• Athletic Director Jeff Hart
• Assistant Athletic Director Bridget Williams
• Assistant Athletic Director Marie Doan
• Athletic Department Secretary Jennifer Dunderman
• Athletic Department Ticket Manager Heather Nania

Department telephone numbers: (574) 258-9574; Fax: (574) 254-2843

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Penn High School Athletics teams continued to stand tall on the Indiana High School Athletic Association landscape, as the Kingsmen combined for an 82.7 percent winning percentage (554-106-10) in 19 sports during the 2017-18 school year.

A total of 1,100 students competed in the Penn Athletics program.

In addition to winning in the arena of competition, Kingsmen student-athletes also excelled in the classroom, combining for a cumulative Grade-Point Average of 3.54 (on a scale of 4.0).

Girls Soccer, coached by Jeff Hart, highlighted an exceptional 2017-18 showing by Kingsmen teams with a second straight state championship and a national championship title.

Football, coached by Cory Yeoman, competed in the State Championship Game for the 12th time in program history, and finished as state runner-up.

Two Penn student-athletes earned IHSAA’s top honors during the 2017-18 school year.  Kristina Lynch earned the prestigious IHSAA Mental Attitude Award for Girls Soccer, and Erin Ludwig, also Girls Soccer, was one of 13 student-athletes state wide named as a CATO Scholarship award winner for excellence in academics, sportsmanship, community involvement and citizenship.

Penn also dominated in the Northern Indiana Conference (NIC), accomplishing a combined 92.6 winning percentage (274-22).

Additional highlights for the 2017-18 school year include:

• Penn teams earned 16 sectional championships in 19 IHSAA Championship Tournaments.
• The Kingsmen hoisted a Regional Championship trophy in 9 sports.
• Penn won 2 Semi-State Championships.
• Penn teams combined to win 15 of 19 NIC Championships.
• Penn was the only school in the state to win a Sectional Championship in every Fall sport.
• Penn was the only school in the state to win a Sectional Championship in every Spring sport.

Signing up

Students must fill out the sign-up form at the bottom of this webpage with name, grade and email address.

Parents will need to go to http://registermyathlete.com/schools/  Please refer to the Register My Athlete hand out on how to do this or click here for instructional assistance. If you have played any sport or Powder Puff before, you have an account. If you are a freshman or never played a sport before, you will need to create an account. When signing up online the sport you will choose is “Powder Puff.”

There is not physical needed but all consent forms must be signed and you must pay the $40 insurance fee. This fee is good for the entire school year.

Deadline

You must have the forms/payments completed by Tuesday, Sept. 4, the date of the first practice, or you cannot play.

Eligibility

We only have seven practice dates, therefore, due to safety purposes, you must attend six practices to be able to play in the game. Student who have not attended at least six practices will not be allowed to play in the game.

Parent Information Night

6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. The purpose of the meeting to answer questions and distribute the Register My athlete Papers. This is not mandatory it is optional.

Important dates

CONTACT: aeutsey@phm.k12.in.us, or call 574.258.9527 if you have any questions.

Sign-up form:

Outcome: Discovering my roots and where my family comes from taught me so much about myself. My motivation, my inspiration, and my drive for the rest of my life will not be for me, but for my family and the condition they are in. Seeing how hard working and caring my family was towards taking care of me, I knew I needed to find a way to take care of them in the future. I think I’ve found a way… and thanks to them, I’ve found a purpose. My name is Paula Iloa O Vavau Lahi Moala and this is my journey. I’m proud to be a Tongan.

Mate Ma’a Tonga.

Landmarks:

Cook’s Bay: On our last day of the Journey, we tried to see every landmark we could. The first we stopped by was the bay where Captain James Cook’s ship, which founded the island, landed. With open arms the Kingdom welcomed the stranger and was Tonga was dubbed “The friendly islands”. Looking out onto the bay, you could just travel back in time and feel what it must have been like when the first Christian landed. The spot is captivating and there is a monument of when the Queen of England (at the time) first met and shook hands with the founder.

Ha’amonga a Maui: This landmark is the one photographed, the massive stone stacked on top of the other two massive stones. Dating back to before Christ times this landmark was the most unique. The odd thing about this monument was that the rock was 5.2×5.8 x1.4m with each stone weighing approximately 30 to 40 tons. The island is not advanced in technology, so there is no explanation as to how the stone was stacked…only legend. My father told me that the legend says people of demigod like stature used to live on the island, and together they lifted the rocks and created the monument. It is said that if you were to walk underneath the Ha’amonga, you could travel back into time and see what royalty was like at the time it was created.

The Two Paths: The two paths were directly behind the Ha’amonga a Maui. The paths were well taken care of, they were mowed and fertilized very sharply. One path led to the Tropic of Capricorn and the other led to the Tropic of Cancer. Here you could see the sunrise on one path and the sunset on the other. There were tons more and each told a story of history, which was really intriguing.

Sabbath Day: Sundays are very special days. The are different from all the other days in the week, and definitely treated differently. Everything from clothing to food and water is not available for purchase. All shops are closed from one end of the island to the other. The day was dedicated to worshipping God, as it should be. I woke up Sunday morning to the ring of a huge bell and a people in a nearby church singing. You could feel the reverence of the island as everything was peaceful and quiet. The churches are filled with windows open due to the lack of AC, so you could hear the voice of each congregation as you passed by their churches.

Poverty: While walking to church one Sunday, you pass by all kinds of houses. My cousin, Tevita, summed it up best when he said, “You can tell who has family in America and who doesn’t.” Not every house looked stable. In fact most were run down from the many cyclones and hurricanes that hit. There were families who would stay in abandoned buildings. Vehicles were not as scarce as I thought, but you knew if you had a vehicle you were blessed. Air conditioning was rare as well with only the government buildings having it.

Family: My family was wild and not much can be said to describe them other than that. The young ones were always running and bouncing off the walls. Spanking was allowed, so they weren’t bouncing for too long. But they always found ways to make your day more enjoyable — from the one-year old to the 12-year old — and that was a feeling I will never forget. Right from the jump, the way we acted and spoke and the connection we had, you could tell we were related. Just being in their presence you could feel the care and love, from the elders giving up food to let the young ones eat, to the young ones helping take care of the house. And it wasn’t only in the house where you had this feeling, it was everywhere you went, there was always a “family” atmosphere.

Expectations: Going into the trip, I knew that Tonga was a Third-World country, so I just imagined everything you see on television with non-developed countries. I’ve heard stories about things from the creatures that come out at night to how the rainwater is used for many things (laundry, drinking, etc.). Family-wise, I’ve never met the three sisters that we were going to meet on this trip as well as their little families and my ‘nena.’ I’ve talked to a few of them on the phone and Face-timed them, but I always thought I’d get everyone mixed up and forget everyone’s names. Another thing I knew was going to be expected was that everything I brought with me, would be left with them to keep from deodorant to clothes. As for structures of buildings and land, I knew it’d be a beautiful island, but I thought the buildings would be made of wood, undeveloped, and unstable to live in. To my surprise, some of these things were as expected however, a lot of it was not.

The Penn High School Competition Poms Team owns six state championships. Head Coach Cindi  Minegar has guided the Penn Competition Poms to a Top 5 finish in the state in each of her 24 seasons. In 22 of those seasons, the Penn Competitions Poms Team has placed in the Top 3.