Mission: To Promote Sportsmanship
A team’s success is often judged by wins and losses.
To many, those are the only numbers that truly matter.
Pile up enough wins and a team will be celebrated for a championship season.
Wins and championships, however, are not the only barometers of athletic achievement … READ MORE …
The torch of sportsmanship has found another new home.
For the first time in the 18-year history of the of the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Sportsmanship Awards, the York Suburban High School girls’ … READ MORE …
For the first time in the program’s history, the York Suburban girls’ basketball team has been named the winner of the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Sportsmanship Award. On the boys’ side, South Western … READ MORE …
In May of 2018, the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Scholarship Fund Board of Directors will award close to $100,000 in scholarships.
In the blink of an eye, you can help someone lose their share.
How?
By yelling at a PIAA basketball official. By taunting … READ MORE …
York, Pa. – High school basketball is loaded with heated rivalries, and yes, sometimes, games can get intense.
In York county basketball officials are judging more than just fouls between the lines.
They are watching and listening to the benches and fans as well.
The Gretchen Wolf Swartz Scholarship rewards, seniors, on two teams, one boys and one girls based on the sportsmanship that is displayed during games.
While every scholarship is precious for a college bound senior, the Gretchen Wolf Swartz fund gave out $104,000 this year, to Biglerville and New Oxford students. Two scholarships were worth $20,000.
So the next ;me that you enter a high school gym next season, think about this. One nasty comment, one outburst could cost your son, your daughter, your friend twenty thousand dollars!