The Heritage Conference has three teams remaining in the District 6 playoffs, and all three will play tonight, one in Class A, one in 2A, and one in 3A.
Second-seeded Homer-Center clashes with third-seeded Bishop McCort at Memorial Field in Homer City in a Class A semifinal. Coach Greg Page’s Wildcats come into the game at 9-2, taking on a McCort team that started the season by losing three of their first four games, but now is riding a seven-game winning streak, and is 8-3 overall.
Page says McCort is tough and experienced.
Page says the Wildcats have to be sharp offensively and defensively.
The coach says weather might be a factor.
Bishop McCort coach Tom Smith says his quarterback, three-year starter Bentley Bainey, is a true team leader.
Smith says Homer-Center is talented and deep, and is really dangerous in the backfield.
In a Double-A semifinal, Marion Center makes the long trip to top-seeded Mount Union for the second time in three years. The Stingers won back in 2024, 35-27 in double overtime.
Coach Adam Rising says it’s not an easy trip, but they’ve done it before.
Rising says Mount Union has offensive weapons and the Stingers can’t be sloppy.
Mount Union coach Jamie Brumbaugh is well aware of the weapons Marion Center has, starting with their quarterback, Troy Slovinsky.
In Triple-A, there were only four teams in the District 6 playoff field, so tonight’s game between top-seeded Central (Martinsburg) and number two Cambria Heights is at Mansion Park in Altoona, and it’s for the district title.
Highlanders coach Jarrod Lewis relishes the chance to play for another D6 championship, especially with this group of young men.
The Scarlett Dragons’ coach, Jerry Albright, is very impressed with Cambria Heights.
Albright says preparing for the Heights offense is difficult, because of the variety of ways they can attack and the versatility of their offensive line.
All three games tonight will be featured on Renda Digital TV, with the Homer-Center/Bishop McCort game also on WCCS and the Marion Center/Mount Union game simulcast on Cat Country 106.3 FM. Pregame shows begin at six o’clock, with kickoffs at seven.
