ALEXANDRIA — Greg Page’s youthful Homer-Center High School football team learned a hard lesson in the District 6 Class 1A quarterfinals on Saturday night.

HOMER CITY — When Homer-Center and Northern Cambria were tasked with taking each other on in the first round of the playoffs, both teams felt a sense of relief knowing they’d be matching up with a familiar opponent.

Len Rado, of Homer City, won the ninth edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

HOMER CITY — The losing streak has come to a highly anticipated end for the Homer-Center Wildcats.

HOMER CITY — The postseason has already begun for the West Shamokin Wolves.

BLAIRSVILLE — The Blairsville Bobcats left Ernie Widmar Field with the biggest upset of the 2019 Heritage Conference football season, coming back to beat the Homer-Center Wildcats, 22-21, on Friday night.

2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Oct. 4/Saltsburg 27, Homer-Center 26

HOMER CITY — Saltsburg took the field Friday with the hopes of picking up a signature win for its on-the-rebound program. The Trojans hadn’t beaten Homer-Center in a while and were ready to do whatever they needed to take down the Wildcats on their home turf.

HOMER CITY — The Homer City community had more than enough to celebrate during their 2019 homecoming game against the Northern Cambria Colts.

Rick Woods, of Homer City, won the third edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

For the second time this season, United High School has canceled a varsity football game, this time its homecoming game Friday night against Homer-Center High School.

Rick Woods, of Homer City, won the third edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

HOMER CITY — When Homer-Center coach Greg Page was planning a revamp of the Wildcats’ offense in the offseason, he could have only hoped it would work out as well as it did Friday night.

KENWOOD — It began with a shutout, followed by a shootout, and then a blowout.

HOMER CITY — Fans of Homer-Center and Purchase Line have learned to expect a shootout whenever the two teams meet annually.

Homer-Center's Ben Schmidt had a hand in all 44 points his team scored against Purchase Line, including this kickoff return for a touchdown that covered 86 yards.

LIGONIER — Touted as one of the top Class 2A teams in the state and the overwhelming pick to win a fourth straight Heritage Conference title, big things are expected of the Ligonier Valley football team.

HOMER CITY — The Homer-Center Wildcats face playoff-caliber competition right out of the blocks to start the 2019 season.