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.
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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.
2019 District 6 Football Playoffs/Friday, Nov. 1/Homer-Center 24, Northern Cambria 6
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.
Jaiden Haswell rushed for 277 yards in West Shamokin’s win over Homer-Center.
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.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Sept. 27/Homer-Center 34, Northern Cambria 6
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-Center Homecoming will be held Sept. 27 during a football game against Northern Cambria.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Sept. 13/Homer-Center 35, Marion Center 13
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.
2019 Heritage Conference Football/Friday, Sept. 6/Homer-Center 35, Penns Manor 7
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.
