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DISTRICT 6 CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP
Teams: Marion Center Lady Stingers (19-5); Portage Lady Mustangs (23-2)
Site, time: Mount Aloysius, 6 p.m.
The coaches: Marion Center--Amy Trimble; Portage--Lance Hudak
Playoff path: Marion Center--def. Southern Huntingdon, 50-43, in District 6 Class 2A quarterfinals; def. Bishop McCort, 58-57, in semifinals. Portage--def. Homer-Center, 47-36, in District 6 Class 2A quarterfinals; def. Bellwood-Antis, 56-45, in semifinals.
Probable starting lineups: Marion Center--G Lydia Miller, sr.; G Macie Miller, fr.; G Brynnley Haggerty, jr.; F Mya Lipsie, sr.; F Natalie Black, so. Portage--G Alex Chobany, sr.; G Cami Burkett, sr.; G Ashlyn Hudak, sr.; F Brooke Bednarski, sr.; F Jenna Burkett, sr.
Key reserves: Marion Center--G Mollie Shadle, jr.; G-F Alivia Ruddock, fr. Portage--Payton Noll, jr.; G Britton Myher, so.; G Liana Bagby, so.
Who they get: The winner will play the WPIAL's eighth-place finisher at a District 6 site on Friday, March 8. The loser will play the WPIAL's third-place finisher at a District 6 site.
Notable: Last year's District 6 Class 2A champion, Homer-Center, went through the upper half of the PIAA bracket all the way to the PIAA championship game. ... Lydia Miller scored a team-high 27 points for Marion Center in its victory over top-seeded Bishop McCort. ... Portage won at Marion Center, 49-37, in a regular-season game on Dec. 5. ... The 10th-seeded Lady Stingers eliminated the Lady Mustangs in the quarterfinals of last year's District 6 2A playoffs, 53-46, before losing to United in the semifinals and Bishop McCort in the consolation game. ... Win or lose, Portage will be back in the state playoffs for the first time since making the PIAA Class 1A semifinals in 2022.
-- Compiled by Michael Boytim