39 Seasons. One School. 2025 PIAA Class 1A Champs: Coach Sheila Bancroft

About this episode

Coach Sheila Bancroft discusses her legendary career and recent championship win with Maplewood.

Today we’re joined by Coach Sheila Bancroft, a true legend of Pennsylvania high school volleyball and the longtime leader of Maplewood. She’s in her 39th season at the same school, and this fall she guided Maplewood to the 2025 PIAA Class 1A state championship—Her sixth and the program’s seventh PIAA title overall. Please visit us at Click Here

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Sell

Guest: Coach Sheila Bancroft

Topics covered

• high school volleyball
• coaching
• sports championships
• PIAA
• Maplewood volleyball

Keywords

• volleyball
• PIAA
• Maplewood
• Coach Sheila Bancroft
• high school sports
• championship
• coaching career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maplewood

Places: Pennsylvania

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