 2011 marked the Colonials' first Suburban One American Boys Lacrosse title in PW history, playing to an undefeated 12-0 league campaign. Also won the 2012 Suburban One American title with a 12-0 league campaign, plus the Colonials earned their first District 1 playoff victory in 2012. Playoff appearances: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. *Girls'

: League champions in 2004, 2016, 2018. *

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

: Suburban One American champions in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

: 2008 Suburban One American quad-champions with Methacton, Upper Merion, and Cheltenham. PW recorded lone playoff victory in 2009. District 1 AAAA appearances: 2008 (first round), 2009 (first and second rounds), 2011 (first round), and 2016 (first round). Dana Moyer has coached the Lady Colonials since spring 2011. *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

: Numerous first place wins each year as well as bids to National competitions in Florida, Virginia, and Pittsburgh. *

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

:2008-2009 SHSHL A Champions, 2019-2020 SHSHL A Champions. 13 Flyers Cup Appearances have been made by the team, with recent success making the tournament 5 seasons in a row dating from 2018-2019 to 2022-2023. *Boys'

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 ...

: Suburban One Liberty Boys Soccer champions in 1985. Suburban One American champions in 2013 with a 13-l league mark sharing with Upper Dublin, earning the eighth seed in the District One AAA tournament advancing to the second round (lost 1-0 to visiting nine Bensalem) after its first-ever District One playoff victory (1-0 home victory against visiting 25 Harriton in first round). Suburban One American champions 2014 with a 13-1 league record, earning the fifth place seed in the District One AAA tournament advancing to the quarterfinals (lost 2-1 to Central Bucks East in overtime). Also advanced to second round of districts in 2015 and 2017. *Girls'

: Suburban One American champion in 2011 and 2014. PIAA District 1 AAA playoff appearances in 2010 (round one loss), 2011 (round one loss), 2013 (round one loss), and 2014 (won first-round game, lost second round). District 1 AAAA playoff appearances in 2017 (round one loss) and 2019 (round one win, round two loss). *Girls'

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. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

: District 1 AAAA runner-up and PIAA AAAA state quarterfinalist in 2016. Suburban One Continental/American champion in 2016 2017, 2018; also won conference titles in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1999. District 1 champion in 1984. *CG (Casual Gamers)

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: The semi-professional E-sports team founded in summer of 2018 by Pro Forknife player wanna-be, ΣακεΨουρΔαψ. If Ultimate Frisbee can be a sport, so can this. *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

: Justin Giovinco captured the PIAA AAA state championship in 1998 and 1999 at the 140 lbs. and 145 lbs. weight classes. Giovinco finished his career with a 144-8 record and went on to wrestle at the

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. John Michael Staudenmayer won the PIAA, AAA state championship in 2011 at the 171 lbs. weight class. Staudenmayer finished his career with a 168-11 record and went on to wrestle at the

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. Long-time coach Bob Lorence retired in 2008 and finished with a 357-180-6 career coaching record. Lorence was inducted into the Southeast Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2002 and the PIAA Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006. *Marching Band: In November 2013, the Plymouth Whitemarsh Marching Colonials won a state championship against 11 other highly competitive marching bands in the American Division with a score of 97.05. The band also took home awards for High Visual, High Ensemble Music, High Auxiliary, General Effect, and Highest Score of the night.

Colonial Players

The Colonial Players are an extra curricular theatre program founded in 1977 that strives to produce professional-quality musicals and plays. They serve primarily to enhance live theatre performances in the local community and to give students an opportunity to express themselves. The musical production's earn critic acclaim by the Greater Philadelphia Cappies, a high school theatre awards program, and took home their first Cappie award in 2006 in Props and Effects for the design of an oversized piano in Big, The Musical. In 2009, the Colonial Players earned 13 Cappie nominations for their production of Little Shop of Horrors, "Best Show" being among them. The Colonial Players' production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was nominated for 16 Cappie Awards, the most of any school participating in the Greater Philadelphia Cappies. In the 2012–2013 season, the Colonial Players put on Father of the Bride and Guys and Dolls, which was well revered by the high school Cappie reviewers.

Notable alumni

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, All-American in Field Hockey and Lacrosse, Olympic Field Hockey Captain, 1984 bronze medalist, 9 time NCAA champion as coach of Old Dominion. * Owen Biddle, Grammy-winning member of

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, from 2007–2011. Performer on ''

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'' (with The Roots as house band) as Fallon's fictional wife, Renee, who is an alcoholic on "The Real Housewives of Late Night". *

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, screenwriter of the 2013 film

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, for which he was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar. * Joe Daley, professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. He now plays on the Champions Tour. On July 1, 2012, Daley won the Senior Players Championship for his first major victory on the Champions Tour. Class of 1978. * Jackie Frazier-Lyde, attorney and boxer (daughter of

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), who fought

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, daughter of

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, professor at the

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, head of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. * Curtis King, former pitcher for the

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* John Pergine, former professional football player,

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References

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External links

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