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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Collegiate Athletes, WPIAL Champions, PIAA Champions and More

Bethel Park has enjoyed a tremendous amount of athletic success over the years.

At Bethel Park, we believe a dynamic athletic program is essential for student-athletes' educational development. Designed to enhance students' interests and talents, our program teaches life lessons in sportsmanship, teamwork, and competitive drive. Athletes learn to win with humility and lose with grace.

Goals of the Athletic Program:

Foster work ethic and perseverance in young athletes.
Develop positive citizenship traits.

Founded more than a century ago, our athletic program has grown significantly and is now integral to Bethel Park's tradition. While we compete to win, our primary focus is on high academic standards and meeting PIAA eligibility requirements.

We celebrate student-athletes' success but reject "winning at any cost" and pressures that compromise sportsmanship and mental health. Our program, seen as a scholastic activity, emphasizes character-building traits such as self-sacrifice, honesty, loyalty, hard work, dedication, reliability, and responsibility.

Bethel Park firmly believes that these attributes, learned through athletic participation, prepare students for lifelong success, as evidenced by the achievements of our alumni.

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Middle School Boys Basketball Try-outs

The first official day of middle school boys basketball (7th & 8th Grade) will be Monday, October 21, 2024. All students must submit the following completed paperwork in order to be eligible to participate:

Bethel Park Athletic Department Sports Information Sheet
PIAA physical packet (be sure you are using the current version of the physical dated March 24, 2024)
If a student played a fall sport for Bethel Park, they only need to turn in the Section 7: Recertification form
The AHN Release of Protected Health Information & Consent to Treatment forms

This paperwork can be found on the Bethel Park athletic website and should be submitted directly to the High School Athletic Office or to the coach on the first day of practice.

Try-outs will be held in the IMS gym with the following schedule:

Monday, October 21st: 2:45-4:30pm (7th Grade only)
Tuesday, October 22nd: OFF
Wednesday, October 23rd: 2:45-4:30pm (7th Grade) / 4:30-6pm (8th Grade)
Thursday, October 24th: 2:45-4:30pm (7th Grade) / 4:30-6pm (8th Grade)
Friday, October 25th: 4:30-6pm (8th Grade only)

See the flyer below for complete details.

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