PIAA District 11

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.

PIAA District 11

Legal status	Association
Purpose	High school athletic conference
Region served	Coal Region Lehigh Valley Pocono Mountains
Membership	53 schools
Official language	English
Chairman	Robert Hartman
Parent organization	Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Affiliations	Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Schuylkill League, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, Colonial League
Website	www.districtxi.com
Remarks	[phone]

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.^[1] 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

• 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
• William Allen

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

• Salem Christian School
• Bethlehem Christian
• Lehigh Christian Academy

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
• PIAA football records