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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

Colonial division offering plenty of entertainment: We call this the Crazy Colonial for a reason, and as the Mid-Penn Conference gets ready to enter division play for 2021, this division will once again live up to its billing. I’m convinced of this. All you need to know after three games: Shippensburg is the only undefeated… Read more: News and Notes: Mid-Penn Colonial Division

Coach: Josh Sprenkle Classification: 5A League/division: Mid-Penn Conference/Colonial Division 2020 record: 5-3, 4-3 Postseason: Did not qualify RETURNING LEADERS: Passing: Comp-Att., Yards, TD None Rushing: Att-Yards., Avg., TD Mikel Holden: 84-420, 5, 8 Aiden Mencia: 84-420, 5, 2 Receiving: Rec.-Yards, Avg., TD Rhyan Day: 13-145, 11.2, 2 Aiden Mencia: 5-96, 19.2, 1 KEY PLAYERS: Louie Lindsay,… Read more: 2021 Preview: Waynesboro Indians

4th Down Staff:  Chance Eyler had a breakout game, tossing a career-high 229 yards in Friday’s 24-18 loss to West Perry.  The effort was enough to claim one of our last Player of the Week honors of this strange, truncated 2020 season.  Eyler’s stat line — 17-of-22, 229 yards, TD passes of 9 and 12… Read more: 4th Down Magazine Player of the Week: Waynesboro’s Chance Eyler

By Andy Shay: Inside The Mid-Penn Conference 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  1. Honesty moment, it slipped past me that Waynesboro has two of the Top 10 running backs in their arsenal heading into… Read more: News and Notes: Mid-Penn Colonial (Week 2)

By Andy Sandrik:  Coach: Josh Sprenkle Classification: 5A League/division: Mid-Penn Colonial 2019 record: 5-6, 4-2 in Colonial Postseason: Lost to Manheim Central in the first round of the District 3-5A playoffs RETURNING LEADERS: Passing: Comp-Att., Yards, TD Chance Eyler: 21-54., 274, 3 Rushing: Att.,-Yards, Avg., TD Aidan Mencia: 158-1,039, 6.6, 13 Mikel Holden: 148-773, 5.2, 4 Receiving: Rec.-Yards., Avg., TD Kareem Sims: 6-85, 14.2,… Read more: 2020 Preview: Waynesboro Indians