undefeated, capturing the regular season championship, defeating top rival East Stroudsburg High School South to win the playoff championship, and going on to place second in Pennsylvania states for the season. Other sports Emmaus High School's girls swimming and diving team has proven one of the best in the state, winning Pennsylvania state championships in six years (2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009). Its boys swimming and diving team consistently has been one of the top teams in the state, dating back to the 1970s, winning Pennsylvania state championships in both 2006 and 2007 and the District 11 AAA championship in nine consecutive seasons from 2007 through 2015. Emmaus High School has won Pennsylvania state championships in girls soccer (1997), girls softball (2000), and girls cross country (2007, 2008, and 2009). In 2008, Emmaus High School's boys volleyball team won the EPC championship and advanced to the Pennsylvania state tournament. In 2012, Emmaus High School's wrestling team took first place in the United States Military Duels held in South Carolina. Activities Computer programming team In May 2017, the Emmaus High School computer programming team won the American Computer Science League Invitational All-Star contest, a global tournament of the best high school computer programming teams from around the world held in Thousand Oaks, California. Music and the arts In December 2007, Emmaus' men's a cappella group, known as Fermata Nowhere, landed a brief stint on NBC's Clash of the Choirs, performing "Jingle Bells". In April 2015, Emmaus High School's chorale group performed at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Italy. School newspaper Emmaus High School's official student newspaper is The Stinger. The newspaper's name is a reference to the school's mascot, the hornet, and it is produced by a staff of students, who report, photograph, and write all of the newspaper's content. The newspaper typically contains several sections related to Emmaus High School, including Emmaus High School sports, faculty, coach and student interviews, editorials, local popular culture, and satire and jokes related to school news and events. In most issues, the final page of The Stinger is dedicated to student-drawn comics, which also usually deal with student-related themes. The Stinger has been known to tackle controversial topics, especially Emmaus High School's problems with student fights, truancy, and widespread recreational drug use. Notable alumni Roy Afflerbach, former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania Charles Bierbauer, former television journalist, CNN Howard J. Buss, composer