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.

Matt Forsey has been selected by the Indiana Bar Foundation as one of two Delegates to represent Indiana in the 2018 United States Senate Youth Program. He will receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Hearst Foundation and a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington next March.

Matt serves on Kingsmen Court, Penn’s student body council. In his role as president, he also serves as the Penn student ambassador to the P-H-M Board of School Trustees giving updates on Penn High School at every Board Meeting.

Rockne Hurley and Adam Berta won individual championships to power Penn to the team Championship of the Jim Nicholson Charger Invitational with 424 points.

Team scores: PENN 424, Jimtown 375, Elkhart Central 289, Elkhart Memorial 276, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 245, Fairfield 232, Wheeler 214, River Forest 169.

Penn results:

• Nate Hadary (106), second
• Evan Light (113), second
• Vince Sparrow (120), third
• Tanner DeMien (126), third
• Logan Hill (132), second
• Preston Risner (138), second
• Jeffrey Harper (145), third
• Austin Heater (152), second
• Colin Wilson (160), second
• Noah Brown (170), second
• Ben Kahl (182), fourth
• Rockne Hurley (195), first
• Adam Berta (220), first
• Hezzy DeVault (285), third

All-State candidate Noah Applegate, a 6-foot-6 Junior, scored 20 points, include two breath-taking breakaway jams, to lead the Penn Kingsmen to a 66-37 victory against Concord in high school boys basketball action on Friday night, Dec. 8.
 
Penn's defense ignited a torrid transition game, as the Kingsmen outscored Concord 28-3 in points off of turnovers. Penn forced 22 turnovers and only gave up the ball 11 times.
 
Drew Lutz, Noah Krathwohl and Kegan Hoskins scored eight points each for Penn.
 
Penn improved to 2-0 with the victory.

Penn High School’s Boys Basketball Team opened its season with a 70-60 victory against South Bend Clay on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Penn High's Wrestling Team defeated South Bend Riley, 49-27, in a Northern Indiana Conference dual meet on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Penn winners included:

• Evan Light (113), pin in 3:44.
• Jai Pant (126), pin in 5:00.
• Logan Hill (132), 11-2.
• Preston Risner (138), pin in 3:42.
• Jeffrey Harper (145), pin in 2:45.
• Colin Wilson (160), pin in 2:32.
• Rockne Hurley (195), pin in 1:32.
• Adam Berta (220), 14-6.
• Hezzy DeVault (285), pin in 1:20.