There’s some shake up on the county football scene as game week is finally upon us. Both Warren and Eisenhower are switching not only regions but classifications, while Sheffield is part of a new look District 9. Here’s a look at each as we continue the countdown to kickoff. – ...
Warren County football teams will get their first opportunity to see how they measure up against an outside opponent today with all three teams traveling for a preseason scrimmage. Sheffield heads to Clarion-Limestone in Strattanville for a tri-scrimmage with C-L and Brookville. Warren is ...
As the countdown to kickoff rapidly approaches zero, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams are starting to get a feel for how they’ll perform this season. Based on the results of a poll released Friday, PSAC coaches expect to see the same teams sitting atop the East and West divisions when the season closes in November. The 2017 PSAC Championship game participants, West Chester and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, were picked to win the East and West, respectively, again this season in the preseason coaches poll. Both teams received all but one first-place vote. Despite ...
RIDGWAY, Pa. – There have been a slew of changes to District 9 football since the final whistle blew last season. Gone are the Allegheny Mountain League and Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference, in their place is the District 9 Football League. The league is separated into three ...
RIDGWAY, Pa. – District 9 made major headlines last October when it was announced that the Allegheny Mountain League and the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference would be dissolving in football, forming three new divisions – Large School, Small School North and Small School South. There was much discussion at Wednesday’s District 9 football media day in Ridgway about the new alignment, and the overwhelming consensus among coaches was overwhelmingly positive. “We’re ecstatic about it,” said first-year Sheffield coach Chris Korbar. “It levels the playing field where ...
Representatives from more than 150 public schools attended the PIAA Equity Summit Tuesday in State College, and they sent a strong message to the PIAA board of directors. They want separate playoffs for public/boundary and private/non-boundary schools, and they’re not going to wait much longer to get it. “I don’t think there’s a solution that exists that puts non-boundary schools in with boundary schools,” Laurel School District superintendent Len Rich said, according to Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle. “We have a confined area to pick our students, and we need to compete ...
