By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com WILLIAMSPORT — Cambria Heights and South Williamsport have a lot of similarities. Both teams avenged two losses in their district playoffs to win gold and make the state playoffs and the Highlanders and Mountaineers would rather run than ...
Speed wins football games, and defense wins football championships. An aroused, well-coached and well-prepared District 10 champion Hickory team arrived at Mansion Park Friday night for its PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal-round game against previously unbeaten Central with a solid game plan in ...
As Cambria Heights continues to bask in the glory of its first-ever District 6 championship, it will encounter a team with a style that should be pretty familiar to the Highlanders. District 4 champion South Williamsport enters Saturday’s PIAA Class 1A quarterfinal game at Williamsport at 7 ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com In the spirit of the holiday, players and coaches from Pennsylvania high school football teams who are still practicing on Thanksgiving Day and competing in the PIAA state playoffs a day or two later feel truly grateful. Most teams have seen ...
FRIDAY PIAA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS at Mansion Park, Altoona 10-1 Hickory vs. 6-1 Central, 7 Notable: Hickory and Central met twice recently in the state playoffs with Dragons winning in 2015 and Hornets taking the 2013 meeting. CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS 6-1 Bald Eagle Area at 4-1 Southern Columbia, 7 Notable: Southern senior running back duo Garrett Garcia and Louden Murphy have each rushed for at least 1,200 yards and 20 touchdowns. SATURDAY CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS at Williamsport H.S. 6-1 Cambria Heights vs. 4-1 South Williamsport, 7 Notable: Four South ...
The Central High School football team will continue its trek in the PIAA Class 3A playoffs close to home on Friday. Central, the District 6 champ, will play District 10 champ Hickory at Mansion Park at 7 p.m. Friday. Central is coming off a double-overtime win over Clearfield in its first interdistrict game. Cambria Heights, fresh off its first-ever District 6 championship, will head to the state Class 1A playoffs with a Saturday matchup against District 4 champ South Williamsport. The game will be played at Williamsport High School at 7 p.m. Saturday. District 6 2A champ Bald ...
