Moon Area High School
| Moon Area High School | |
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904 Beaver Grade Road, Moon Township, Pennsylvania 40°30′47″N 80°13′04″W / 40.512941°N 80.217790°W | |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | Moon Area School District |
| Principal | Mr. Michael Hauser |
| Enrollment | 1,195 |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Information | (412) 262-9040 |
| Website | Moon Area High School Web site |
Moon Area High School is a public high school located in the Moon Area School District. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12 from Crescent and Moon townships. It is located at 904 Beaver Grade Road in Moon. The high school sits on the same campus as Moon Area Middle School, Moon Stadium and the former Carnot Elementary School.
The Moon Area High School mascot is the Tiger, and the school's colors are red and white.
Portions of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh were filmed in the Moon Area High School gymnasium.[citation needed]
Student enrollment
As of the 2006-2007 academic year, the high school enrolls 1,195 students.[1]
Athletics
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In athletics, Moon Area High School is distinguished by many highly successful programs including football, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, track and field, boys' swimming, girls' swimming, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, baseball, golf and wrestling.
Moon Area athletics compete in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), District VII of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).
Football
The Moon Area football team competes in the WPIAL Class AAA Parkway Conference, which is made up of geographical foes Hopewell, West Allegheny, Montour, Ambridge, Blackhawk and New Castle.
In 1998, Moon won the WPIAL Class AAA Championship at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Moon defeated Blackhawk 34-7 to claim the title. The Tigers then went on to the PIAA State Championships in Hershey, Pa., only to fall 10-0 to Allentown Central Catholic High School.
Moon has advanced to the post-season 12 of the last 13 years.
Boys' Soccer
The Moon Area boys' soccer team has had much success in the WPIAL over the years.
Girls' Soccer
In 2004, the Moon Area girls' soccer team won the WPIAL Championship defeating Norwin 3-1. The team fell 2-0 to Downingtown West in the PIAA State Championship, but made school history being the first girls' soccer team to win a distict championship and compete in the state final. In 2006, they returned to the WPIAL Championship and earned the silver with a 2-0 loss to Pine-Richland. The girls then went on to Hershey to face Downingtown West a second time and, just like 2004, brought home a silver medal after another 2-0 loss.
Cross-Country
In 2006, the Moon Area boys' and girls' cross-country team won the section championships for the first time in 14 years.
Boys' Basketball
The Moon Area boys' basketball team made school history, winning three consecutive WPIAL championships - 2004, 2005, 2006. The team was crowned state champions in 2004.
Throughout history, Moon Area has had moderately successful boys' basketball teams.
In the 2006-2007 season, Moon enters the WPIAL Class AAAA.
Girls' Basketball
The Moon Area girls' basketball team, in recent years, has had much success in WPIAL and PIAA competition, with a 2003 and 2005 WPIAL championship. The Lady Tigers have also reached the final four of the PIAA state playoffs multiples times this decade.
Ice Hockey
Although Moon Area's hockey program has never been a stand out, multiple runs into the playoffs have been made, and currently hold a five season stretch (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007) of receiving a birth in the PIHL playoffs.
Baseball
The Moon Area High School baseball team competes in the WPIAL's Class AAA. Moon's section opponents include Hopewell, Chartiers Valley, West Allegheny, Ambridge, Keystone Oaks and Montour.
The team is one of the premier programs in Western Pennsylvania and across the state, reaching the WPIAL playoffs seven of the last nine years and entering the PIAA playoffs four of the last six years. Moon won back-to-back state titles in 2001 and 2002, defeating Central Dauphin, 2-0, and Bethlehem Liberty, 3-2, respectively.
Notable alumni
- Lou Christie, Class of 1961 - singer, songwriter [2]
- Chuck Aber, Class of 1963 - appeared on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as Neighbor Aber [3]
- Bob Davie - Class of 1972 - Former Notre Dame head football coach and current sports commentator [4]
- Rich Milot, Class of 1975 - Former Linebacker Penn State 1975-1979, and the Washington Redskins 1979-1987. Played in three Super Bowls, (XVII, XVIII, XXII). Winning two times in XVII and XXII [5]
- John Calipari, Class of 1978 - Head Coach for Men's Basketball at the University of Memphis. [6]
- Jodi Applegate, Class of 1982 - Emmy Award winning host for Fox's Good Day New York. She also worked at MSNBC (covering Princess Diana's funeral), NBC News as co-host of the short-lived Later Today and Fox25 in Boston. [7]
- Shannon Perrine, Class of 1990 - WTAE-TV personality [8]
- A.Q. Shipley, Center for Penn State Football [9]