Welsh Valley Middle School

Welsh Valley Middle School
Location	325 Tower Lane Narberth, PA 19072
State	Pennsylvania
Region	Southeast Pennsylvania
Map	Welsh Valley Middle School
Information
Member of SO since	1990s
Teams	1
Colors	Green,      White
Feeds to	Harriton High School, Lower Merion High School
Results History
Best regional	1st Place, 2001
Best state	1st Place, 2001
Best nationals	11th Place, 2001

Welsh Valley Middle School is among the more competitive schools in Pennsylvania B Division, consistently placing within the top 10 at the state level. The team usually ranks top 5 in building events. It competes in the southeastern region of Pennsylvania, and has traveled to Solon, Ohio to compete in the Solon Invitational many years. Welsh Valley also competes in the Rustin Invitational.

The school is in the same school district (Lower Merion School District) as Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Harriton High School and Lower Merion High School. The majority of students at Welsh Valley continue on to Harriton High School, while some continue onto Lower Merion High School. The current and past coaches include Mr. Lewis, Mr. Gressel, Mr. V'Soske, Mrs. Schindler, and others.

Welsh Valley has made it to Nationals just once, in 2001, where it placed 11th overall. This is also the only time that Welsh Valley has won a state tournament. In general, Welsh Valley builds its team exclusively with middle school students, and forgoes the allowed 5 ninth grade competitors, in order to give more students from the school the opportunity to participate in tournaments.

History

Year	Regional	State	National
2001	1st	1st	11th
2002	5th	15th	-
2003	4th	17th	-
2004	???	???	-
2005	2nd	7th	-
2006	2nd	5th	-
2007	2nd	3rd	-
2008	2nd	9th	-
2009	3rd	8th	-
2010	3rd	8th	-
2011	3rd	5th	-
2012	3rd	5th	-
2013	2nd	6th	-
2014	3rd	8th	-
2015	2nd	6th	-
2016	3rd	6th	-
2017	5th	11th	-
2018	5th	14th	-
2019	5th	11th	-
2020	4th	-	-