The District 6 Double-A championships tonight feature a matchup of Heritage Conference teams for the girls title and for the boys it’s a Heritage Conference team taking on a team from the Inter-County North Conference.
In the girls championship game, Marion Center tangles with Portage. The fifth-seeded Stingers are 19-5 after their win over top seed Bishop McCort in the semifinals, coming on the heels of a win at Southern Huntingdon in the quarters, while the number two seed Mustangs continue a season-long roll. They are 23-2 after playoff wins over Homer-Center and Bellwood Antis.
The two teams played once this season, all the way back on December 5th in their conference opener, with Portage winning, 49-37.
Marion Center coach Amy Trimble says her four seniors have traveled a long road to Mt. Aloysius.
Mustangs coach Lance Hudak says both teams play hard.
The boys championship game pits a great defensive team in Northern Cambria against high-scoring top seed West Branch. The Colts are the second seed, at 17-7, while the Warriors are 23-3. West Branch took out Southern Huntingdon and Claysburg-Kimmel in the first two rounds while Northern Cambria downed Homer-Center and West Shamokin. They have one common opponent. West Branch beat Penns Manor, 70-41 in December. Northern Cambria beat PM twice, 62-51 and 62-40.
The Colts’ Clint Gochnour has a diverse group of players with different skill sets, and it makes it a challenge to coach them.
Tonight’s championship doubleheader begins with the girls pregame on Cat Country 106.3 FM and Renda Digital TV at 5:15.
WPIAL
The Indiana girls play North Hills at Fifth Street Gym tonight with the winner advancing into the state 5A tournament as the seventh and final team out of the WPIAL. You can find that game on WDAD and wdadradio.com beginning at 6:40.
