Lackawanna Trail High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School
| image = Map of Wyoming County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
| imagesize = frameless
| established = 1956
| grades = 7 - 12
| district = Lackawanna Trail School District
| type = Public high school
| principal = Mark Murphy
| enrollment = 479 (2015-16){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4212990&ID=421299004528|title=Lackawanna Trail JSHS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 14, 2019}}
| faculty = 47
| ratio = 11.70
| nickname = Lions
| conference =
|colors = Red, White, Black
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| publication =
| address = Tunnel Hill Rd. R.D.1
| location = Factoryville, PA 18419
| information = 570-945-5181
| website = [http://www.ltsdhs.org School website]
}}
Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School is a secondary school located in Factoryville, Pennsylvania
Demographics
As of the 2010–11 school year, Lackawanna Trail High School had 550 students and 47 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis) with a student-teacher ratio of 11.70. There were 71 students in 7th grade, 86 in 8th grade, 100 in 9th grade, 92 in 10th grade, 98 in 11th grade and 103 in 12th grade.[http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=421299004528 2010-11 school year]
Athletics
In 1985, the field hockey team won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class AA State Championship, defeating East Pennsboro High School 3–0 in the tournament final game played at Shippensburg.[http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/results/Fall/Field%20Hockey%20-%20Past%20Championships.pdf PIAA CHAMPIONS- Field Hockey], Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 31, 2007.
The Lions football program won seven District 2 Class A titles and nine Lackawanna League championships over eleven years under coach Jeff Wasilchak, who left to become coach of the Lakeland High School program in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://archives.timesleader.com/2008_37/2008_04_23_Lions_rsquo__coach_heading_to_Lakeland_-abington.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-24 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190532/http://archives.timesleader.com/2008_37/2008_04_23_Lions_rsquo__coach_heading_to_Lakeland_-abington.html |url-status=dead }}
Coach Steve Jervis lead the Lackawanna Trail Lions football team to district II "A" royalty in 2016 and 2018. 2018 was a magical season as the Lions went 14-2 and finished second in the state of Pennsylvania in class A.
Notable alumni
- Jim Saxton (Hugh James Saxton), A Republican member of the United States House of Representatives.[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000097/ Washington Post – Members of Congress – Jim Saxton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516123759/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000097/ |date=2007-05-16 }}.
- Don Sherwood, A Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2007.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001146 Don Sherwood biography], United States Congress. Accessed May 31, 2007.
- Yogi Roth, coach, sports analyst and author. Played wide receiver for the University of Pittsburgh. Former video assistant and quarterbacks graduate assistant coach at the University of Southern California. Authored "From PA to LA" in 2010 and is currently a college football scout and commentator for ESPN.yogiroth.com
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024042353/http://www.ltsd.org/HSWEBPAGE/indexhs.htm Official site]
- [http://www.ltsd.org/ Lackawanna Trail School District]
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Category:Public high schools in Pennsylvania