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FROM HER STORY TO HISTORY

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE and thorough. It had to be integrated with “We’re all incredibly excited and grateful
the same importance as all sports.” to everyone for making this happen,” Ms.
that came weeks after the organization’s Zumas said. “It’s really an emotional mo-
launch and the schools’ numerous ques- For its trouble, PIAA endured withering ment. When I saw that official time
tions. criticism from back benchers who wanted schedule with the girls rounds at Giant
PIAA to bypass its own By-Laws and simp-
“I was actually surprised with how quickly ly declare a championship as other state Center, it made it very real.’’
it happened, given the circumstances,” organizations had done.
said PIAA Chief Operating Officer Mark Rod Frisco, who retired from the District 3
Byers. “Once it got some momentum, That’s where Ms. Zumas’ organization committee in 2022, spent 25 years of his
there was a domino effect.” played its critical role. Her group con- award-winning writing career for the Patriot
stantly provided Zoom meetings and sem- News primarily covering football and wrestling.
“We have an Emerging Sports policy that inars designed to provide answers to curi- A long-time contributor to the wrestling
requires 25 sponsoring schools to qualify ous athletic directors and administrators. community, he has been inducted into both the
for consideration and 100 to sponsor a District 3 and Pennsylvania Chapter of the
championship,” said PIAA Executive Direc- And it paid off: On March 7-9, the girls National Wrestling Halls of Fame. We are
tor Dr. Robert Lombardi. “We wanted to will take their place alongside the boys in grateful for his interest in helping us celebrate
have a systematic process that was solid the PIAA Wrestling Championship at Giant this dawning of a new era in Pennsylvania
Center in Hershey. scholastic sports.

PIAA GIRLS WRESTLING SCHOOLS 2023-24

District 1 (25) District 3 (47) Warwick District 7 (33) District 9 (4)
Bensalem Annville-Cleona West Perry Baldwin Clearfield
Boyertown Berks Catholic School Wilson Beaver Curwensville
Central Bucks West Big Spring Wyomissing Bethel Park Punxsutawney
Cheltenham Bishop McDevitt York Suburban Burgettstown Redbank Valley
Coatesville Boiling Springs Burrell
Council Rock South Brandywine Heights District 4 (16) Butler District 10 (9)
Downingtown West Camp Hill Athens Canon McMillan Erie
Harry S Truman Carlisle Benton Connellsville Fort LeBoeuf
Hatboro Horsham Cedar Crest Central Columbia Fort Cherry General McLane
Kennett Central Dauphin Danville Fox Chapel Hickory
Lower Moreland Columbia Hughesville Greater Latrobe Reynolds
Neshaminy Cumberland Valley Line Mountain Sr Hempfield Saegertown
North Penn Dallastown Midd-West Jefferson Morgan Seneca
Owen J Roberts Donegal Milton Kiski Sharpsville
Pennridge Eastern Lebanon County Montgomery Laurel Warren
Pennsbury Elizabethtown Muncy Montour
Perkiomen Valley Exeter Township Northeast Bradford Moon District 11 (17)
Plymouth Whitemarsh Gettysburg Sayre Mount Lebanon Bethlehem Catholic
Pottstown Governor Mifflin Selinsgrove New Castle Easton
Quakertown Community Hamburg Shikellamy North Allegheny Executive Education Charter
Souderton Hempfield Sugar Valley Rural Charter Norwin Freedom
Sun Valley J P McCaskey Williamsport Penn Hills Lehighton
Upper Dublin Kennard Dale Peters Township Liberty
Upper Perkiomen Lampeter Strasburg District 5 (4) Pine-Richland Marian Catholic
William Tennent Lancaster Catholic Bedford Plum Nazareth
Lebanon Chestnut Ridge Ringgold Northampton
District 2 (12) Manheim Township Meyersdale Seneca Valley Palisades
Berwick Mechanicsburg Northern Bedford Southmoreland Palmerton
Crestwood Newport Trinity Panther Valley
Delaware Valley Northern Lebanon District 6 (9) Upper Saint Clair Parkland
Greater Nanticoke Northern York Bald Eagle West Allegheny Pine Grove
Hanover Octorara Bishop McCort Catholic West Greene Pocono Mountain East
Hazleton Palmyra Central Cambria Woodland Hills Pocono Mountain West
Honesdale Penn Manor Central Tamaqua
Lake Lehman Reading Central Mountain District 8 (8)
Mid Valley Secondary Red Land Claysburg Kimmel Brashear District 12 (3)
Center Red Lion Juniata Carrick Archbishop Ryan
Wallenpaupack Schuylkill Valley Philipsburg Osceola Obama Academy Conwell-Egan
Western Wayne Shippensburg State College Perry Traditional Mariana Bracetti
Wilkes-Barre South Western Pittsburgh Sci & Tech
Spring Grove Taylor Allderdice
Upper Dauphin University Prep
Westinghouse
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