Another chapter in Pennsylvania high school history is almost complete for student-athletes who participated in high school sports during the 2022 fall season.
Sports do not go on unless there is a reverence for them.
With June 23 marking the 50 anniversary of Title IX, Female Athlete News is publishing the PIAA field hockey champions of the past 47 years dating back to 1974. Title IX was passed into law on June 23, 1972. The federal law made history for enforcing equity in education and in sports. This year marked 50 years of its impact on female athletes.
As field hockey continues to grow in some areas, and shrink in others, it’s important to note that its popularity is directly linked to several things. Among them are availability to coaches, facilities, and reliable education, meaning how the game is played, specifically rules interpretation and vocabulary.
It is well-known that Constance Applebee brought the sport from the United Kingdom to America. In 1901, she toured the Northeast, taking invitations from athletic directors at universities and colleges, where she both introduced the game and coached students on how to play. She visited Harvard, Smith, and Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts, and Vassar in New York, to name a few.
Applebee also was the founder of Sportswoman magazine, which focused on field hockey, and at one point in history, she was Bryn Mawr College’s athletic director, a role she held for 24 years.
Female Athlete News wants to congratulate all field hockey players for their contributions made to the sport, as well as coaches, umpires, technical help, administrators, and supporters.
Here are the state championship winners of the past 47 years in Pennsylvania:
1974
- AAA – Elizabethtown
1975
- AAA – Haverford
1976
- AAA – Manheim Central
1977
- AAA – Cedar Crest
1978
- AAA – Delaware Valley
1979
- AAA – Great Valley
1980
- AAA – Stroudsburg
1981
- AA – Reading Holy Name
- AAA – Central Bucks West
1982
- AA – Littlestown
- AAA – Haverford Twp.
1983
- AA – Springfield
- AAA – Neshaminy
1984
- AA – Moravian Academy
- AAA – Unionville
1985
- AA – Lackawanna Trail
- AAA – West Chester East
1986
- AA – Perkiomen Valley
- AAA – Central Bucks East
1987
- AA – Perkiomen Valley
- AAA – Warwick
1988
- AA – Crestwood
- AAA – Downingtown
1989
- AA – Upper Moreland
- AAA – Methacton
1990
- AA – Northwestern Lehigh
- AAA – Neshaminy
1991
- AA – Upper Moreland
- AAA – Emmaus
1992
- AA – Upper Moreland
- AAA – Emmaus
1993
- AA – Villa Maria
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
1994
- AA – Villa Maria
- AAA – Council Rock, Emmaus, co-champions
1995
- AA – Middleburg
- AAA – Methacton
1996
- AA – Lake Lehman
- AAA – Emmaus
1997
- AA – Oley Valley
- AAA – Emmaus
1998
- AA – Southern Lehigh
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
1999
- AA – Crestwood
- AAA – Warwick
2000
- AA – Oley Valley
- AAA – Warwick
2001
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Emmaus
2002
- AA – Lake Lehman
- AAA – Central Bucks East
2003
- AA – Crestwood
- AAA – Wyoming Valley West
2004
- AA – Crestwood
- AAA – Emmaus
2005
- AA – Palmyra
- AAA – Emmaus
2006
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
2007
- AA – Mifflinburg
- AAA – Emmaus
2008
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Penn Manor
2009
- AA – Lehighton
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
2010
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Emmaus
2011
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Hempfield
2012
- AA – Crestwood
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
2013
- AA – Wyoming Seminary
- AAA – Lower Dauphin
2014
- AA – Villa Maria
- AAA – Palmyra, Penn Manor, co-champions
2015
- AA – Twin Valley
- AAA – Emmaus
2016
- A – Moravian Academy
- AA – Donegal
- AAA – Emmaus
2017
- A – Greenwood
- AA – Villa Maria
- AAA – Penn Manor
2018
- A – Wyoming Seminary
- AA – Donegal
- AAA – Hershey
2019
- A – Wyoming Seminary
- AA – Wyoming Valley West
- AAA – Wilson
2020
- A – Wyoming Seminary
- AA – Palmyra
- AAA – Emmaus
2021
- A – Wyoming Seminary
- AA – Twin Valley
- AAA – Emmaus
