Berwick Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. It is the only public school district in Columbia County that does not participate in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.[4]
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Noted for American football especially, the high school team has won the state championship six times.[5] Also, the football team was ranked number 1 nationally by USA Today three times.[6] Berwick won the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Championship. The Bulldogs defeated Somerset 6 to 2 at Blair County Stadium and became the first baseball team in the Wyoming Valley Conference to win the state title.[7] It is the school's first baseball state championship in its history. Also in 2008, the Berwick golf team was the District 2 and District 11 champions. The Berwick wrestling team won back to back District 2 championships in 2007 and 2008, as well as finishing in the top Eight PIAA AA Team Championships in 2008.
The school mascot is the Bulldog and the sports teams are called the Bulldogs, or just "Dawgs" for short. School colors and blue and white.[8]
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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2022 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Berwick Area Senior High School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Berwick Area Senior High School also called Berwick Area High School Berwick High School or BHS is a small rural public high school in Columbia County in Northeastern Pennsylvania United States In Columbia County the school serves children living in Briar Creek Township Briar Creek Berwick and Foundryville It also serves children living in East Berwick Nescopeck Nescopeck Township Hollenback Township and Salem Township in Luzerne County This is the only public high school in the Berwick Area School District Berwick Area Senior High SchoolAddress1100 Fowler AvenueBerwick Columbia County and Luzerne County Pennsylvania 18603 2300United States of AmericaCoordinates41 03 57 N 76 13 48 W 41 065864 N 76 230002 W 41 065864 76 230002 1 InformationStatusOpenSchool districtBerwick Area School DistrictCEEB code390290 3 PrincipalJill ShipmanStaff9Faculty49 71 FTE 2 Grades9 to 12Enrollment762 2019 20 2 Student to teacher ratio15 33 2 Color s Athletics conferencePennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AAAMascotBulldogNicknameDawgsTeam nameBulldogsBudget 11 8MFeeder schoolsBerwick Middle SchoolPennsylvania School Number1605Websitehttps www berwicksd org High Contents 1 Extracurriculars 1 1 Sports 2 Notable alumni 3 References 4 External linksExtracurriculars edit nbsp Berwick Bulldog Berwick Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs activities and an extensive sports program It is the only public school district in Columbia County that does not participate in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference 4 Sports edit Noted for American football especially the high school team has won the state championship six times 5 Also the football team was ranked number 1 nationally by USA Today three times 6 Berwick won the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Championship The Bulldogs defeated Somerset 6 to 2 at Blair County Stadium and became the first baseball team in the Wyoming Valley Conference to win the state title 7 It is the school s first baseball state championship in its history Also in 2008 the Berwick golf team was the District 2 and District 11 champions The Berwick wrestling team won back to back District 2 championships in 2007 and 2008 as well as finishing in the top Eight PIAA AA Team Championships in 2008 The school mascot is the Bulldog and the sports teams are called the Bulldogs or just Dawgs for short School colors and blue and white 8 The District funds Boys American football AAA Baseball AAA Basketball AAA Bowling AAAA Cross country AA Golf AAA Rifle AAAA Soccer AA Swimming and diving AA Tennis AA Track and field AAA Volleyball AA Wrestling AAA Girls Basketball AAA Bowling AAAA Cross country AA Field hockey AA Golf AAA Rifle AAAA Soccer fall AA Softball AAA Tennis AA Track and field AAA Volleyball AANotable alumni editZehnder Confair 1906 1982 Pennsylvania state senator Jimmy Spencer retired NASCAR driver Ron Powlus Notre Dame quarterback and NFL player 9 Day Turner World War II Medal of Honor recipient Bo Orlando NFL defensive back for the Houston Oilers San Diego Chargers Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers Matt Karchner retired baseball player Mike Souchak professional golfer Nick Adams actor The Rebel TV show Joe Colone NBA player for the New York Knicks Paul Stenn NFL player for New York Giants Washington Redskins Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago BearsReferences edit Free US Geocoder Archived from the original on 11 May 2011 Retrieved 7 September 2008 a b c Berwick AREA H S National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved 5 September 2021 Eastern Edu Retrieved 21 September 2008 permanent dead link Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference School list 2012 Berwick PA Official Website Retrieved 21 September 2008 The 12th Man Page The BerwichDawgs Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 Retrieved 28 February 2011 History Berwick Area School Administration Mission accomplished 2008 PIAA wrestling Berwick advances Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader 18 April 2008 Archived from the original on 18 April 2008 Retrieved 21 September 2008 NFLHS com Archived from the original on 30 April 2008 Retrieved 22 September 2008 External links editSchool official website Berwick football team website The Bleachers at Berwick Area High School permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Berwick Area Senior High School amp oldid 1189932411, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
