The Red Lion golf team earned 4th place in Division 1 with a 13-17 record this season.
Three players placed within the top 15 averages for Div. 1:
Junior Brandon Stine was 2nd with a 78.3 avg.; Senior Mike Thomas was 9th with an 82.2 avg.; and Sophomore James Caskey placed 14th with an 84.2 avg.
All three players participated in the York County Divisions 1,2, & 3 Qualifier.
Brandon Stine advanced to the District 3 Tournament Finals with a two round total of 151 and placed 24th in District 3, but missed the Regional Qualifying Tournament by 1 stroke.
Congratulation to all our golfers and to coaches McCleary and Dimoff for their hard work this season.
The boys soccer team has finished a successful 2011 season.The JV team finished with a 9-5 record. The varsity team finished 7-5 in Division I and 8-7 overall.The team finished tied for 3rd in Div 1and missed the county playoffs on a tiebreaker.In District 3 AAA, the team finished 26 out of 46 in the power rankings, a mere 6 spots from making the District playoffs.The Lions played a tough schedule including 6 games against teams that finished in the top 20 in AAA power rankings.
Congratulations to coach Resh and the boys soccer team for a successful season.
Let's get caught up on our Lion Football team over the past 3 weeks.
On Sept. 30th the Lions traveled to New Oxford and dominated the Colonials football team winning 35-14 in a non-league contest. The win improved The Lion's record to 3 - 2 on the season.
For more information and all the stats of this game, go to the following link:
On October 14th, the crowd at the league contest between the Red Lion Lions and the host Spring Grove Rockets, observed Red Lion's football squad bounce Spring Grove by a tally of 49-7.
This is the Lions 5th straight win.
For more information and all the stats of this game, go to the following link:
The Lions put it on the line tonight (Oct. 21st) when they host South Western for a York-Adams Division I match of undefeated (in league play teams). This is Homecoming 2011 and the homecoming queen will be crowned in festivities just before the game starting at approximately 6:40pm with kickoff at 7:00pm. This could possibly be the first of 3 championship type games for the Lions as the winner of this game will certainly be in the drivers seat and control it's own destiny as they drive for a league title. The Lions will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 26-20 league win over Central York and the emotional turmoil of one of their teammates being murdered in a senseless act of violence just two weeks ago. Just like the Lions the Mustangs record now stands at 5-2.
Congratulations to Erick Althoff who last week broke the record for career punt return yards when he returned a punt 61 yards for a touchdown. He currently has 599, having passed Ed Kiser's mark set in 2005. The previous mark was Kiser's 516 yards.
Also, congratulations again to quarterback Tanner Klinefelter who set another Lions record by taking over the career passing attempts record previously held by Taylor Green at 418. Tanner now sits at 436 career passing attempts and counting.
Last night (Oct. 20th), Coach Carol Gillmen got to put championship medals around the necks of her players. Our varsity Field Hockey team won their second straight York County Tournament Championship. In last years first ever county title game the Lions beat Dallastown in overtime. the Lions brought home the title this year with a 3 - 0 victory over Biglerville.
Leading the way for the Lions was Taylor Garifo and Erica Maciejewski each with a goal and an assist. Morgan Kuehne scored a goal and Megan Easton had an assist also.
For more on this championship game follow this link:
The girls Volleyball team ended their difficult season with a 25-18, 25-14, 25-14 loss to Southwestern. The girls finished the season 1 - 11 in the division and 1 - 12 overall.
We know that the girls and coach Musselman will work very hard in the off season to get Red Lion Volleyball back to its winning ways.
Good Luck to all our seniors as you pursue all your future endeavors.
The Cross Country teams both won Division I Championships this year. Congrats to all our cross country runners and great job Coach Stetter!
The Cross Country team then traveled to John Rudy park on Oct. 17th for the YAIAA championships.
The boys were led by Matt Croft who took 4th place and ran a time of 17:04.Caleb Gatchell was 9th with a time of 17:19. Nick McCabe was 13th with a time of 17:34.Nice work guys!
In the Girls race Brooke Amandola took 4th place in the county and ran a time of 20 minutes.Julia Kendrick ran a 20:22 which was good for 7th place.Naomi Scharf ran a personal best time of 20:43 and received a 12th place medal.Great Race Girls!
The teams head to Hershey next Wednesday (Oct. 26th) for the District Three championship. Wish them luck!
Have you ever searched online for ideas for your lesson plans?Have you ever wondered how someone else teaches the same concepts you teach?Have you ever wanted to run your ideas by someone else to get their thoughts or opinions?Do you appreciate the time you are given to collaborate with your peers?These are all great reasons to develop your own Professional/Personal Learning Network (PLN).A PLN is a group of people who are connected who share a similar interest.This group collaborates with each other with the hopes of achieving professional goals.
As a staff, the teachers at Red Lion Area Senior High School comprise their own Professional Learning Network.If a teacher wants to develop a larger PLN, here are a few steps they can take:
2.Read some blogs (both of the above web sites have links to educational blogs)
3.Join Twitter
I started developing my own PLN this summer.Some of the positive experiences that I have had with my PLN include:
-Sharing and receiving great resources to use at school
-Helping teachers get resources/lesson ideas
-Connecting with administrators and teachers all over the world
-A constant source of Professional Development
I honestly believe that creating your own PLN would benefit you as an educator.What about your students—think of the power of helping your students create their own PLN’s!They could connect with other students and collaborate on school projects, assignments and even study for tests together.They can connect with other students outside of the normal high school setting to share thoughts about what was covered in your class—this could challenge their thinking as well as reinforce what you are teaching.The possibilities are truly endless.
Hopefully, if you start your own PLN or you help your students create PLN’s, you will have some of the same positive experiences that I have had since this summer.As always, if you need some help or encouragement developing your PLN, please let me know.
