District 11 (often referenced with the Roman Numerals District XI) of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is an interscholastic athletic association in eastern Pennsylvania.
District XI is one of the PIAA's 12 districts and comprises high schools mostly within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties.
The district is broadly considered one of the most competitive high school athletic divisions in the nation with many of its athletes going on to compete in the Olympics and professional sports, including the MLB, NBA, and NFL. District 11 owns many state records for various athletic championships and milestones.
Member schools are categorized by enrollment into classifications, differing in each of the various sports, including: A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, and AAAAAA.
Member schools District 11 is made up of 53 public schools and private schools located in Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, and parts of Bucks and Pike counties. The district's largest schools compete in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference with the remaining schools competing in the Colonial League and Schuylkill League.
Listing of schools by league Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Allen Allentown Central Catholic Bethlehem Catholic Dieruff Easton East Stroudsburg North East Stroudsburg South Emmaus Freedom Liberty Nazareth Northampton Parkland Pleasant Valley Pocono Mountain East Pocono Mountain West Stroudsburg Whitehall
Colonial League Bangor Catasauqua Jim Thorpe Lehighton Moravian Academy Northern Lehigh Northwestern Lehigh Notre Dame Palisades Palmerton Pen Argyl Salisbury Saucon Valley Southern Lehigh Wilson
Schuylkill League Blue Mountain Mahanoy Marian Catholic Minersville Nativity BVM North Schuylkill Panther Valley Pine Grove Pottsville Schuylkill Haven Shenandoah Valley Tamaqua Tri-Valley Weatherly Williams Valley
Atlantic Coast Christian Athletic Conference Bethlehem Christian Lehigh Christian Academy Salem Christian School
No League Building 21 High School Executive Education Charter School Gillingham Charter School Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Notre Dame
Although it is named the Schuylkill League, teams from Carbon, Columbia, and Dauphin counties are included. The Schuylkill League also includes Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School in Northumberland County, which competes in PIAA District 4.
Although parts of Hazleton Area School District are in Schuylkill and Carbon counties, they participate with Luzerne County in District 2.
Sports District 11 hosts 14 different sports over the three athletic seasons:
Fall: football, soccer, field hockey, tennis (girls), volleyball (girls), golf, and cross country Winter: swimming and diving, wrestling, basketball, and competitive spirit Spring: tennis (boys), softball, baseball, volleyball (boys), track and field, and lacrosse
See also Colonial League Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
References
External links Official website PIAA District 11 sports news at The Morning Call