Woodland Hills High School

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Woodland Hills High School is a secondary school for the Woodland Hills School District in Churchill, Pennsylvania. Before it was merged with surrounding area schools, it was called Churchill Area High School.

Sports

The Woodland Hills football program is known for turning out many National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I players as well as several National Football League (NFL) players including:

- Jason Taylor, LB, free agent
- Steve Breaston, WR, Arizona Cardinals
- Lousaka Polite, FB, Miami Dolphins
- Shawntae Spencer, CB, San Francisco 49ers
- Ryan Mundy, S, Pittsburgh Steelers

Woodland Hills High School is known locally for the "Wolvarena," their stadium in Turtle Creek which was once voted "the most intimidating stadium in Pennsylvania."

Performing Arts

Woodland Hills is particularly known for their strong Performing Arts and Music programs. Every year the spring musical receives nominations from the Gene Kelly Awards.

1988 - Fiddler on the Roof
1989 - Hello Dolly!
1990 - Anything Goes
1991 - Guys and Dolls~
1992 - Lil Abner~
1993 - Peter Pan
1994 - Annie Get Your Gun
1995 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1996 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1997 - The Music Man~
1998 - Man of La Mancha~
1999 - The Pirates of Penzance~
2000 - The King and I
2001 - On the 20th Century
2002 - Evita
2003 - Hello Dolly!~
2004 - Anything Goes
2005 - Seussical
2006 - Pippin
2007 - Les Miserables
2008 - Beauty and the Beast

~Denotes Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical

Other events include the winter show done by the Performing Arts Class. Recent productions have included "The Dining Room," "Disney's High School Musical" and "Chicago."