Nate Hadary (106) and Preston Risner (138) posted unbeaten 5-0 records to lead the Penn Kingsmen effort in the Henry Wilk Classic held at Penn on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Penn finished with a 3-2 record in the event.

Penn scores:

• Penn 56, Huntington North 6
• Niles 29, Penn 25
• Detroit Central Catholic 57, Penn 6
• Penn 45, Zionsville 22
• Penn 70, Valparaiso 0

Visiting Penn used a 19-2 run in the first quarter to gain command and roll to a 78-47 high school boys basketball victory against Michigan City on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Noah Applegate, a 6-foot-6 Junior, led the Kingsmen with 25 points and nine rebounds. Applegate scored 20 of his points in the first half. The All-State Candidate was 9-of-12 shooting, including 2-of-4 three-pointers, and was 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.

Junior guard Drew Lutz scored 19 points and had 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Beau Ludwick scored 11 points.

 Junior Kegan Hoskins scored 5 points and had 8 rebounds.

Senior Noah Krathwohl had 6 points and 6 rebounds.

The Penn Kingsmen used a balanced attack to defeat the South Bend Washington Panthers, 62-37, in Northern Indiana Conference Girls Basketball action on Friday, Dec. 15.

Grace Adams led Penn with 11 points.

Trinity Clinton scored 10 points, and Sara Doi and Jordyn Smith scored nine points each.

Reganne Pate scored eight points, and Antreese Shelton scored six points.

The Kingsmen improved to 13-1 by defeating the Panthers.

Penn High School Athletic events recently postponed by adverse weather conditions have been rescheduled:

• The Penn Girls Basketball Game against Northridge, postponed on Dec. 12, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Penn High School. The Junior Varsity Game has been scheduled to start at 6 p.m., with the Varsity Game to follow.
• The Penn Girls Basketball Game against Merrillville, postponed on Dec. 9, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Merrillville. The Junior Varsity Game has been scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. EST, with the Varsity Game to follow.
• The Penn Boys Basketball Game against Crown Point, postponed on Dec. 9, has been rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 10, at Crown Point. The Junior Varsity Game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. EST, with the Varsity Game to follow.

No. 10 Class 3-A South Bend Washington held off a furious rally by the Penn Kingsmen to score a 64-60 victory in Northern Indiana Conference Boys Basketball on Thursday, Dec. 14.

Washington went on a 14-2 run on the way to a 19-9 first-quarter lead. The Panthers led the Kingsmen 33-23 at the half.

The Kingsmen outscored the Panthers 15-5 to knot the score at 38-38 at the end of the third quarter.

Washington held off the Kingsmen in the final quarter.

Noah Applegate led Penn with 22 points, Drew Lutz scored 13 points, and Noah Krathwohl scored 11 points.

Penn's Kingsmen gained the edge in the Northern Indiana Conference regular-season competition with a heart-thumping 38-33 victory against arch-rival Mishawaka in a meeting of league unbeatens on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

Logan Hill and Colin Wilson turned in stunning rallies to post crucial victories for the Kingsmen.

Hill (132) rallied for a 10-8 in the final seconds, and Wilson (160) fought back from a 3-0 deficit for a pin in 5:45.

Tanner DeMien (126) and Adam Berta (220) each struck for lightning-quick pins in less than a minute. DeMien pinned his Mishawaka rival in :57, and Berta got his stick in :52.

Preston Risner (138) and Rockne Hurley (195) each contributed major decisions.

Noah Brown (170) and won critical points with a 13-8 decisions.

Penn winners:

• 120: Vince Sparrow pin, 2:58.
• 126: Tanner DeMien pin, :57.
• 132: Logan Hill 10-8 decision.
• 138: Preston Risner 17-5 major decision.
• 160: Colin Wilson pin, 5:45.
• 170: Noah Brown 13-8 decision.
• 195: Rockne Hurley 11-2 major decision.
• 220: Adam Berta pin, :52.

Out of 410 Indiana High School Athletic Association members, Penn High School was the only school to win all eight Fall Sports Sectional Championships!

The Lady Kingsmen won the State Championship in October and also clinched the top spot of #1 team in the nation! The football team finished their season with a 12-2 record, making it all the way to the State Championship coming in first runners up.

In this "Excellence Happens Here" video, hear from seniors Paul Moala, Kristina Lynch and Mackenzie Wood and coaches Cory Yeoman and Jeff Hart about how dedication and hard work lead to EXCELLENCE!

Mackenzie Wood was one of 24 players called up to the United States Under-18 Women's National Team. 

Kristina Lynch was just named United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Year (December 12)!

All evening events at Penn High School on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, have been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

Athletic practices and other after-school activities will be allowed until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.

The Penn Showcase event will not be rescheduled.

Postponed events for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, include:

• Penn Girls Basketball vs. Northridge. The game has not yet been rescheduled.
• Penn Boys & Girls Swimmin at Bremen. The meet has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at Bremen.
• Penn Freshmen Boys Basketball vs. NorthWood. the game has not yet been rescheduled.

Tia Chambers connected on a buzzer-beater putback in overtime as the No. 11-ranked Penn Kingsmen beat No. 16 Northridge, 47-45, in a clash of Class 4-A state powers on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

Chambers, whose season ended last season with an ACL injury against Northridge, finished with eight points.

Penn fought back from a five-point deficit with less than four minutes left in regulation.

Trinity Clinton led Penn in scoring with 10 points. Jordyn Smith and Tia Chambers scored eight points each.

Sara Doi scored seven points, and Reganne Pate scored six points.

One of the tremendous things about a P-H-M education is that our teachers work to instill a sense of giving back in our students. Through project-based learning projects, students become citizens of the world by learning to help others. PBL programs are going on every school day across P-H-M, at all levels: elementary, middle and high school.

For three years in a row, Penn’s STEM Academy engineering and robotics students have adopted a project to benefit a child in need. In 2015, they built a prosthetic arm for  a 3rd grade Madison student in “Hands of Grace” project, which garnered national attention.

Last year, the all-female Introduction to Engineering Design class helped an Elsie Rogers kindergarten student stricken with Joubert Syndrome find his voice in the “Voice for Braylen” project.

This year with the “Engineering Ella” project, Team 135 students are helping an area child with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. Ella Hunt is a homebound student whose mother is a Penn grad. Ella’s disease has confined her to powerchair. She only has the ability to use the left and right hand switch, but it is especially challenging making it very difficult for her to control and maneuver independently. Through the national organization AT Makers Penn Robotics students got connected with Ella.

Visit www.missiontoengineer.team135.org  to learn more about the collaboration between AT Makers and Team 135.

While getting to know Ella and her family since last spring, Team 135 members have been giving Ella ongoing technical support adapting functions on her powerchair to help improve her quality of life. So far the students have made finger sensor holders prototyped new versions of her arm chair stabilizers. Students are also in the process of developing newer versions of her finger covers, new chair programs, mobile hand hammocks (allowing for her to use her sensors anywhere), a dog walking device, mirror light for her therapy room, and an iPad holder that would allow her to adjust her eye Gaze while on the go.

Continue to check back for updates on this project.