The District 3 football playoff brackets are set, with nine L-L League teams in the field.

Three in Quad-A (Manheim Township, Penn Manor, Wilson).

Five in Triple-A (Cocalico, Conestoga Valley, Elco, Lampeter-Strasburg, Manheim Central).

And one in Double-A (Lancaster Catholic).

Wilson and Lancaster Catholic are out to defend their championships from last fall.

Here’s a quick sneak peek at first-round games involving the nine L-L League teams …

QUAD-A

THE GAME: No. 15 York High Bearcats (6-4 overall; York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1) @ No. 2 Wilson Bulldogs (9-1 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 7 Central York (7-3) or No. 10 Dallastown (6-4) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: York High is coached by Tim Hibbs (1st season; 6-4 overall). … Wilson is coached by Doug Dahms (4th season; 43-8 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: York High has never won a District 3 championship, and has never appeared in a District 3 championship game. Bearcats lost to Bishop McDevitt in the quarterfinals last season. … Wilson is the reigning District 3 Quad-A champ (beat Cumberland Valley in last year’s title game), and the Bulldogs also won Quad-A crowns in 1989 (over Cedar Cliff), 1990 (over Cumberland Valley) and 1999 (over Cumberland Valley). Wilson also lost District 3 Quad-A title games in 1996 (to Cedar Cliff) and 2002 (to Central Dauphin).
YORK HIGH SEASON REVIEW: Reading (W 35-7), McCaskey (W 39-14), Susquehannock (W 42-0), Red Lion (W 32-27), Dover (W 27-0), New Oxford (W 35-7), Dallastown (L 16-7), Spring Grove (L 28-0), South Western (L 28-0), Central York (L 28-7).
WILSON SEASON REVIEW: Governor Mifflin (W 42-7), Manheim Central (L 29-27), Downingtown East (W 40-35), McCaskey (W 24-14), Cedar Crest (W 31-0), Hempfield (W 28-7), Reading (W 61-19), Manheim Township (W 35-16), Penn Manor (W 24-20), Warwick (W 31-13).
COMMON OPPONENTS: Two of them – Reading and McCaskey. … York High and Wilson both went 2-0 against those foes this fall; Bulldogs had a trickier time with the Red Tornado than the Bearcats.
NOTABLE: Wilson enters Districts riding an 8-game winning streak. … Tail of two seasons for York High, which opened with a 6-game winning streak, but will lug a 4-game losing streak into Districts. And the four losses in a row haven’t been particularly pretty: York High has been outscored 100-14 in its last four game, and two of those losses were via shutout.

THE GAME: No. 12 Chambersburg Trojans (5-5 overall; Mid-Penn Conference Commonwealth Division) @ No. 5 Penn Manor (8-2 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 4 South Western (9-1) or No. 13 Cedar Cliff (6-4) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Chambersburg is coached by David Carruthers (3rd season; 6-24 overall). … Penn Manor is coached by Todd Mealy (3rd season; 18-13 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Chambersburg has never won a District 3 championship, and the Trojans’ only appearance in a District 3 final was in 1993, when Chambersburg fell to Cumberland Valley in the Quad-A finale. … Penn Manor has never won a District 3 championship, and the Comets’ deepest trip into Districts was last year, when the Comets won a first-round game (over Dallastown) before falling to eventual runner-up Cumberland Valley in the quarterfinals.
CHAMBERSBURG SEASON REVIEW: Lower Dauphin (W 24-8), Altoona (L 18-13), Harrisburg (W 11-6), Cedar Cliff (W 41-13), Cumberland Valley (L 33-15), Susquehanna Township (W 36-32), Bishop McDevitt (L 47-7), Central Dauphin (L 49-0), Carlisle (W 20-18), State College (L 46-14).
PENN MANOR SEASON REVIEW: Solanco (W 47-21), Lampeter-Strasburg (W 14-10), Exeter (W 49-14), Hempfield (W 34-6), Reading (L 32-27), McCaskey (W 41-12), Manheim Township W 28-18), Warwick (W 14-12), Wilson (L 24-20), Cedar Crest (W 36-35).
COMMON OPPONENTS: None.
NOTABLE: Chambersburg limps into Districts, having lost three of its last four games. But the Trojans do own a signature win over Susquehanna Township, the No. 2 seed in Triple-A. And that was Susquehanna Township’s lone loss this regular season. … An odd finish for Penn Manor, which had to hold off Warwick at the wire in Week 8, coughed up a late lead and fell to Wilson in Week 9, and then needed an enormous second-half comeback in a wild one-point win over Cedar Crest in Week 10. Comets have five giveaways in their last three games.

THE GAME: No. 9 Governor Mifflin Mustangs (6-4 overall; Berks Inter-County Section 1) @ No. 8 Manheim Township (7-3 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 1 Bishop McDevitt (9-0) or No. 16 Harrisburg (5-5) in district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Governor Mifflin is coached by Mick Vecchio (19th season; 115-94-1 overall). … Manheim Township is coached by Mike Melnyk (11th season; 62-54 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Neither team has won a District 3 championship, although Governor Mifflin reached the 2007 Quad-A title game, falling to Harrisburg.
GOVERNOR MIFFLIN SEASON REVIEW: Wilson (L 42-7), Boyertown (W 9-7), Reading (L 13-0), Conrad Weiser (W 31-13), Twin Valley (W 28-7), Blue Mountain (W 21-12), Daniel Boone (L 17-0), Exeter (W 51-26), Pottsville (L 49-23), Muhlenberg (W 14-0).
MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SEASON REVIEW: Ephrata (W 14-0), Red Lion (L 31-21), Elizabethtown (W 31-21), Reading (W 50-6), Warwick (W 34-14), Cedar Crest (W 38-20), Penn Manor (L 28-18), Wilson (L 35-16), McCaskey (W 35-6), Hempfield (W 28-14).
COMMON OPPONENTS: Two of them – Wilson and Reading. … Governor Mifflin went 0-2 against the Bulldogs and the Red Knights (getting outscored by a grand total of 55-7) and Manheim Township split with Wilson and Reading, falling to the Bulldogs 35-16 but beating up on Reading 50-6.
NOTABLE: Governor Mifflin edged Manheim Township 28-21 in a District 3 Quad-A semifinal game in 2007 – after the Blue Streaks had edged the Mustangs 34-31 in a non-league game in Week 2 in Shillington. That was Manheim Township’s deepest trip ever in the postseason. … Governor Mifflin rolled Manheim Township 42-21 in a Week 2 non-league game in Neffsville in 2006. So there is some recent history between these programs. … Manheim Township is 2-3 at home and 5-0 on the road this season.

TRIPLE-A

THE GAME: No. 16 Shippensburg Greyhounds (6-4 overall; Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division) @ No. 1 Manheim Central (10-0 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 8 Daniel Boone (8-2) or No. 9 Greencastle-Antrim (7-2) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Shippensburg is coached by Eric Foust (8th season; 32-49 overall). … Manheim Central is coached by Mike Williams (29th season; 297-59-3 overall), who is the winningest coach in the history of District 3 football. He would join the 300-win-club if the Barons advance to the championship game.
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Shippensburg has never won a District 3 championship and has never appeared in a District 3 title game. … Manheim Central has won a record 15 District 3 Triple-A crowns, coming in 1989 (over Elizabethtown), 1990 (over Central York, 1992 (over Conestoga Valley), 1993 (over Gettysburg), 1994 (over Conestoga Valley), 1995 (over Garden Spot), 1996 (over New Oxford), 1997 (over Cocalico), 1998 (over Muhlenberg), 1999 (over West Perry), 2000 (over Conestoga Valley), 2001 (over Spring Grove), 2003 (over Lower Dauphin), 2004 (over Mechanicsburg) and 2005 (over Muhlenberg). The Barons also lost in the District 3 Triple-A championship game in 2002 (to Lower Dauphin) and last year (to West York).
SHIPPENSBURG SEASON REVIEW: Halifax (W 46-0), Northern York (L 12-7), Greencastle-Antrim (L 48-7), Gettysburg (W 31-6), Bangor Pius X (W 28-0), Mechanicsburg (L 31-14), Waynesboro (L 17-14), Big Spring (W 14-7), Red Land (W 40-14), West Perry (W 42-10).
MANHEIM CENTRAL SEASON REVIEW: Susquehannock (W 58-0), Wilson (W 29-27), Lancaster Catholic (W 42-12), Cocalico (W 17-14), Solanco (W 45-0), Ephrata (W 64-23), Conestoga Valley (W 36-0), Elizabethtown (W 27-0), Lebanon (W 47-0), Garden Spot (W 49-0).
COMMON OPPONENTS: None.
NOTABLE: Greyhounds hit the playoff trail on a 3-game winning streak. Those wins came against three non-playoff-bound teams with a combined record of 6-23. … Shippensburg’s last trip to the District 3 Triple-A playoffs was in 2007, and also came against an L-L League team – Elizabethtown. The Bears won that game 35-7 in E-town. … Manheim Central has won its last four games in a row via shutout – outscoring its opponents by a whopping 159-0 over that clip – and has six shutout victories this season. The Barons have given up an L-L League-low 76 points this season.

THE GAME: No. 10 Elco Raiders (8-2 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3) @ No. 7 Cocalico Eagles (8-2 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 2 Susquehanna Township (9-1) or No. 15 New Oxford (5-5) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Elco is coached by Mark Evans (12th season; 68-56 overall). … Cocalico is coached by Dave Gingrich (6th season; 41-23 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Elco has never won a District 3 championship, and has appeared in one championship game – falling to Wyomissing in the 2001 Double-A finale. … Cocalico won District 3 Double-A championships in 1985 (over East Pennsboro) and 1994 (over Juniata) and also lost in District 3 Double-A championship games in 1992 (to Bermudian Springs) and 1995 (to Bishop McDevitt). Cocalico also lost to Manheim Central in the 1997 District 3 Triple-A title game. Cocalico also lost to Littlestown in the 1984 District 3 Single-A championship game. … Both teams were bounced by Manheim Central a year ago: Elco in the first round, and Cocalico in the quarterfinals.
ELCO SEASON REVIEW: Hamburg (W 21-19), Pine Grove (W 43-12), Lebanon (W 51-14), Northern Lebanon (W 41-7), Columbia (W 46-20), Lampeter-Strasburg (L 40-14), Pequea Valley (W 41-0), Annville-Cleona (W 34-0), Donegal (W 44-14), Lancaster Catholic (L 51-28).
COCALICO SEASON REVIEW: Lampeter-Strasburg (W 34-21), Exeter (W 35-10), Annville-Cleona (W 62-12), Manheim Central (L 17-14), Ephrata (W 28-10), Lebanon (L 33-13), Elizabethtown (W 26-6), Garden Spot (W 34-0), Conestoga Valley (W 21-14), Solanco (W 34-17).
COMMON OPPONENTS: Three of them – Lebanon, Lampeter-Strasburg and Annville-Cleona. … Both teams beat up on Annville-Cleona pretty badly: Elco 34-0 and Cocalico 62-12. Elco split with the Cedars and the Pioneers, crushing Lebanon 51-14 and getting spanked by L-S 40-14; Cocalico also split with the Cedars and the Pioneers, beating L-S 34-21 in the season opener and falling 33-13 to Lebanon in a Section 2 game.
NOTABLE: Cocalico and Elco are former L-L League Section 3 foes. … Cocalico comes into Districts riding a 4-game winning streak, and finished the regular season with the L-L League’s top rushing attack and top-ranked total offense. … Elco led the L-L League with 24 takeaways on defense and a nifty plus-16 turnover ratio. … Elco senior QB Arron Achey is up to 3,958 career passing yards and 3,636 career rushing yards.

THE GAME: No. 11 Conestoga Valley Buckskins (6-4 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2) @ Northern York Polar Bears (8-2 overall; Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 3 West York (9-1) or No. 13 Mechanicsburg (6-4) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Conestoga Valley is coached by former Buckskins’ player and assistant coach Tom Nichols (1st season; 6-4 overall). … Northern York is coached by Rick Mauck (12th season; 93-27 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Conestoga Valley won the District 3 Triple-A championship in 1991 (over Middletown), and the Buckskins also lost in District 3 Triple-A title games in 1985 (to Bishop McDevitt), 1992 (to Manheim Central), 1994 (to Manheim Central) and 2000 (to Manheim Central). … Northern York has never won a District 3 championship and has never reached a District 3 title game. The Polar Bears’ deepest trip was a semifinal loss to Manheim Central in 2005; Northern York lost to Daniel Boone in the first round last season.
CONESTOGA VALLEY SEASON REVIEW: Hempfield (W 28-10), Warwick (W 9-7), Cedar Crest (L 24-21), Garden Spot (W 24-7), Elizabethtown (W 35-28), Solanco (W 41-20), Manheim Central (L 36-0), Lebanon (W 35-14), Cocalico (L 21-14), Ephrata (L 34-24).
NORTHERN YORK SEASON REVIEW: Bermudian Springs (W 27-19), Shippensburg (W 12-7), Milton Hershey (W 22-19), Mechanicsburg (W 26-22), West Perry (W 37-7), Hershey (L 21-0), Gettysburg (W 31-0), Greencastle-Antrim (W 21-0), Susquehanna Township (L 35-14), Big Spring (W 28-13).
COMMON OPPONENTS: None.
NOTABLE: Both of Northern York’s losses have come to playoff qualifiers – Hershey, via shutout, and Susquehanna Township, which is the No. 2 seed in Triple-A. … Wounded Buckskins limp into Districts on a 2-game losing skid and hurting in the injury department. … Two of CV’s losses were crushers: Cedar Crest blocked a punt, got a late go-ahead field goal and got a last-ditch interception in a come-from-behind win, and CV led Cocalico 14-7 in the second half before the Eagles rallied, then picked off a pair of passes in the waning minutes to seal it. … This is CV’s first trip to Districts since 2006, when the Buckskins beat Muhlenberg in the first round before falling to Governor Mifflin in Round 2. … Milestone Alert: CV senior RB Kevin Kelley needs 75 rushing yards for a 2,000-yard season.

THE GAME: No. 13 Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers (7-3 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3) @ No. 4 Conrad Weiser Scouts (8-2 overall; Berks Inter-County League Section 1), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 5 Hershey (8-2) or No. 12 Kennard-Dale (6-4) in the district quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Lampeter-Strasburg is coached by John Manion (12th season; 86-40 overall). … Conrad Weiser is coached by Alan Moyer (7th season; 43-30 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: Lampeter-Strasburg won the District 3 Triple-A championship in 2007 (over Gettysburg). It was the Pioneers’ deepest trip ever in Districts. … Conrad Weiser has never won a District 3 championship, and the Scouts have reached one district final – falling to Bishop McDevitt in the 1996 Double-A title game.
LAMPETER-STRASBURG SEASON REVIEW: Cocalico (L 34-21), Penn Manor (L 14-10), Garden Spot (W 42-7), Columbia (W 52-6), Lancaster Catholic (L 14-13), Elco (W 40-14), Donegal (W 46-0), Pequea Valley (W 35-0), Northern Lebanon (W 42-7), Annville-Cleona (W 55-7).
CONRAD WEISER SEASON REVIEW: Whitehall (L 28-14), Cedar Crest (W 43-14), Reading Holy Name (W 35-7), Governor Mifflin (L 31-13), Pottsville (W 33-14), Daniel Boone (W 47-26), Muhlenberg (W 6-5), Blue Mountain (W 36-15), Exeter (W 34-16), Twin Valley (W 42-21).
COMMON OPPONENTS: None.
NOTABLE: Lampeter-Strasburg has won five games in a row – outscoring its opponents 218-28 over that clip – and the Pioneers’ three losses are against district qualifiers (Cocalico, Penn Manor and Lancaster Catholic) by a combined total of 18 points. … Conrad Weiser rumbles into Districts riding a 6-game winning streak, overcoming a 2-2 start to finish strong. Offense has come alive during final six games, averaging 33.0 points per game.

DOUBLE-A

THE GAME: No. 8 York Suburban Trojans (7-3 overall; York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2) @ Lancaster Catholic Crusaders (9-1 overall; Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 4 Trinity (7-3) or No. 5 Middletown (7-3) in the district semifinals.
THE COACHES: York Suburban is coached by Bill Kerr (3rd season; 18-13 overall). … Lancaster Catholic is coached by Bruce Harbach (8th season; 72-23 overall).
DISTRICT 3 HISTORY: York Suburban won the 1986 District 3 Double-A title (over Susquehanna Township), and the Trojans also fell to Lancaster Catholic in the first ever District 3 Double-A championship game in 1982. … Lancaster Catholic won District 3 Double-A titles in 1982 (over York Suburban), 1983 (over Bishop McDevitt), 2005 (over Littlestown) and last year (over Middletown). The Crusaders also lost in the District 3 Double-A title game in 1999 (to Delone Catholic), 2004 (to Littlestown) and 2006 (to Wyomissing).
YORK SUBURBAN SEASON REVIEW: Dallastown (L 42-7), Columbia (W 53-6), York Catholic (W 48-6), Littlestown (W 30-21), Northeastern York (W 34-13), Eastern York (W 27-14), West York (L 33-20), Susquehannock (W 48-0), Kennard-Dale (L 35-7), Biglerville (W 35-0).
LANCASTER CATHOLIC SEASON REVIEW: Trinity (W 42-0), Ephrata (W 35-7), Manheim Central (L 42-12), Donegal (W 45-0), Lampeter-Strasburg (W 14-13), Pequea Valley (W 62-7), Northern Lebanon (W 59-17), Columbia (W 48-0), Annville-Cleona (W 49-7), Elco (W 51-28).
COMMON OPPONENTS: Just one – Columbia. Both teams won handily: York Suburban 53-6 and Lancaster Catholic 48-0.
NOTABLE: Lancaster Catholic senior QB Kyle Smith has 35 TD passes this season and 103 in his career, tops in PIAA history. … Lancaster Catholic led the L-L League in points scored (417) and was second in total team defense.

SINGLE-A

No. 1 Upper Dauphin (9-1) first-round bye
No. 5 York Catholic (6-4) @ No. 4 Reading Holy Name (7-3)

No. 7 Camp Hill (2-7) @ No. 2 Steel-High (7-2)
No. 6 Reading Central Catholic (5-5) @ No. 3 Millersburg (7-3)

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