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District 3-6A Harrisburg (4) at Manheim Township (1) Andy Shay: Manheim Township 20, Harrisburg 14: Body of work wins the day for me in this game. The Blue Streaks have been the more stable squad. The Cougars are the more volatile squad on any given day. Andy Sandrik: Harrisburg 32, Manheim Township 27: Manheim Township… Read more: Picks and Predictions for November 15-16

Standings: Name: Week 11; Overall Andy Sandrik: 13-1; 167-47 Andy Shay: 13-1; 166-48 Adam Kulikowski: 13-1; 159-55 District 3-6A Manheim Township (1) 14, Cumberland Valley (8) 7 Andy Shay: Manheim Township 35, Cumberland Valley 21: There was a clear cut advantage up front on both sides of the ball for the Blue Streaks in that… Read more: Results: Picks and Predictions for November 8-9

Entering the final week of the season, there still seems like so much to play for despite only four regular-season quarters remaining. Once the first season is officially over, though, the attention span of fans is like that of a gnat. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Let’s be honest, that’s all anyone is thinking about today, right?… Read more: Sunday Morning Quarterback: Breaking down division titles and a look ahead at the playoff picture

Life and tragedy sometimes intersect. We all know that is part of this journey during our time here. That doesn’t make it easy at all. Friday morning life tragedy rocked the undefeated Mechanicsburg football squad with a Week 9 home game with Hershey on deck. Star running back Isaac Dollman’s father, Andrew, passed away suddenly… Read more: Sunday Morning Quarterback: Mechanicsburg navigates tragedy; Twp. wins a thriller and more

For the first time since 2019 the Mid-Penn Keystone Division will crown a champion not named Bishop McDevitt. That’s because the high-powered Crusaders have made the move to take on the 6A giants of the rugged Commonwealth Division. McDevitt leaves behind Keystone playmates Hershey, Lower Dauphin, Palmyra, Mifflin County, and Red Land, with the new-look… Read more: High school football season previews 2024: Mid-Penn Keystone predicted finish, players to watch and more

Perhaps in football more than any other sport, it’s experience and growth from the heat of battle under the stadium lights that can give a team a considerable edge over the competition.  But this year in the Mid-Penn Colonial Division, almost every team is dealing with considerable graduation losses. Every team except for Susquehanna Township… Read more: High school football season previews 2023: Mid-Penn Colonial predicted finish, players to watch and more

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. Shippensburg leaving little doubt Three straight weeks Shippensburg has taken on would-be contenders in the Colonial and knocked them down with relative ease. First it was Waynesboro. Who thought they were… Read more: Mid-Penn Conference News and Notes: Colonial Division

Time to hand out some grades.

Carlisle used its back-up quarterback and a monster special teams play to hold off a second-half rally by Mechanicsburg to record a somewhat sloppy but well earned 27-14 victory to open the 2021 season Friday night at John H. Frederick Field inside Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park. 

We’ve seen it happen a thousand times before, where the teams with the uber-exceptional player crash and burn after graduation. But there seems to be a different air around the Mechanicsburg program following the loss of do-it-all quarterback Micah Brubaker.

OFFENSE  QuarterbackJoey McCracken, Warwick — 6-4, 195 seniorMicah Brubaker, Mechanicsburg — 6-1, 185 seniorEthan Dahlem, Upper St. Clair — 5-10, 175 seniorQuinn Wentling, Whitehall — 5-11, 195 juniorCole Spencer, Pine-Richland — 5-10, 175 senior Running Back   Colton Miller, Warwick — 6-4, 215 seniorDerrick Davis, Gateway — 6-1, 185 seniorNick Singleton, Governor Mifflin — 6-0, 205… Read more: 2020 Pa. Football Writers’ Class 5A All-State Team

By Andy Shay:  Each week during the 2020 season we’ll offer some news, notes, tidbits and opinions from each of the five divisions in the Mid-Penn Conference. Colonial Division champion to be crowned:  We will have a Colonial Division champion in 2020. Mechanicsburg and Northern, a couple of District 3 qualifiers, will square off Thursday… Read more: News and Notes: Mid-Penn Colonial

By Andy Shay:  Camp Hill claimed its 10th District 3 football championship in school history by taking out York Catholic in the Class 2A championship game. First, congratulations to Camp Hill alum and head coach Tim Bigelow and his staff. Nothing is easy in the 2020 world of COVID-19 football, but when you have a… Read more: Sunday Morning QB: Camp Hill earns District 3-2A title; Governor Mifflin topples Mechanicsburg; Steel-High remains unbeaten; Lower Dauphin and CV notch wins and more

Each week during the 2020 season we’ll offer some news, notes, tidbits and opinions from each of the five divisions in the Mid-Penn Conference. Northern looking to rebound:  Northern has to climb off the deck after a gut-punch 22-0 loss to Waynesboro and be playoff ready for an ELCO team led by running quarterback Braden… Read more: News and Notes: Mid-Penn Colonial

Each week during the 2020 season we’ll offer some news, notes, tidbits and opinions from each of the five divisions in the Mid-Penn Conference. Wildcats set to face off against Governor Mifflin:  What a wild ride for undefeated Mechanicsburg. There wasn’t much drama in the Wildcats’ 35-7 victory over Waynesboro to get to 5-0. Essentially… Read more: News and Notes: Mid-Penn Colonial