Name: Derek Hite
Hometown: Loretto
Sport: Football
Position: Linebacker
College choice: Virginia Military Institute
Other colleges considered: Richmond and Bucknell
Why I picked VMI: “Loved the coaching staff, the location and the military aspect.”
Greatest high school ...
The Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference released its All-Conference high school football teams for both the east and west, featuring players from several area teams.
First-team selections for the east squad features — on offense — Bishop Guilfoyle’s Hamilton Gates and Joe Eckenrode, ...
By John Hartsock
jhartsock@altoonamirror.com
MECHANICBURG — Punch. Counter-punch. Punch. Knockout.
That was the sequence on a sunny but frigid and blustery Thursday afternoon in the PIAA Class 1A football state championship game at Cumberland Valley High School’s Chapman Field, as the ...
MECHANICSBURG — The seniors on this year’s Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s football team were, for the most part, cheerleaders for the 2021 Marauders team that won the PIAA Class 1A championship in Hershey.
Thursday at Cumberland Valley High School’s Chapman Field, they carved their own ...
By Michael Boytim
mboytim@altoonamirror.com
MECHANICSBURG — When teams talk about being a family, it’s usually used in a figurative way.
For many of the players on the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy football team, it’s literal.
There are five sets of brothers on the Marauders’ roster — ...
By Michael Boytim
mboytim@altoonamirror.com
MECHANICSBURG — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy expected to lean on senior lineman Connor McElheny this season, but an early ACL injury took that security blanket away from the Marauders.
Thursday, McElheny was finally back on the field for the final ...