Welcome to the PBL Junior High Athletic Web Page! Our goal is to keep this site up to date, and to provide students, parents and community members with valuable information concerning our athletic programs. Our school is a proud member of the Illinois Elementary School Association, and we offer the following sports for our student-athletes:

Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Volleyball.

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Coaching Directory

Sport	Coach’s Name	Coach’s Email
Baseball (7&8)	Mr. Rick Johnson	rjohnson@pbl.k12.il.us
6^th Boys’ Basketball	Mr. Billy Houtzel	Bill.Houtzel@kraft.com
7^th Boys’ Basketball	Mr. Jeff Sinn	jeffsinn@pbl.k12.il.us
8^th Boys’ Basketball	Mr. Rick Johnson	rjohnson@pbl.k12.il.us
6^th Girls’ Basketball	Mrs. Jessica Hendershot	hende@pbl.k12.il.us
7^th Girls’ Basketball	Mrs. Stacy Johnson	sjohnson@pbl.k12.il.us
8^th Girls’ Basketball	Mr. Daron Johnson	djohnson@pbl.k12.il.us
Cheerleading	Ms. Kelly Reid	kreid@pbl.k12.il.us
Cross Country	Dr. Mike Brehm	drbrehm@pbl.k12.il.us
Softball	Ms. Lindsey Alred	lalred@pbl.k12.il.us
Track	Mrs. Jodi Coplea	jcoplea@pbl.k12.il.us
7^th Volleyball	Mrs. Kara Harrison	Kharrison1@pbl.k12.il.us
8^th Volleyball	Mrs. Kelli Vaughn	kvaughn11@pbl.k12.il.us
Speech	Mrs. Cindy Haile	chaile@pbl.k12.il.us

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Directions to PBL Athletic Sites

Most PBL Junior High events are held at PBL Junior High, Panther Way JH, Paxton, Illinois. The gymnasium is located at the North end of the Junior High building, and parking is available in the North lot or the Northeast lot. All Cross Country events are held behind the JH/HS complex, and parking is available in the West parking lot. Baseball games are played at Memorial Field on Summer Street, while Softball games are played at Nelson Field located on Franklin Street behind Hardee’s. Click the following link to access directions to all locations: PBL Athletic Sites

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Directions to Other Schools

This link will allow you to obtain directions to all schools we may play during the regular season.

During the IESA tournament series, directions may be obtained from the IESA link under Related Links. Go to Directions to Other Schools

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Junior High Athletic Waivers/Athletic Rules

All PBL Junior High athletes must turn in a signed waiver form as well as a signed rules sheet before they are allowed to participate in any sport during the school year. Rules sheets will be distributed by coaches at the start of each athletic season. Waiver forms are available by clicking on the following link: PBL Junior High Waiver Form Athletic Rules

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Junior High Physical Form

Each athlete must have a current physical on file in the school office before he or she is allowed to participate in any sport throughout the school year. Athletic physicals are effective for exactly one calendar year from the date the physical was performed. A Physical form may be obtained by clicking on this link: Physical Form

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Athletic Schedules

All athletic schedules may be viewed online using the following links. Schedule changes do occur, so please check back frequently to make sure there have been no changes to the athletic schedules you are interested in.

2009-2010