Steel-High tops Clairton in Single-A title game; Thomas Jefferson cruises past Archbishop Wood in Triple-A finale; Wilmington stuns West Catholic 35-34 in Double-A double-OT classic; Liberty outlasts Bethel Park 28-21 in OT in thrill-a-minute Quad-A final.
HERSHEY — Steel-High topped Clairton 35-16 in the Single-A game and Thomas Jefferson rolled over Archbishop Wood 34-7 in the […]

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Wilson wallops Eagles 35-7, wins 4th District 3 Quad-A championship
HERSHEY — Just back from Hersheypark Stadium, where Wilson crushed Cumberland Valley 35-7 to win the District 3 Quad-A championship. The Eagles turned the ball over seven times in the first half alone and eight times overall (four picks, four fumbles) as the Bulldogs jumped to […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 2 Cumberland Valley Eagles (12-1 overall) vs. No. 1 Wilson Bulldogs (13-0 overall), Saturday, 6 p.m., District 3 Quad-A championship game, Hersheypark Stadium.
LIVE BLOG: I’ll be blogging live from this game on the L-L League Insider at lancsports.com. Can’t make it to Hersheypark? Come and find me online and I’ll give […]

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Steel-High’s Jeremiah Young is the state’s new all-time career rushing leader! 
FINAL: Steel-High 49, Camp Hill 16 … please continue reading for my game notes and highlights …
HERSHEY — Greetings from chilly Chocolatetown … the snow (yeah, snow) has been plowed from the field, and both teams are warming up. Man, it’s chilly. It snowed the […]

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Bulldogs’ gritty playmaker previews district semifinal showdown vs. Bishop McDevitt

When you think Wilson, you usually think defense first.
Ball-hawking, tackle-making linebackers. Rugged, blitz-happy ends. Hole-plugging tackles. And a secondary that, well, hasn’t had to do much run protecting this season because the big boys up front have cleaned that up quite well, thank you.
Through 12 games, […]

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Crusaders’ fleet junior WR previews District 3 Double-A title game vs. Middletown

When you think posh positions, quarterback usually pops to mind first.
And at Lancaster Catholic, the Crusaders feature one of the best quarterbacks around in junior Kyle Smith.
Which makes wide receiver, at least at Catholic, perhaps the most posh position in that successful program – […]

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Barons’ senior LB waxes philosophic about Central’s D, which will be tested vs. Mechanicsburg

Manheim Central’s defense has been pretty gnarly here the last couple of weeks.
The Barons held Elco to a pair of scores in the first round of the District 3 Triple-A playoffs.
And last Friday, Central was once again successful defending Cocalico scatback Kyle […]

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Audio Podcast preview interview below with Lancaster Catholic coach Bruce Harbach
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 1 Lancaster Catholic Crusaders (11-1 overall) vs. No. 3 Middletown Blue Raiders (10-2 overall), in the District 3 Double-A championship game, Friday, 7 p.m. in Hersheypark Stadium.
LAST WEEK: Lancaster Catholic crushed Wyomissing 45-7. … Middletown blanked defending champ Delone Catholic […]

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Audio Podcast preview interview below with Manheim Central coach Mike Williams
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 5 Manheim Central Barons (10-2 overall) @ No. 1 Mechanicsburg Wildcats (12-0 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
LAST WEEK: Manheim Central topped L-L League Section 2 rival and No. 4 seed Cocalico 26-7. … Mechanicsburg dropped No. 9 Daniel Boone 31-7.
WINNER GETS: […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 5 Bishop McDevitt Crusaders (10-2 overall) @ No. 1 Wilson Bulldogs (12-0 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
LIVE VIDEO STREAM: You can watch the game online. Click here for more details.
LAST WEEK: Bishop McDevitt demolished No. 4 York High 39-7. … Wilson steamrolled No. 8 Muhlenberg 46-0.
WINNER GETS: No. 2 Cumberland Valley […]

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Audio Podcast preview interview below with Penn Manor senior Sean Noll
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 7 Penn Manor Comets (9-2 overall) @ No. 2 Cumberland Valley Eagles (10-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m., District 3 Quad-A quarterfinal.
LAST WEEK: Penn Manor drilled Dallastown 42-7. … Cumberland Valley toppled Warwick 49-13.
WINNER GETS: No. 3 Central York (10-1) or […]

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LAST WEEK: 11-1 (woo-hoo!).
OVERALL: 110-30.
Come on, now – you didn’t think I was actually going to stop predicting games just because the regular season is in the bag, did you?
Pshaw.
That’s a funky word, eh? Look it up.
Before I make my picks, one caveat – I haven’t seen all of these teams play, particularly the teams […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Audio Podcast preview interview below with Columbia coach Jason Shoff
THE GAME: No. 8 Columbia Crimson Tide (3-7 overall) @ No. 1 Steel-High Rollers (10-0 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 4 Millersburg (6-4) or No. 5 Reading Central Catholic (5-4) in the semifinals.
THE COACHES: Columbia’s Jason Shoff is in his 5th season and […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Audio Podcast preview interview below with Cocalico coach Dave Gingrich
THE GAME: No. 13 Susquehanna Township Indians (5-5 overall) @ No. 4 Cocalico Eagles (9-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
ON THE TUBE: This game will be broadcast by Blue Ridge Cable-11.
WINNER GETS: No. 5 Manheim Central (8-2) or No. 12 Elco (6-4) in the quarterfinals.
THE […]

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Odd not having Jim Cantafio around … but I wanted to pass along that his new team, Cedar Cliff over in the Mid-Penn Conference, is off to a 4-3 start, and is eyeing a trip to the postseason.
Found a few Cantafio items while surfing around:
Mike Drago at the Reading Eagle writes about the possibilty of […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pending school board approval, Cedar Cliff will name Jim Cantafio its head football coach tonight, the New Era has learned.
The former Conestoga Valley, Wyoming Valley West and Wilson coach will guide the Colts, a Quad-A team, which participates in the rough-and-rugged Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division.
That division includes heavyweights Harrisburg, Cumberland Valley, Altoona, State College […]

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