Wyoming Valley West High School
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|name = Wyoming Valley West Senior High School
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|streetaddress = 150 Wadham Street
|city = Plymouth
|state = PA
|county = Luzerne County
|zipcode = 18651
|country = USA
|coordinates = 41°14′29″N 75°56′56″W / 41.241342°N 75.948875°W[1]
|district = Wyoming Valley West School District
|principal = David Novrocki
|teaching_staff = 89 11 (on an FTE basis)[2]
|ratio = 13.70[2]
|grades = 9-12[2]
|conference = Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District 2
|rival =
|nickname = Spartans
|colors = Burgundy and gold
|newspaper = The West Side Story
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Sports
The school's mascot is a warrior from the ancient Greek province of Sparta.[3]
Wyoming Valley West is in PIAA District 2.[4]
"The Wyoming Valley West field hockey team defeated Palmyra 2-1 in the PIAA Class "AA" Championship[5]."
"This is the first Class 2A state championship for Wyoming Valley West. The Spartans won the Class 3A championship in 2003[6]."
AAA sports
- Boys'/girls' cross country
- Boys'/girls' soccer
- Boys'/girls' swimming and diving
- Boys'/girls' tennis
- Boys'/girls' track and field
- Boys'/girls' volleyball
- Boys' wrestling
- Girls' field hockey
AAAA sports
- Boys' baseball
- Girls' softball
- Boys'/girls' basketball
- Boys' football
- Boys' golf
- Boys'/girls' indoor track and field
- Boys'/girls' water polo
Notable alumni
- Karen Aqua - filmmaker and animator
- Jimy Hettes - professional MMA fighter, Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Kait Kerrigan - playwright, lyricist, book writer
- Warren Lahr - drafted by Pittsburgh Steelers, played 11 seasons with Cleveland Browns
References
- ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "the570.com". Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "piaa.org". Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Wyoming Valley West Claims State Field Hockey Title". WNEP.com. 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ Sutelan, Edward (2019-11-16). "Wyoming Valley West scores late goal to upset Palmyra in field hockey state championship". pennlive. Retrieved 2019-11-28.