PIAA District 11

District 11 (often referenced with the Roman Numerals District XI) of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is an interscholastic athletic association in eastern Pennsylvania.

District XI is one of the PIAA's 12 districts and comprises high schools mostly within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties.

The district is broadly considered one of the most competitive high school athletic divisions in the nation with many of its athletes going on to compete in the Olympics and professional sports, including the MLB, NBA, and NFL. District 11 owns many state records for various athletic championships and milestones.

Member schools are categorized by enrollment into classifications, differing in each of the various sports, including: A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA, and AAAAAA.

Member schools
District 11 is made up of 53 public schools and private schools located in Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, and parts of Bucks and Pike counties. The district's largest schools compete in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference with the remaining schools competing in the Colonial League and Schuylkill League.

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

 * Allentown Central Catholic
 * Bethlehem Catholic
 * Dieruff (Allentown)
 * Easton
 * East Stroudsburg North
 * East Stroudsburg South
 * Emmaus
 * Freedom (Bethlehem)
 * Liberty (Bethlehem)
 * Nazareth
 * Northampton
 * Parkland
 * Pleasant Valley
 * Pocono Mountain East
 * Pocono Mountain West
 * Stroudsburg
 * Whitehall
 * William Allen (Allentown)

Colonial League

 * Bangor
 * Catasauqua
 * Moravian Academy
 * Northern Lehigh
 * Northwestern Lehigh
 * Notre Dame
 * Palisades
 * Palmerton
 * Pen Argyl
 * Salisbury
 * Saucon Valley
 * Southern Lehigh
 * Wilson

Schuylkill League

 * Blue Mountain
 * Jim Thorpe
 * Lehighton
 * Mahanoy
 * Marian Catholic
 * Minersville
 * Nativity BVM
 * North Schuylkill
 * Panther Valley
 * Pine Grove
 * Pottsville
 * Schuylkill Haven
 * Shenandoah Valley
 * Tamaqua
 * Tri-Valley
 * Weatherly
 * Williams Valley

Atlantic Coast Christian Athletic Conference

 * Salem Christian School

No League

 * Building 21 High School
 * Executive Education Charter School
 * Gillingham Charter School
 * Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School
 * Notre Dame (East Stroudsburg)

Although it is named the Schuylkill League, teams from Carbon, Columbia, and Dauphin counties are included.

Although parts of Hazleton Area School District are in Schuylkill and Carbon counties, they participate with Luzerne County in District 2.

Sports
District 11 hosts 14 different sports over the three athletic seasons:


 * Fall: Football, soccer, field hockey, tennis (girls), volleyball (girls), golf, and cross country


 * Winter: Swimming and diving, wrestling, basketball, and competitive spirit


 * Spring: Tennis (boys), softball, baseball, volleyball (boys), track and field, and lacrosse