Athletic Facilities

An aerial view of Goldthorpe Athletic Complex at Mercersburg Academy.

Goldthorpe Athletic Complex/Nolde Gymnasium

The Goldthorpe Athletic Complex includes Nolde Gymnasium, as well as the Lloyd Aquatic Center, the Flanagan Pool, the Hale Field House, the Plantz Courts (for basketball and volleyball as well as wrestling competitions), and the Davenport Squash Center, as well as locker rooms. A fitness center and a wrestling/all-purpose room were added to the gymnasium in 1998. In addition, the training room provides facilities for two full-time athletic trainers.

Davenport Squash Center

The Davenport Squash Center (home to Mercersburg’s boys’ and girls’ squash programs) houses 10 top-of-the line ASB courts and viewing areas.

Playing Fields

With more than 300 acres of property, the Academy has plenty of space for playing fields and other outdoor facilities. The athletic department maintains 10 grass fields for baseball, field hockey, football, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, boys’ and girls’ soccer, and softball as well as Regents' Field, a synthetic-turf surface for field hockey and lacrosse which opened in 2009.

Cannon Field, the varsity baseball field, is adjacent to Nolde Gymnasium and the Lloyd Aquatic Center. It includes covered dugouts and warm-up areas, as well as a large inning-by-inning scoreboard. The field honors Phil Cannon ’46, a former Mercersburg baseball player and Korean War veteran.

Steiger Field is home to the boys’ varsity soccer team and named in honor of Thomas B. Steiger ’35, Mercersburg’s varsity soccer coach from 1948 to 1975.

Curran Track

The all-weather Regupol rubberized six-lane outdoor track is home to the Blue Storm’s boys’ and girls’ outdoor track & field teams.

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