UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – In line with the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation (PIAA), Penn State has acquired bids to host the PIAA Spring Sports activities Championship Pageant, which incorporates boys volleyball, girls and boys lacrosse, baseball and softball from 2023-26.
“We’re excited to be the house of the PIAA Spring Sports activities Championship Pageant for the following 4 years,” stated Pat Kraft, vice chairman of intercollegiate athletics. “Annually we’re honored to host quite a lot of PIAA championships that give highschool student-athletes the chance to compete at top-tier collegiate establishments. We want to thank the Comfortable Valley Sports activities and Recreation Affiliation for supporting our intent to host these occasions for our group.”
Spring Festivals are held each June for the following 4 years on the Penn State College Park campus. The 2023 Spring Championship Pageant will happen Thursday, June 15 – Saturday, June 17. The 2024 Spring Championship Pageant will happen Thursday, June 13 – Saturday, June 15. The 2025 Spring Championship Pageant will happen Thursday, June 12 – Saturday, June 14. The 2025 Spring Championship Pageant will happen on Thursday eleventh June – Saturday thirteenth June.
The boys volleyball championships are held at Rec Corridor, lacrosse championships at Panzer Stadium, baseball at Medlar Discipline at Lubrano Park and softball at Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Discipline.
Penn State has lengthy been the host of varied PIAA championships, together with the baseball and softball championships for the previous 11 years, and the boys volleyball championships yearly since 2005, in addition to twice within the 80s and twice within the 90s.
“The Comfortable Valley Journey Bureau welcomed the partnership with Penn State to safe a multi-year dedication to convey these championships – together with the primary lacrosse championship – to Comfortable Valley,” stated HVAB President and CEO Fritz Smith. “Making a memorable PIAA Spring Sports activities Championships pageant and showcasing the perfect highschool student-athletes within the state is among the first orders of the Comfortable Valley Sports activities & Leisure Alliance, a collaboration with the college and different companions. I stay up for this thrilling alternative.”
The PIAA is a Pennsylvania non-profit affiliation organized on a membership foundation. All its members are colleges. These embody practically all public and lots of personal center and excessive colleges within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Usually, the aim and performance of the PIAA is to develop and implement guidelines licensed or adopted by member colleges governing interscholastic athletic competitors.
BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS at Rec Corridor
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Saturday, June 13, 2026
BOYS AND GIRLS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Panzer Stadium
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Saturday, June 13, 2026
CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL at Lubrano Park’s Medlar Discipline
Thursday, June 15 – Friday, June 16, 2023
Thursday, June 13 – Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 12 – Friday, June 13, 2025
Thursday, June 11 – Friday, June 12, 2026
SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS at Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Discipline
Thursday, June 15 – Friday, June 16, 2023
Thursday, June 13 – Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 12 – Friday, June 13, 2025
Thursday, June 11 – Friday, June 12, 2026