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High school football games fun for college students as well
By Travis Pickens
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 11/11/05 Section: Sports
You hear it all the time: "There's nothing to do here on weekends," or "Why does everyone go home up here?"
Starting tomorrow, if you're a football fan, there will be something to keep you busy all day.
For the third straight year, N. Kerr Thompson Stadium is one of the host sites for the District 10 football playoffs. On Saturday afternoon, Erie Cathedral Prep meets DuBois in a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) sub-region game. Prep (7-3) is the District 10 Class AAAA champion, while DuBois (8-1) is the District 9 AAAA champion.
This isn't your normal AAAA playoff game. DuBois met only three AAAA teams this season, and lost one of them, to Altoona Area in the season finale. Prep also met only three AAAA teams. It played three non-Pennsylvania teams, which don't follow the same classification rules as Pennsylvania.
Prep is coming off a 20-19 win over Erie McDowell last weekend in the district championship. The win avenged a loss to the Trojans on Sept. 23.
Therefore, if you think there isn't much to do on weekends, this is an exception. Not many people know this university hosts numerous District 10 and state playoff games in a number of sports. Last year, for example, SRU hosted both the Western Pennsylvania Class AAA finals for football and basketball.
But, if the early game tomorrow doesn't catch your attention, there is another game at night.
In the District 10 Class AA semifinals, Hickory meets Wilmington at 7 p.m. in a rematch from Sept. 16. Both teams are members of Region 3, which Wilmington won and earned a first-round playoff bye. Hickory (7-3) beat North East, 21-0, last weekend in a first-round game.
The Greyhounds (8-1) dominated Hickory in the first meeting, breaking a 28-28 halftime tie before storming to a 69-28 win.
This isn't the only weekend high school football playoff games will be held on campus. In the coming weeks, there is a possibility District 10 could choose SRU as a host site for district championship games. But, it depends which teams are involved in the finals. Last season, Sharpsville beat Linesville, 21-14, in the Class A final at SRU.
But, if you aren't a football fan, as the year moves on, other high school sports come to campus. Morrow Field House hosts district and state playoff basketball games in March, while Jack Critchfield Park plays host to district and state playoff baseball in May, although most students are home for the summer by the time high school baseball playoffs begin.
Football playoff information can be found at: www.district10.com, www.piaa.org, www.pafootballnews.com, or www.easternpafootball.com.
Starting tomorrow, if you're a football fan, there will be something to keep you busy all day.
For the third straight year, N. Kerr Thompson Stadium is one of the host sites for the District 10 football playoffs. On Saturday afternoon, Erie Cathedral Prep meets DuBois in a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) sub-region game. Prep (7-3) is the District 10 Class AAAA champion, while DuBois (8-1) is the District 9 AAAA champion.
This isn't your normal AAAA playoff game. DuBois met only three AAAA teams this season, and lost one of them, to Altoona Area in the season finale. Prep also met only three AAAA teams. It played three non-Pennsylvania teams, which don't follow the same classification rules as Pennsylvania.
Prep is coming off a 20-19 win over Erie McDowell last weekend in the district championship. The win avenged a loss to the Trojans on Sept. 23.
Therefore, if you think there isn't much to do on weekends, this is an exception. Not many people know this university hosts numerous District 10 and state playoff games in a number of sports. Last year, for example, SRU hosted both the Western Pennsylvania Class AAA finals for football and basketball.
But, if the early game tomorrow doesn't catch your attention, there is another game at night.
In the District 10 Class AA semifinals, Hickory meets Wilmington at 7 p.m. in a rematch from Sept. 16. Both teams are members of Region 3, which Wilmington won and earned a first-round playoff bye. Hickory (7-3) beat North East, 21-0, last weekend in a first-round game.
The Greyhounds (8-1) dominated Hickory in the first meeting, breaking a 28-28 halftime tie before storming to a 69-28 win.
This isn't the only weekend high school football playoff games will be held on campus. In the coming weeks, there is a possibility District 10 could choose SRU as a host site for district championship games. But, it depends which teams are involved in the finals. Last season, Sharpsville beat Linesville, 21-14, in the Class A final at SRU.
But, if you aren't a football fan, as the year moves on, other high school sports come to campus. Morrow Field House hosts district and state playoff basketball games in March, while Jack Critchfield Park plays host to district and state playoff baseball in May, although most students are home for the summer by the time high school baseball playoffs begin.
Football playoff information can be found at: www.district10.com, www.piaa.org, www.pafootballnews.com, or www.easternpafootball.com.
