West Branch Area School District

Infobox School
name= West Branch Area School District
type=public
location=Morrisdale, Pennsylvania, USA
enrollment=Approx. 1,300 students (2008-2009)
grades=K-12
area=Rural
mascot=Warriors
colors=Red, White, and Blue
religion = none
ratio=16:1

The West Branch Area School District is located in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania. It was created in 1958 by the joining of Cooper Township High School and Morris Township High School. Schools in the district include West Branch Area Elementary School and West Branch Area Junior/Senior High School. Both of the schools reside in a conjoined building. The current school building was completed in 1964, with an addition to the high school recently finished in 2005.

Administration

*Superintendent-Sandra M. Craft
*High School Principal - Sean Wechtenhiser (transfer to Elem. Principal Position; Oct. 6, 2008)
*Dean of Students - Vacant
*Elementary Principal - William Hayward (resignation effective Oct. 23, 2008)
*Supervisor of Special Education - Wendy Fernburg
*Business Manager - Jason McMillen

chool Board Members

*President - Timothy W. Eyerly
*Vice President - Tom Veres
*Joseph Kovalcin
*Ron Mollura
*Mary Ann Couteret
*Larry Allen
*Larry Cowder (Recently Announced Resignation)
*Gerald Coble

Athletics

West Branch's mascot is the Warrior. Their team motos are "Warrior Power" and "Warrior Pride". They participate in the PIAA District 6 with Single-A classification in all but wrestling and baseball, where they compete in Double-A. The biggest athletic achievements of the school are four PIAA individual state champions in wrestling (Jerry White, Robert English, Justin Owens, & Jared Ricotta) , winning a district championship in football in 1988, a district championship in baseball, a team district duals championship in wrestling, and other various conference championships. Former Warrior baseball players Ed Veres and John Prestash were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft straight out of high school. Larry Beightol, a former football player at West Branch, is an offensive line coach in the NFL, most recently working with the Detroit Lions.

Current Athletic Coaches

*Athletic Director - David Williamson

*Baseball - Jake Myers

*Varsity Boy's Basketball - William Etchinson
*J.V. Boy's Basketball- Dan Socash

*Varsity Girl's Basketball - Doug Myers
*J.V. Girl's Basketball- Dennis Arnold

*Jr. High Boy's Basketball-Open

*Jr. High Girl's Basketball- Dan Socash
*Assistant Coach: Adam Carr

*Cross Country - Jane CatanzaroAssisted by: Scott McCamley

*Football - Rob LazauskasAssistants: Lester Smeal, Jack Kephart, General Manager: P.J. Monella

*Girl's Soccer - R.J. Myers

*Softball - Open

*Track & Field - Adam CarrAssisted by: Patty Wood, Josh Carr

*Wrestling - Jason Bainey
*Volleyball - Terry Trude

Marching Band

The West Branch band also has a shining history, as they've played in such cities as Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Harrisburg. Most recently, the band goes to Disney World bi-yearly to play in the fourth of July parade. The band director is Jennifer Sproull.

External links

* [http://www.westbranch.org http://www.westbranch.org]