Come out and celebrate with your newest District Champs! There will be a fire truck ride through Middleburg tonight at 7:00 pm for the softball team and coaches. First ever District Championship for the Mustang softball team!
Today, the Midd-West softball team will play in the District IV finals at 4:30 pm at Elm Park in Williamsport. The Mustangs will face a familiar foe in Loyalsock. Come out and cheer on the Mustangs as they play for the first softball District title in school history. The link for tickets is below...
https://piaad4.net/tickets/
Track and Field results after day one of the state track and field championships, we saw some great stuff! Camryn Pyle finished 15th in a loaded field in the 100m hurdle trials. She came back in the 300 hurdle trials and won her heat to advance to tomorrow’s final! The boys 4x4, Connor Stoltzfus, Wyatt Nelson, Ben Hummel and Anden Aitkins, followed and broke the school record again to advance to tomorrow’s final!
Tomorrow the day will start for this group with the boys 4x800 relay then Camryn in the 300 final followed by Wyatt, Anden and Ben in the 800 final. Finish the day with the 4x4!
If you get PCN on your tv, cheer them on from your house!
Midd-West softball team will play North-Penn Liberty in the District IV semi-finals today at Elm Park in Williamsport at 5:00 pm. Here is the link to purchase tickets. Good Luck ladies!
https://piaad4.net/tickets/
Last evening, after a storm delay, the Mustang bats came out as hot as the weather, and defeated Lourdes Regional 12-2 in the first round of the District IV AAA softball play-offs. The tandem of Miley Beachel and Kylie Mitch held Lourdes to 4 hits. Leading the offense for the Mustangs were Cali Sauer with 4 RBI's ( 3-run home run) and Storm Wilt with multiple hits and 2 RBI's. The team will travel to Elm Park in Williamsport on Friday, May 24th to battle the top-seed North-Penn Liberty Mounties at 5:00 pm. The link to purchase tickets will be provided once available.
The Mustang track and field athletes have worked hard this season, and the benefits are starting to show. This past weekend at the District IV championships, the Mustangs brought home 11 medals and broke some pretty lofty records. In the field events, Ryland Portzline finished 8th in the shot put and Graham Yount finished 7th in the javelin. On the track, Olivia Stroup finished 7th in the 1600M and Connor Stoltzfus finished 6th in the 400M. In the men's 800M, three Mustangs crossed the finish line in the top 4, with Ben Hummel in 4th, Anden Aitkins in 2nd and Wyatt Nelson taking 1st place. Camryn Pyle took 2nd in the 100H and 1st in the 300H, breaking the District IV record with a time of 44.50. In the men's relays, the quartet of Anden Aitkins, Ben Hummel, Connor Stoltzfus and Wyatt Nelson took 2nd in the 1600 relay and first in the 3200 relay, breaking a District IV record in a time of 7:49.17
Congratulations to all of our track and field athletes and good luck to the following who will compete at the PIAA State Championships this weekend at Shippensburg University:
Camryn Pyle - 100H and 300H (defending State Champ)
Wyatt Nelson - 800M
Anden Aitkins - 800M
Ben Hummel - 800M
Nelson, Aitkins, Hummel and Connor Stoltzfus in the 1600 and 3200 relay
The first round of the District IV AAA Softball play-offs will be played on Wednesday, May 22nd at 4:00 pm. The Mustangs will host Lourdes Regional. The Mustangs earned the 4th seed with a regular season record of 12-6. Good luck ladies!
Update: game time has been moved to a 4:00 pm start.
Congratulations to senior softball player, Mckennin Voss, who signed her letter of intent to play softball at Mount Aloysius College. Mckennin will major in Business for the Mounties and be a great asset to their line-up. Congratulations Mckennin and best of luck! Celebrating with Mckennin are: Standing (LtoR): Bree Solomon (AD), Griffin Voss (brother) and Ed Gunkle (Principal); Seated (LtoR): Pete Voss (Dad and Coach), Mckennin and Christa Voss (Mom)
Athletic Updates for today:
Today's JV baseball game with Mifflin Co. is cancelled.
Varsity baseball will travel to Central Mountain
Today's JH field hockey game at Shikellamy is a 5:30 pm start on the high school turf field. Bus time is 4:00 pm.
See attached for information on girls volleyball camp and open gym for the summer.
Varsity Baseball schedule update:
Yesterday's suspended game with Jersey Shore will be completed today at Williamsport at 5:00 pm
Today's game at Central Mountain is postponed to Thursday, May 16th
This is a reminder, the MWSD will be offering physicals for all fall, winter and spring athletes on May 28 and 29 in the afternoon. Fall athletes have received paperwork at sign-ups. If you are a winter and/or spring athlete, please see Mrs Solomon for paperwork or email bsolomon@mwsd.cc or see attached forms.
The sign up sheet for a physical time is located in the high school nurse's office or the middle school main office. You must sign up for a time and have the proper paperwork completed before we can complete the physical.
Several Midd-West athletes will be competing in the District IV Championships this Thursday and Saturday at Williamsport High School. The schedule can be found below:
https://circlewstudios.com/cws-files/sites/piaad4/track/2024/schedule-v2.pdf
Tickets can only be purchased online:
https://piaad4.net/tickets/
Any Midd-West students who are interested in participating in athletics for the 2024-25 school year, can contact Mrs. Solomon through email at bsolomon@mwsd.cc for the correct paperwork (sign ups for fall sports were completed today in school and your children will have forms if they signed up). We will be offering physicals on May 28th and 29th at the high school during the school day. Anyone playing a fall, winter or spring sport can attend and get their physical for the year. If you already have a healthy roster account, you only need the memo below which explains the next steps. If you do not have a healthy roster account, please email Mrs. Solomon for the correct forms. If you want to get a physical at the high school on May 28th, all 8-11th grade students will need to sign up at the nurse's office for a time slot. All 7-8th graders will be brought to the high school on May 29th from 1-3:00 pm. These will be the only dates that physicals will be offered at the school district this year. You can still get a physical at your own doctor, it needs to be on the PIAA CIPPE section 6 form (attached).
We will only accept forms through healthy roster, you can complete those digitally or upload a picture of your completed forms. PIAA requires all sections 1-6 completed before a student can practice.
Today's varsity softball game with Greenwood will be played at home @ 4:30 pm.
It was an exciting week for senior, Noah Romig. This past Wednesday, Noah was honored as one of the PHAC scholarship winners. The scholarship is given to 4 athletes in the entire PHAC conference based on their athletic contributions and an essay. Congratulations to Noah for being selected for this prestigious award.
Noah also signed his letter of commitment to attend Misericordia University and play men's soccer. He will be a great asset to the Cougars and will major in Physical Therapy. Congratulations Noah on a great MW career and good luck!
Celebrating with Noah (standing L to R): Mr. Stroup (Superintendent), Morgan Henderson (ATC), Chris Sauer (Coach), Mark Ferster (Head Coach), Bree Solomon (AD), Dane Aucker (Director of Curriculum) and Ed Gunkle (Principal)
Seated (L to R): Gabe Romig (brother), Mandi Romig (Mom), Noah and Chris Romig (Dad)
Youth Football and Cheer Camp information - the date has moved into June so please be aware!!
Today's softball game at Bloomsburg is postponed, TBD
Athletes who have earned a varsity letter and are interested in purchasing a varsity jacket, can see Mrs. Solomon in Room 309 for an order form or access the order form under the athletics section>>documents. Deadline to order is May 17th.
During last night's softball game, Junior Miley Beachel, surpassed 200 strikeouts in her career. The sky is the limit and we are Mustang Proud of you, Miley! Keep up the great work!
