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Moon Area High School
School type	Public
District	Moon Area School District
Principal	Mr. Michael Hauser
Students	1,195[1]
Colors	Red and White
Mascot	Tiger
Location	904 Beaver Grade Road Moon Township, PA Coordinates: 40.512941° N 80.217790° W United States
Information	412-262-9040
Website	Moon Area High School Web site

Moon Area High School is a public high school located in the Moon Area School District. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12 from Crescent and Moon townships. It is located at 904 Beaver Grade Road in Moon. The high school sits on the same campus as Moon Area Middle School, Moon Stadium and the former Carnot Elementary School.

Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Football 1.2 Boys Soccer 1.3 Girls Soccer 1.4 Cross-Country 1.5 Boys Basketball 1.6 Girls Basketball 1.7 Ice Hockey 1.8 Baseball 2 Notable alumni 3 Trivia 4 External links 5 References

Moon Area High School student-athletes are able to compete in 23 sports, plus cheerleading.^[2] In most instances, Moon sports compete in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), District VII of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

The Moon Area football team competes in the WPIAL Class AAA Parkway Conference, which is made up of geographical foes Hopewell, West Allegheny, Montour, Ambridge, Blackhawk and New Castle.^[3]

In 1998, Moon won the WPIAL Class AAA Championship at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Moon defeated Blackhawk 34-7 to claim the title.^[4] The Tigers then went on to the PIAA Class AAA Championships in Hershey, only to fall 10-0 to Allentown Central Catholic High School.^[5]

Moon has advanced to the post-season 12 of the last 13 years.

The Moon Area boys soccer team has had much success in the WPIAL over the years.^[6]

In 2004, the Moon Area girls soccer team won the WPIAL Championship defeating Norwin 3-1. The team fell 2-0 to Downingtown West in the PIAA State Championship, but made school history being the first girls' soccer team to win a distict championship and compete in the state final. In 2006, they returned to the WPIAL Championship and earned the silver with a 2-0 loss to Pine-Richland. The girls then went on to Hershey to face Downingtown West a second time and, just like 2004, brought home a silver medal after another 2-0 loss.^[7]

In 2006, the Moon Area boys' and girls' cross-country team won the section championships for the first time in 14 years.^{[citation needed]}

The Moon Area boys basketball team made school history, winning three consecutive WPIAL championships - 2004, 2005, 2006. The team was crowned state champions in 2004.^[8]

Throughout history, Moon Area has had moderately successful boys' basketball teams.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2006-2007 season, Moon entered the WPIAL Class AAAA.^[9]

The Moon Area girls basketball team, in recent years, has had much success in WPIAL and PIAA competition, with a 2003 and 2005 WPIAL championship. The Lady Tigers have also reached the final four of the PIAA state playoffs multiples times this decade.^[10]

Although Moon Area's hockey program has never been a stand out, multiple runs into the playoffs have been made, and currently hold a five season stretch (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007) of receiving a berth in the PIHL playoffs. In 2007, they won the PIHL Class AA Section Championship, and their first playoff game in 30 years.^[11]

The Moon Area High School baseball team competes in the WPIAL's Class AAA. Moon's current Section 3-AAA opponents include Hopewell, Chartiers Valley, West Allegheny, Keystone Oaks, South Park and Montour.

The team is one of the premier programs in Western Pennsylvania and across the state, reaching the WPIAL playoffs seven of the last nine years and entering the PIAA playoffs four of the last six years. Moon won back-to-back state titles in 2001 and 2002, defeating Central Dauphin, 2-0, and Bethlehem Liberty, 3-2, respectively.^[12]

• Lou Christie, Class of 1961 - singer, songwriter ^[13]
• Chuck Aber, Class of 1963 - appeared on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as Neighbor Aber ^[14]
• Bob Davie - Class of 1972 - Former Notre Dame head football coach and current sports commentator ^[15]
• Rich Milot, Class of 1975 - Former Linebacker Penn State 1975-1979, and the Washington Redskins 1979-1987. Played in three Super Bowls, (XVII, XVIII, XXII). Winning two times in XVII and XXII ^[16]
• John Calipari, Class of 1978 - Head Coach for Men's Basketball at the University of Memphis. ^[17]
• Jodi Applegate, Class of 1982 - Emmy Award winning host for Fox's Good Day New York. She also worked at MSNBC (covering Princess Diana's funeral), NBC News as co-host of the short-lived Later Today and Fox25 in Boston. ^[18]
• Shannon Perrine, Class of 1990 - WTAE-TV personality ^[19]
• A.Q. Shipley, Center for Penn State Football ^[20]
• Donna Guyker, entertainer ^[21]
• Robin Rundquist, Class of 1995 - actress. She appeared in the Discovery Channel's production of A Haunting.^[22]

• Scenes from the 1979 movie "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh" were shot in the gym.
• President Gerald Ford made a surprise visit to Moon a day after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon on Sept. 9, 1974.^[23]
• A day after grabbing the Democrat nod for president, then-Vice President Al Gore held a rally at the school's gym on March 16, 2000.^[24]

• Moon Area School District Website
• Moon Area High School Sports
• Moon Sports

1. ^ Moon Area High School. Moon Area School District Website. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
2. ^ Moon Area Sports. msasportsnetwork.com. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
3. ^ Class AAA Parkway Conference. msasportsnetwork.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
4. ^ WPIAL Football Champions Archives. WPIAL.org. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
5. ^ PIAA Football Champions. PIAA.org. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
6. ^ MSA Sports Net: Moon Boys Soccer. MSAsportsnet.com. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
7. ^ MSA Sports Net: Moon Girls Soccer. MSAsportsnet.com. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
8. ^ MSA Sports Net: Moon Boys Baskeball. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
9. ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Team schedule for 2006-2007 Moon boys' varsity basketball. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
10. ^ MSA Sports Net: Moon Girls Baskeball. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
11. ^ MSA Sports Net: Moon Hockey. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
12. ^ Moon Area H.S. Baseball Homepage. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
13. ^ Lou Christie High School. "Lou Christie Official Web Site. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
14. ^ "Meet Neighbor Aber, '67". The Rock Magazine (Spring 2004): 8. Retrieved on 2007-02-01. ]
15. ^ Coach Bio. Blue and Gold Illustrated Website. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
16. ^ Rich Milot. databaseFootball.com. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
17. ^ Bendel, Joe. "Pitt to play in Jimmy V Classic", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2004-07-23. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
18. ^ Owen, Rob. "Tuned In: Better 'Later' than never for Jodi Applegate", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1999-07-31. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
19. ^ Shannon Perrine. www.ThePittsburghChannel.com. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
20. ^ 2006 Penn State Football Roster. PennLive Website. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
21. ^ Donna Guyker. WPXI.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
22. ^ Robin Rundquist. WPXI.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
23. ^ In wake of Nixon pardon, Ford visited Pittsburgh. post-gazette.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
24. ^ Gore, in Moon, asks if Bush is qualified. post-gazette.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.