Chambersburg’s girls’ cross-country teams in the late 1980s won just about every meet they ran in … except for an elusive PIAA Championship. The Trojans placed third and second in the two years prior to 1989, so it almost seemed like destiny for the team to get that final reward.

In Terri Yeager’s time at Chambersburg – she graduated in 1970 — girls sports were just starting to expand their foothold. That makes it harder to produce a wealth of numbers or honors to show how good of an athlete Yeager was. But trust us, she was a trailblazer for

Carla (Shearer) Christian kept busy in athletics during her time at Chambersburg, playing on 10 varsity teams – 4 in field hockey and 3 each in basketball and softball – and she excelled for each of them. “I looked up to my two older sisters (Carmel and Caryn) from the

This ought to paint a picture of how dominant Steve Moore was in the high jump in his senior year at Chambersburg, in 1979. At the District 3 Championships, Moore did not even attempt a jump until the bar was raised to 6 feet, 6 inches. He cleared that height

It’s a long way from winning a city Little League championship with the Chambersburg Lions, to being a coach for Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants, but that’s the road Jack Mull traveled. In between those teams, Mull’s baseball talents helped Rotary in the Nellie Fox League, the Trojans in

The ultimate honor for a high school football player in Pennsylvania in the 1960s wasn’t winning a state championship – the statewide playoffs didn’t start until much later. In that time period, participating in the Big 33 game was the pinnacle of success. The game in Hershey paired the best

For three-plus years, Mid Penn girls’ soccer teams – especially their defenses – had to be very anxious when they were preparing to play Chambersburg. That’s because the Trojans fielded the best forward in the league, Brooke (Jacobs) Lombardozzi, and it was nearly impossible to keep her from scoring goals.

By 1974, the Chambersburg wrestling program was still looking for an identity. The Trojans had become competitive as a team and several wrestlers had made postseason advances. But Chambersburg was still looking for its breakthrough moment. Enter Craig Helmuth. By the time Helmuth finished his senior season, he had put

It was a serendipitous moment in 1967 when Paul Kaiser Jr. was asked To start a new sports program at Chambersburg – boys cross country. Kaiser coached the Trojans for the next 10 years and quickly built the program into a powerhouse. During those 10 years, Chambersburg compiled a dual

Kellen Williams spent his high school years at Chambersburg. As a quintessential and impressive three-sport athlete who Excelled in each of his endeavors. He was a two-way star in football, helped the basketball team to a District 3 crown and was a state contender in track & field. He went