Moon Area High School
Address
904 Beaver Grade Road Moon Township, PA, 15108, United States
Coordinates	40°30′47″N 80°13′04″W / 40.512941°N 80.217790°W / 40.512941; -80.217790
Information
Funding type	Public
School district	Moon Area School District
Principal	Michael Hauser (Senior Principal) Scott Seltzer (Co-principal)
Asst. Principal	Susan Kazmierczak
Enrollment	925
Color(s)	Red and White
Mascot	Tiger
Information	(412) 262-9040
Website	Moon Area High School

Moon Area High School is a public high school located in the Moon Area School District in Pennsylvania. 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.

Contents 1 Health concerns 2 Athletics 2.1 Football 2.2 Boys Soccer 2.3 Girls Soccer 2.4 Cross Country 2.5 Swimming & Diving 2.6 Boys Basketball 2.7 Girls Basketball 2.8 Ice Hockey 2.9 Baseball 2.10 Track and Field 2.11 Gymnastics 3 Marching Band 3.1 2007 Show 3.2 2008 Show 3.2.1 Symphonic Band 3.3 Pittsburgh Symphony Brass 4 Notable alumni 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Health concerns

At the beginning of the 2007 school year, exposed mold was discovered in a portion of the building.^[1] After a private company was called in to clean up the area, school officials declared that the building was safe.

[edit] Athletics

Moon Area High School student athletes are able to compete in 23 sports and cheerleading.^[2] In most instances, Moon sports compete in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), District VII of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

[edit] 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.^[3]

In 1998, Moon won the WPIAL Class AAA Championship at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Moon defeated Blackhawk 34-7 to claim the title.^[4] The Tigers then went on to the PIAA Class AAA Championships in Hershey, only to fall 10-0 to Allentown Central Catholic High School.^[5]

Moon has advanced to the post-season 12 times since 1994.

[edit] Boys Soccer

The Moon Area boys soccer team has had much success in the WPIAL over the years. In 2003 they beat Thomas Jefferson 2-1 to win the WPIAL AA Championship. The team was lead to victory by Adam Lippencott, Dan Ross, Eric Lani, Derek Jockman, Branden Stroup, Matt Smith, Seth Smith, Justin Phillip and Corey Donaldson. In the semi-final game before the championship Moon beat Mars 2-0. Adam Lippencott scored one of the goals from over 70 yards away thus setting the unofficial WPIAL longest goal record.^[6]

[edit] 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 district 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.^[7]

[edit] Cross Country

In 2006, the Moon Area boys won the section championship. The boys also won the Central Catholic Invitational in 2006 and 2007, and came in second in 2008. The boys also came in second place at the MAC Championships in 2008. The Moon Area Girls Cross Country team has won the section championship in 2006,2007,and 2008. The girls team came in first in the Central Catholic Invitational in 2008, and first in MAC invitational in 2007 and 2008. Also, the girls took second place in the Boardman Spartan Invitational, one of the biggest High School races on the east coast.

[edit] Swimming & Diving

Moon swimming has over 30 Midwestern Athletic Conference and WPIAL section championships. The Moon boys swimming team boasts a state championship from 1980 and runners-up in 2001. The boys also have won WPIAL Championships in 1996 and 1997 with runners-up titles in 1980, 1995, 1997 and 2002.

The girls team has had even more success, winning state titles in 1996 and 1997. The girls boast WPIAL titles in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. They were runners-up in 2003.^[8]

Since 1978, Moon Area has produced 87 WPIAL champions.^[9]

[edit] 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.^[10]

In the 2006-2007 season, Moon entered the WPIAL Class AAAA, but will go back down to WPIAL Class AAA in the 2008-2009 season.^[11]

[edit] 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 multiple times.^[12]

[edit] 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 six season stretch (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008) of receiving a berth in the PIHL playoffs. In 2007, they won the PIHL Class AA Section Championship, and their first playoff game in 30 years.^[13]

[edit] Baseball

The Moon Area High School baseball team competes in the WPIAL's Class AAA. Moon's current Section 3-AAA opponents include Hopewell, Chartiers Valley, West Allegheny, Keystone Oaks, McGuffey* and Montour. (* - McGuffey replaces South Park in 2009)

The team is one of the premier programs in Western Pennsylvania and across the state, reaching the WPIAL playoffs eight of the last ten years and entering the PIAA playoffs four of the last seven years. Moon won back-to-back state titles in 2001 and 2002, defeating Central Dauphin, 2-0, and Bethlehem Liberty, 3-2, respectively.^[14]

[edit] Track and Field

The Moon Area boys track and field team won the section championship for both the 2006 and 2007 season, and the girls team won section championship in 2008 and 2009.

[edit] Gymnastics

The gymnastics team has held strong when PIAA was cut back in 1995. Moon Area Gymnastics was taken over by head coach Amy Caprino in the 1980s. In 1994, Moon won the WPIAL and PIAA title making it their first ever. In 1995 PIAA dropped the gymnastics program (not WPIAL) making Moon Area the forever standing PIAA Gymnastics Champions. But shortly after a group of coaches formed the PA Classic committee creating a new state meet called PA Classic. Since then Moon Area has been WPIAL runners-up numerous times just being a few points shy of gold. In 2008 Moon Area was able to defeat North Allegheny, setting a new school record of 143.9. Although they have won many state titles in the silver division in the past (1998, 2001, 2003, 2004), they have recently won the gold division title. Moon Area shut out WPIAL rivals Baldwin High School in 2007, 2008 and 2009, winning the highest division at the state meet making them 3PEAT State Champs. In 2009 the tigers set another new school record of 144.3 defeating long time rivals Baldwin. Moon Areas sections includes Montour, Hopewell, Center, Fox Chapel, Pine Richland, Baldwin and North Allegheny. Moon has also produced several individual WPIAL and State Champions.

[edit] Marching Band

The school's marching band is a member of PIMBA (The Interscholastic Marching Band Association) in the Class AAAA division. In the 2007 PIMBA Championships held at Elizabeth Forward, the band took second place with a score of 85.13, fourth in the evening shows and eighth overall.

[edit] 2007 Show

• Incredibles part 1 (The Glory Days)
• Incredibles part 2 (Life's Incredible Again)
• Diego's Goodbye
• The Mask of Zorro

[edit] 2008 Show

In 2008, the band placed 2nd in their division and 5th overall out of 24 bands with a score of 88.93^[15], the highest in the band's history.

Queen

Bicycle Race

Killer Queen

Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon

Bohemian Rhapsody

[edit] Symphonic Band

The audition-based Symphonic Band has received "superior" ratings at PMEA Adjudications in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The ensemble performed at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Spring 2008.

[edit] Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

The music department hosted the world famous Pittsburgh Symphony Brass under the direction of trumpet player George Vosburgh in Spring 2009.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Chuck Aber, Class of 1963, appeared on Mister Roger's Neighborhood as Neighbor Aber.^[16]
• Jodi Applegate, Class of 1982, is an Emmy Award-winning host for Fox 5's "Good Day New York." She previously worked at NBC News as co-anchor of "Weekend Today" and "Later Today." She also worked at MSNBC covering Princess Diana's funeral and Fox25 in Boston.^[17]
• John Calipari, Class of 1978, is the head coach for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team.^[18]
• Lou Christie, Class of 1961, is a singer/songwriter with popular hits like "Lightning Strikes" and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine." ^[19]
• Bob Davie, Class of 1972, was a former head coach at Notre Dame and a current sports commentator.^[20]
• 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.^[21]
• Shannon Perrine, Class of 1990, currently serves as weekend anchor at Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV.^[22]
• Robin Rundquist, Class of 1995, appeared in a Discovery Channel series titled "A Haunting." She works as a professional storyteller traveling the East Coast.^[23]
• A. Q. Shipley, Class of 2004, Center for the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[24]
• Ed Walker, Class of 1982, is a professor of vocal music at the University of Miami, after having appeared in many shows around the world, including the lead role in "Phantom of the Opera" in Germany and Finland.^[23]
• Brandon Wilson, Class of 1971, is an explorer and author and photographer of Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith (2004, 2005) and Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa (2005).^[25]

[edit] External links

• Moon Area School District Website
• Moon Area High School Sports
• Moon Sports
• Moon Area Hockey Association
• Moon Area High School Marching Band

[edit] References

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22. ^ "Shannon Perrine". [1]. http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/wtaenewsteam/301819/detail.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
23. ^ ^{a b} Alumni News
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