- Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Easton Hospital was acquired by St. Luke's University Health Network connected July 2, 2020. Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
St. Luke’s occurrence with sports medicine successful the Lehigh Valley has translated into a statewide deal, according to a quality release.
St. Luke’s University Health Network was named the authoritative sports medicine supplier for each Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association title events, according to a quality merchandise issued Tuesday.
The two-year statement began with the existent autumn season.
PIAA Executive Director Robert Lombardi acknowledged St. Luke’s occurrence providing sports aesculapian attraction successful District XI, which includes Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill counties.
“It was surely a feather successful their cap, and we took notice. We are looking guardant to a terrific relationship,” Lombardi said successful the quality release.
The PIAA is the governing assemblage for precocious school, mediate schoolhouse and inferior precocious schoolhouse sports successful Pennsylvania.
St. Luke’s volition supply diversion trainers astatine each PIAA precocious schoolhouse title events, which see 12 boys and 11 girls authorities title events successful the pursuing sports:
- Cross country
- Golf
- Tennis
- Field hockey
- Volleyball
- Spirit
- Soccer
- Swimming and diving
- Football
- Wrestling
- Basketball
- Track and field
- Lacrosse
- Baseball
- Softball
St. Luke’s volition supply physicians to enactment diversion trainers during the transverse country, football, wrestling, and way and tract championships.
“St. Luke’s sports medicine and orthopedic attraction was selected by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s enforcement committee based connected its estimation for delivering the highest prime services successful PIAA District XI,” said Douglas W. Lundy, the seat of orthopedic country for the St. Luke’s University Health Network.
The PIAA represents adjacent to 350,000 student-athletes astatine astir 1,500 schools crossed the state.
St. Luke’s network’s work country includes 11 counties successful 2 states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties successful Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties successful New Jersey.
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