MECHANICSBURG — As the old saying goes, sometimes you get the bear, and other times, the bear gets you. That was the storyline in Thursday’s PIAA Class 1A football state championship game at frigid Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley High School, as the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders ...

Bishop Guilfoyle head coach Justin Wheeler gives his postgame talk as he holds the runner-up Class 1A trophy. Please see story on Page B1. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

MECHANICSBURG — Clairton was the better team in Thursday’s PIAA Class 1A championship as evidenced by the final score of 35-3, but Bishop Guilfoyle Academy had plenty of opportunities to keep itself in the game that will likely serve as motivation for the Marauders this offseason. With an ...

MECHANICSBURG — The final chapter in their high school football careers didn’t unfold as desired Thursday afternoon, but that took nothing away from what the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy senior players accomplished in leading the Marauders to their second straight berth in the PIAA Class 1A ...

MECHANICSBURG — Clairton joined Southern Columbia, Steelton-Highspire and its opponent on Thursday, Bishop Guilfoyle Academy, as the only teams to win the PIAA Class 1A football championship five times with a 35-3 rout of the Marauders. “It feels incredible and means everything,” ...

MECHANICSBURG — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy did not have many bright spots in Thursday’s 35-3 loss to Clairton in the PIAA Class 1A championship game at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field, but junior Rocco Cacciotti flashed as one of them. Cacciotti led the Marauders with 12 tackles, ...