Former NP Teacher Saks Succumbs to Tumor, Benefit Continues
Mike Saks was a physics teacher at North Penn High School in the mid-90s, as well as a coach for wrestling, softball and tennis
Lansdale native Mike Saks was a wrestling star in the mid-1980s at North Penn, accomplishing the 1984 sectional championship in his weight class and being the 1985 state qualifier in his weight class during his senior year. He would go on to coach wrestling at the high school, in addition to coaching girls' softball and girls' tennis. He was also a physics teacher at North Penn High School in the mid-90s, and even taught math and coached at Pennridge High School later in his career. Like a good wrestling match, Saks would face a beast not once, but twice, in his life. He was able to pin and beat a brain tumor almost five years ago. In an unfortunate rematch, and nearly an eight-month battle, Saks succumbed to a brain tumor Monday morning …
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Jess
11:52 pm on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Mr saks was a great teacher, though math was never my subject he was always a cool guy. He actually asked me to babysit his kids senior year so he and his wife could chaperone the prom. He definitely lived his life to the fullest, he always told us stories about skydiving and the phillies and always referred back to metallica. It's been 2 or 3 years since I've had him, but he definitely left an … more ›