Eight weeks into the high school football season and the race for the top of the Heritage Conference is still a hot one…one team is still undefeated and two others are breathing down its neck.
Tonight on WCCS and Renda Digital TV, 6-1 Homer-Center takes on 2-5 West Shamokin, a team they’ve had some real tussles with in recent seasons.
Wildcats coach Greg Page respects the Wolves and their coaches.
Page says the young Wolves are learning what it takes to win.
Page says the Wolves’ Cole Wingard and Maddox Johns are a handful.
West Shamokin coach Kirk Rearick says Homer-Center is tough.
Rearick says the battle on the line of scrimmage will be key.
The first-year coach says Homer-Center has similarities to some of the other top teams in the Heritage Conference.
On a special Renda Digital TV broadcast, 7-0 Cambria Heights will welcome 6-1 Conemaugh Township.
Highlanders coach Jarrod Lewis is impressed by the Indians.
Lewis says the Heritage Conference has great quarterbacks, and CT’s Greyson Studer is one of the most dangerous,
Conemaugh Township coach Brandon Studer is aware of how tough the Highlanders’ defense is.
Studer says the Indians need to stand up to the Heights’ defensive front.
On Cat Country 106.3 FM, 5-2 River Valley visits winless Conemaugh Valley.
Panthers coach Ed Dalton says the Blue Jays can put points on the board.
Blue Jays coach Joe Antal says building a program takes time.
On 92.5 FM U92, 5-2 Marion Center visits 3-4 Purchase Line.
Stingers coach Adam Rising says they have to take advantage of every opportunity they get.
Red Dragons coach Matt Falisec says his battered defense knows how good Marion Center quarterback Troy Slovinsky is.
The other games in the Heritage Conference include 3-4 Portage at 1-6 United Valley, and 1-6 Penns Manor at 3-4 Northern Cambria.
Pregames for Homer-Center/West Shamokin and River Valley/Conemaugh Valley begin at 6:15. For Cambria Heights/Conemaugh Township, Marion Center/Purchase Line and Indiana/Fox Chapel, pregames begin at 6:30.
