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The most unpredictable division in the Mid-Penn is back for what promises to be another wild season this fall, and we’ve given ourselves plenty of headaches trying to determine just who exactly will finish on top. Defending champion and perennial PIAA contender State College gets our tentative nod, but we could just as easily see… Read more: High school football season previews 2023: Mid-Penn Commonwealth predicted finish, players to watch and more

Pennsylvania’s 2023 high school football preseason rankings  CLASS 6A  Rank – Team – District – ’22 record – Previous rank  1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12)          12-1     1  2. Pittsburgh C.C. (7)               7-5       NR  3. Garnet Valley (1)                 13-1     4  4. North Allegheny (7)             11-2     5  5. Parkland (11)                      9-5       6  6. Harrisburg (3)                      11-3     2  7. State College (6)                  13-1     3  8. Central Bucks West (1)        9-5       9  9. Nazareth (11)                      9-2       NR … Read more: Eric F. Epler’s State High School Football Preseason Rankings

Shawn Lee Jr. continues to march Harrisburg to a state championship, and in the process he earned some accolades from fans. Lee was last week’s 4th Down Magazine Player of the Week for the PIAA quarterfinals. The sophomore quarterback shined in a 44-6 win over Manheim Township for the District 3 Class 6A title. He… Read more: 4th Down Magazine Player of the Week Sponsored by Crown Trophy of Harrisburg: Shawn Lee Jr.

Back in September when Trinity was in the middle of what seemed like a death spiral to its 2022 season, second-year head coach Jordan Hill was quoted by PennLive’s Eric Epler after the game with words that stayed in my head when it came to the Shamrocks’ season. Hill, a one-time prep star at Steel-High… Read more: Sunday Morning QB: Trinity advances to Class 2A semifinal; Bishop McDevitt cruises to District 3-4A title; Steel-High rallies to advance and more

Maybe all of Northern deserves the honors this week.  After all, the two Polar Bears nominees racked up more than 2,300 votes, a nearly 50-50 split, and ran away with the top two spots in the 4th Down Magazine Athlete of the Week poll for the first round of the District playoffs. But if we… Read more: Week 12 Mid-Penn Conference Player of the Week Sponsored by Crown Trophy of Harrisburg: Spencer Siegel

Boiling Springs won’t be dancing in the playoffs this week, but one of their seniors got to end his high school career in style. Trey McCardell is the Week 10 4th Down Magazine Player of the Year after producing arguably his best game ever. The Bubblers senior running back shredded Camp Hill on the ground… Read more: Week 10 4th Down Magazine Player of the Week Sponsored by Crown Trophy of Harrisburg: Trey McCardell

Each week during the 2021 season we’ll offer some news, notes, tidbits and opinions from each of the five divisions in the Mid-Penn Conference.

While the Cougars have several of the pieces already in place at WR, as well as running back with Mahkai Hopkins, they will also be breaking in a new quarterback against an unforgiving schedule. Look for Harrisburg to lean heavily on the aforementioned Young-Black-Irvin combo up front to give the skill players a chance to make plays and allow the young guns an opportunity to learn the trade under fire. If the Cougars can survive the week-in, week-out rigors of their schedule — once again, not a guarantee — they will be as hardened as any team for the district postseason.

[yop_poll id=”1″] QuarterbackBeau Pribula, Central York — 6-3, 205 juniorEvan Clark, Manheim Township — 6-3, 210 seniorMatt Bugbee, Nazareth — 6-4, 155 seniorKyle McCord, St. Joseph’s Prep — 6-3, 215 senior Running Back Eddy Tillman, Pittsburgh Central Catholic — 5-8, 165 seniorJaheim White, York High — 5-9, 185 sophomoreTimmy Smith, Central Dauphin — 6-0, 195… Read more: 2020 Pa. Football Writers’ Class 6A All-State Team